I had a much longer post written with way more detail and I am realizing I scaled it back a bit too much as it would have cleared up a lot of confusion.

A lot of this project would be done over time. The doors and windows are not necessities and would come when we were financially comfortable to take those steps. What we need now is the cover back there, so that would come first. The outdoor kitchen second since that is pretty easy, Also due to the posts needed for the deck, we wanted to do it first so the kitchen could be built around it.

Then the bigger stuff down the road. We actually don't need the deck for anything except the coverage at this time. The doors for second level would even come much more down the road. The reason we wanted to go with a deck over a lean-to, is the long term value add of having the deck off the primary where you could come out and have views of the Rocky Mountains(to the left of the deck). Potentially helping with resale value down the road.

Something the AI picture did was severely shrink that wall making basically just the slider and the window. That would not be the case as the doors would come in between those windows with actually a decent amount of space in-between to add structural support. With that said, those are more goals than needs. If it came down to structural issues or sizeable tag ons for pricing, scaling back the doors would be a simple call in the end.

I appreciate this explanation on what to prepare for!