Cotton Candy Dinner

Jorja went to Ben Richard's farewell early this morning. She also went to Dylan Mismash's farewell. Dylan's dad was one of Mike's best friends when he was growing up. Small world. I think Ben is going to somewhere in Africa. Dylan is going to Colorado.

Ben & Jorja

Jorja was about to leave to go back to Logan when we got a notification that Matt and Sam have arrived. The gate has started letting you know when people are coming to your house. (or use your name) I thought it was pointless, but it has actually been quite awesome. Jorja decided to wait a few extra minutes to say hi to her cousins. It's also hilarious when we see who uses our name to get into Pepperwood. Jorja's good friend Brenton used our name all the time. I didn't mind at all. He's awesome and half of our ward is in Pepperwood. It would be annoying to live one street out. Anyway, Jorja gave quick hugs to the kids before she headed back to college.

Anne & Jorja

Sisters saying goodbye...Jorja & Maysen

Mike and I ended up randomly buying a cotton candy machine yesterday. We went out to get a few things for the Whoville party and came back with a cotton candy machine. Hahaha. (We also met with the ward council about the party this morning. Luckily most of them loved the idea and are willing to help. There was one older gentleman that was worried about it and that the older people in the ward won't like it.) Anyway, my dad brought dinner we were able to eat with Matt's family. It was later than they wanted because Matt's family got stuck in traffic. Stopped for an hour around Lagoon. Glad they weren't in the accident though! They ended up being so late that we talked them into sleeping over. Their plan was to sleep at their condo in Park City. I hurried and put new sheets on Maysen's bed for Matt and Sam. Maysen slept on Jorja's bed. Preston always sleeps on Maysen's old bed. Matt & Sam's kids all slept in the boys' room. Matt taught his last Chinese middle of the night class tonight. Jorja made it back to Logan safely. Everything went well.

Amy

Anne

Greg ~ hahahahaha

Biggest Enemy

I took Preston to Bountiful to see the dermatologist. They are starting him on accutane. I have a huge regret about not starting this with Maysen and Stockton early. Maysen had bad acne, but it didn't bother her. I should have just scheduled the appointments and had her take the treatment. She wouldn't have complained and then she wouldn't have had to deal with the acne as long as she had to. I just didn't know what to do and didn't know this was available and affordable. I'm starting early with Preston so he won't have to deal with this in highschool hopefully.

Jorja dressed up for Halloween today. She went as Chef Linguini. She had her stuffed Remy her friends gave her on her shoulder. She looked adorable.

Jorja & Remy

Remy and Chef Jorja Linguini

Jorja takes a volleyball class at school. She always tells me how bad she is at it. Well, today she was on the worst team and they were playing the best team. Somehow she blocked Dylan Mismash's ball and won the game for her team. Dylan sent her this snap later in the day. Hahaha

Dylan

Jorja went to the counseling office to talk about a lot of things. Her Step to the U grade still hasn't been fixed. They ended up taking the entire class off of her transcript while she applies for college. They are trying to get ahold of Jose to see why it hasn't been fixed. I hope they put it back on! With the correct grade! It did make her grade go from a 3.8 to a 3.9. So annoying that Jose did this to her!

Halloween

Preston had a presentation for a monster school. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was awesome. Their teacher was teaching them about the different kinds of essays. Informative, persuasive, narrative etc. Instead of just assigning these essays over the quarter, she had the kids design a school for monsters, and each of these essays were focused on this project. Then the kids presented them to us. They also designed school uniforms and sung a school song. They also had a table where we could look at things and ask them questions. Preston did the powerpoint for his class. It was adorable.

Jorja took Conner's sister out for ice-cream. She had a great time with her. Later today she went out with Cameron for a bit. He dropped her off and hurried to a party. We had just turned off all the lights because Mike we finished our candy. Apparently Jorja couldn't get in the house and thought she was locked out. I don't know why she didn't text us. She said she thought we were gone because the lights were off. Oh silly Porge.

Jorja & Sophie

Maysen came home today! Preston was so so so excited! He adores her. Preston got Luigi's Mansion and played it while he was dressed as Luigi. Haha! Maysen took Preston trick-or-treating. Preston would put his candy into his Luigi costume vacuum and lift it up. The candy would fall into his backpack. It was funny and Preston loved it!

Preston

Also, one more cool thing about the World Series. Mattress Mack texted my brother Mike today to tell him congratulations on his team winning. Wow! That is the coolest thing ever! Gives my brother free tickets and thinks of texting him congratulations! Especially since he lost over $11 million on bets! He would have lost more if the Astros won though. He had a promotion going throughout the season that he would refund any purchase over $3,000 if the Astros won the World Series. Haha! He has done that before. Astros won two years ago and he had to pay back millions. Last time he had insurance to help cover the cost. This time no insurance would do it because the Astros were supposed to win. Anyway, how cool of this guy to reach out to my brother and tell him congratulations. If I ever had that much money, I hope I would be as kind and generous as Mattress Mack.

WORLD SERIES!!!

Jorja and Audrey on their way to school

So.....Game 7 of the World Series was today. Mike and Blake flew out to Texas to go see it. One of Christen's sisters lives five minutes away from the stadium, so that's convenient. Mattress Mack met Mike and Blake outside the stadium to personally give them their tickets. He said, "Sorry I was late, I was talking to Bregman." Haha. Mike thanked him and told him good luck. He said that two great teams were playing today. This guy has to be one of the coolest guys on the planet. He made Mike's dream come true. Mike was a total stranger a week ago, and he cheers for the opposite team. Who randomly does this? To top it all off, the Nationals ended up winning to World Series, and Mike was there to see it! Amazing!

Blake, Mattress Mack, Mike

We got to text Mike throughout the game. That was so fun. Mike was soooo pumped when the Astros took Grinke out. He told all the Astros fans around him that it was a huge mistake. I'm sure they all agreed. What a game!

 Blake

Scoop and Cori came by to drop off a birthday present for Jorja. She was at work when they came. They got her some air pods and she is pretty excited with that present.

Jorja

Jorja dressed up in Preston's Halloween costume to do her last red ribbon week video. It was funny, but I can't find the recording. So, here are some low quality pictures of Jorja in Preston's costume.

Luigi Jorja

Jorja's 17th Birthday

Today was a crazy long day. It was super fun though, especially for Jorja. We started the day with a pancake bar. Except Mike took Maysen to get snow tires on her car, which left me with *gasp* cooking! Were they the best cookies? No, but I think that is what I like about them. Anyway, this was my favorite picture from the night. She looks so happy!

Jorja

 Jorja's pumpkin got moldy for some reason

 So gross!

 Blurry, but the best picture I got with her

Stephanie & Jorja

So many people came it was crazy! People were here for several hours and Jorja loved every second.

 Singing 'Happy Birthday' to Jorja with her birthday pancake

 Chick-Fil-A friends hiding for some unknown reason

Sam, Carson, Chloee, Brynlee, Jorja, Ben & Cam, Spencer

 Chloee, Spencer, Johnny, Gage, Seurette, Kelsey, Jorja, Aysha, Annie, Jordan, Autumn, Jake, Emily

Brynlee, Joe, Dallin, Elle, Sam, Sam, Ben, Cam, Carson

 Autumn, Aysha, Jorja, Kelsey

 Seurette & Jorja

 Elle & Jorja

 Jake & Jorja

 Sam was our photographer because I did a horrible job

 Dallin, Annie

Joe, Sam, Gage, Jordan

 Sam & Jorja

 Sam, Gage, Jorja

 Joe & Jorja

 Jorja & Annie

 Dallin & Jorja

 Emily & Jorja

 Gage & Jorja

 Johnny & Jorja

 Jordan & Jorja

 Sam & Jorja

 Jordan & Gage

 Chick-Fil-A Sam & Jorda

 Bode & Jorja

 As pretty as the tree is, the pictures turned out way better against the wall

 Jorja thinks Bode's muscle in this picture is so funny

 Carson, Cam, Jorja, Ben, Chloee, Brynlee, Spencer

 Jorja & Carson

 Brynlee, Spencer, Ben, Cam

Randomly Ben started acting like a missionary to Cam. It was awkward and hilarious at the same time.

 Cam & Jorja

Once everyone left it was time for the Halloween dance date. The day activity was painting pumpkins. Mike and Maysen had bought small fake pumpkins for them to paint. The boy painted one for the girl to keep and the girl painted one for the boy to keep. They seemed to have a great time with this.

Jack & Madison, Jorja & Spencer, Brynlee & Ben, Gage & Chloee

 Jorja & Spencer

 Jack & Madison

 Brynlee & Ben

 Gage & Chloee

 Spencer & Jorja

The boys were dropped off while the girls got ready for the dance at our house. The boys dressed as cops and the girls dressed as robbers. They took their pictures at a local pumpkin patch. Shockingly Jorja was adorable.

Jorja

 Spencer & Jorja

 Chloee, Madison, Brynlee, Jorja

 Gage, Spencer, Ben, Jack

 Chloee & Gage, Brynlee & Ben, Jorja & Spencer, Madison & Jack

 Jorja & Spencer

 Jorja

 Spencer & Jorja

 Gage & Chloee, Brynlee & Ben, Jorja & Spencer, Madison & Jack

 Jorja & Spencer

 Heads

 More heads

Jorja had a lot of fun at the dance, despite being knocked over and stepped on. That seems to happen every dance. After the dance they went to Madison's house. Mike and I brought up Jorja's birthday cake for them. Mike was supposed to set up the Jackbox games, but they were kind of tired and sleepy. They never played that. Jorja had more energy than others somehow and had a mini 'fight night' with Ben. All in all, the Halloween dance seemed to be a success.

The other thing that happened today was Game 4 of the World Series. Too bad the Rats lost again, and it wasn't even close. This is the game Mike flew out from New Mexico for. Mike texted this picture and said, "View from John's seat" ... WHAT? John was at the game? Mike said it was a long story, but he ended up with an extra ticket and wasn't able to sell it for what it was worth. So, instead of selling it he called up John! John lives about two hours from the stadium. Wow. Imagine getting a call asking if you want to go to the World Series, and then these are your seats! Mike was about 19 rows behind him. Too bad the game wasn't more exciting!

View from John's seat

 John & Mike

 Mike took this picture from his seat. John is standing up in the red hoodie. Amazing!

 Mike and 'Mattress Mack'

Mike randomly met the biggest Astros fan. He bet millions for the Astros to win.

Another birthday in the books. Jorja wasn't super excited to have a dance on her birthday, but I think it turned out okay. She ended up having a lot of fun. She was just more stressed during the planning stage because since the dance was on her birthday she wanted everything to be perfect. She got home right around midnight. She was tired, but very happy.