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My hoodie from Blake's baseball team came today. I love it!

Stephanie

Jorja and Lily volunteered at a cat lounge to get service hours for National Honor Society. It is crazy. Jorja has done service all year, but the new advisor keeps rejecting her service. Can't do it with student government... can't do more than ten hours of the same service... thanks like that. It's been super annoying.

Jorja

Jorja helped Jake cater a wedding. It was long and tiring. She kind of had fun but isn't anxious to do it again.

Jake & Jorja

Jorja & Angel

Stockton seems to be having fun, I think. I texted him today and asked him for updates. He said, "We are good, just got out of the hospital, car rolled like 20 times, got my appendix removed - we chillin" What a punk. Later he texted me this picture to show me they had a place to sleep tonight. Last night they made it to the Gila Valley Temple at 4:00 in the morning. They slept in the parking lot. Spencer (Elder White) drove the entire way. Crazy! Glad they didn't crash!

Jaye, Stockton, Spencer

Mike's FORTY-FIVE

Today is Mike's birthday. He is just the best. Our family is soooooo lucky! I have no idea how I got so lucky to have him want to marry me, but it has been a dream. I asked Mike this morning if he could find the Mario picture of him and Jorja. He found more than I remembered. I was looking for the first one, the rest was just a bonus. She was so tiny!

Mike & Jorja

 Random picture of Carter & Jorja. No idea why she wrote NO on the picture

 Decorations for Sadie's. Jorja broke her star.

 I sent Brett and Rachel an update on Marie's stocking. Looking good so far!

Jorja had to work today. She got off at 9:30. Mike and I went to pick up Chinese food. We had that for his birthday dinner and went swimming. It was fun! Not a lot of time together as a family, but I think Mike still had a good birthday. Too bad Maysen couldn't come swimming. She was sick. She did okay most of the day, but by the end she felt awful. Poor girl.

We didn't get to talk to Stockton today. He sent us a text saying happy birthday and he was too busy to call. This wasn't a surprise. It would have been nice to talk to him, but at least we had yesterday! This is Stockton's first transfer in Arizona, so I'm sure he is trying to get everything finished! He is going to miss Elder White. I'm going to miss Elder White. It was nice knowing he had a companion that was so good to him. Hopefully he will have the same experience with Elder Alia.

Elder Smith & Elder White

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! The best part of Mother's Day? Getting to talk to STOCKTON!!! It's weird thinking that if the phone missionary policy hadn't changed, this would be the first time talking to Stockton! I'm so glad that changed! It was still great to talk to him. We tried to do a video chat, but couldn't figure it out.

Stephanie talking to Stockton, Marie's stocking and Preston's head are in the background

Stockton gets to call tomorrow because of P-day. He would also get to call because it's Mike's birthday and they are allowed to call on parents' birthdays now. I told him he could call Mike's phone and if he didn't get to talk to me that was okay because I got to talk to him today! Stockton's not sure what the plan will be tomorrow. He found out yesterday that he is being transferred to Tucson. His new companion will be Elder Alia. Everyone tells Stockton he is really funny and likes to play practical jokes. Stockton will be spending tomorrow packing up and saying goodbye to people. He is going to miss Elder White. I'm so thankful that he finished Stockton's training. That made all the difference in the world!