Social Distancing

Jorja did not like it when we told her she wouldn't be able to hang out with her friends for awhile. We told her she could go to work, but that was pretty much it. She doesn't understand. Tons of her friends went on a hike today and I wouldn't let her go. They stopped by to drop her off a skateboard. She went to get it and was out there for a long time. I kept texting her to come inside and was super annoyed by the time that was over. I tried to explain to her how serious this is, but when no one else is social distancing it is hard to understand. That was the only rough patch of the day though. The rest of the day was pretty fun. We even got the office organized. Big accomplishment for us.

Jorja's station

Jorja found this video of Preston cheering for her at one of her soccer games.

Jorja & Ben

 Riley & Jorja

 Ben & Jorja

I talked to Rachel for a long time today. It was nice. I sent pictures to her of the stockings I'm working on.

Rachel's stocking

 Kaylee's stocking

 This is what Kaylee's stocking is going to look like

Maysen found out today that she didn't get the internship at the Friend. That is too bad. She would have been fantastic at that job. It's good and bad to be so close. It's awesome that she went as far in the process as she did. But it almost is harder to not get it when she was so close. We really thought she had it when they contacted her and asked for her bishop's and stake president's contact information. I wonder what she is going to end up doing. I know whatever she does she will be amazing at it.

Interview

Maysen had her interview with the Friend today. It was in the Church Office Building. I drove Maysen downtown and sat in the lounge while she was at her interview. She was there for about thirty minutes. I worked on my puzzle book Mike gave me for Christmas. That was fun. Maysen was super excited when she found me. She felt that her interview went very, very well. She said she didn't know if she would get it, but she is very proud of how far she went and how well she did in the interview. Wouldn't that be amazing if she got this internship? She would be perfect for it. Fingers crossed!

Maysen ~ I wanted to remember where I parked!

 My view as I waited. Reminded me of my awesome trip to Israel.

Maysen and I went and got lunch at Johnny Rockets. Well, I got lunch and Maysen got a milkshake. She even split it with me. We then wandered around City Creek. We thought this Book of Mormon picture was pretty cool.

 Close up

I wasn't able to make it to the seminary building for parent teacher conferences, so I hurried over there today. While I was waiting for other parents, Jorja's teacher told me to find her little booklet. They were so cute and everyone had a name on it, except Jorja's. The front of the book said, "This midterm report is for..." Jorja wrote MOMMY with her left hand. Oh geesh. I took a picture and sent it to Jorja and asked her if this was hers. It was. I was pretty sure it was it when she talked about being sick. Jorja had a little note for me inside. I hope she doesn't mind that I'm going to write it here. It said, "Dear Mom, I love you so much. I hope you are having fun talking to all my teachers. Thank you for helping me in school, even when I am sick. You are the bestest."

When I got home we taught Maysen to play Nertz. It was pretty fun except the Pokemon cards we got were annoying! It was fun to have all my family that isn't on a mission together. I love them. They are the best. Maysen even spent the rest of the night helping Jorja with her physics homework. Love them.

Bye-Bye Village Inn

I took Preston with me to parent/teacher conference. They have had student led conferences for the past several years, which I HATE. They didn't do that this time, so we went around to all of his teachers. Preston begged me not to go to his Chinese teacher, but I went anyway. The teacher was kind of a jerk to him and I felt bad. I had asked Preston if he wanted to go out to dinner afterwards, but when we finished he was so sad he just wanted to go home. I told him tacos were for dinner at home. (Leftovers from last night.) Preston is not a taco fan. I expected Preston to just want to get something simple, but then he asked if there was anywhere he could have steak. Mike and Preston went shopping on Saturday of the taco stuff. They got some steak and Mike had it out for the girls. There was plenty. Mike and I both had some, but somehow Preston missed out. He was disappointed. So, today we got to make it up to him. We went to Texas Roadhouse. It was Preston's first time there and he LOVED it. Jorja was at work and Maysen never wants to go here again. She had a bad experience once. On the way to the restaurant we passed Village Inn. It looked dark. I got out and ran up to the door. There was a sign that it is permanently closed. NOOOOO!!!! That restaurant opened when we were in highschool! So many good memories there. Although it was a lot nicer twenty-five years ago. Wish we had known it was closing so we could have gone one more time.

Maysen texted me this afternoon. She applied for a job at the Friend. Today they contacted her for an interview! She made it past the first two steps! There are about 80 people applying for this job, so it is a long shot, but wouldn't it be soooo cool??? Maysen would be amazing at that job. Anyways, this means we get to see Maysen tomorrow! She is coming down after class. She has one class on Wednesday and one class on Thursday. She was able to contact both of them and they let her turn in her stuff early and wished her luck. Next week is Spring Break for her, so she gets to start it early!!!

Church Magazines

I took Maysen down to Salt Lake for an informational meeting about working for the church magazines. They offer one internship each summer and one each fall. It is super competitive, but she is going to go for it. I'm so proud of her! Look how beautiful she looks. She's the best!

Maysen

 Random pictures...Mike with Quacky Chan

 Stockton & Elder Hoyle ~ I love it when members send me pictures!