2025-11-30_email_beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas

From: kristi.heywood@gmail.com To: kaitlynn.heywood@missionary.org, kaitlynn.heywood@gmail.com Date: 2025-11-30 Subject: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Dear Hermanonewarea!

Looks like you're moving! That is so exciting you're gonna do great.

We had a nice Thanksgiving. We decorated the Christmas tree. And this morning we woke up to snow! I shoveled twice. You would have loved it.

Alexa staying in church today with Sofia, Jenna and Olivia. She did such a great job. She kept smiling during it. I loved seeing so much confidence from her.

Natalie kind of got asked to Winters. Austin texted her to see if she had been asked yet and told her he would get her a poster eventually. She was excited. Then Jesse wanted to ask her but he was too slow. The problem with going with Jesse is she was going to be in Benjo's group. So it looks like it worked out for the best.

We went to Kaden Jones's wedding reception last night. Bryson was the best and cutest man. We got to meet Brin. She's a cutie. We'll see what happens there. It was fun to watch them dancing and flirting together.

I love you! I'm proud of you. Heavenly father and Jesus love you!

Love,

Mom

(Appended notes - from talks with Bryson about his mission) Who the Lord calls he qualifies. When you're called, you don't feel qualified. "When I was having the hardest time it was when I was growing the most." (Bryson) "Turn to the Lord in the easy and the hard. The Lord will sanctify your experiences for your good." (Bryson) Stop focusing on the bad and ponder on what the Lord has, is and will do for us! Has / Is / Will. Grateful and positive. Two things we can choose to be no matter what our circumstances are. "We can be grateful in the rain. We can be grateful anyway." -Alexa's song

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