Good-Bye Mitchell

Sad day today. Donovan Mitchell was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers. I'll miss cheering for him on the Jazz. He was fun to watch, especially at the beginning of his career. The Jazz got a lot of people and picks for him. Hopefully I will end up liking them.

I put in grades for Step to the U today at work. I was totally annoyed. Only ONE person got an A in Comm 1270. WHAT? At least two students lost their 4.0s over it. These kids spent all summer in school. They had to go up to the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake. I doubt that only one kid in that class deserved an A. I am so annoyed for these kids.

Cori tested positive for Covid today. I'm not sure if Scoop did too. I hope they get feeling better quickly. I went to Brookers with the family and Maysen bought a computer. Hope she likes it!

Maysen

Jorja took Paige to lunch. Paige is two years younger than Jorja, but they have loved hanging out with each other. Paige is the Financial Chair this year, just like Jorja was.

Paige & Jorja

Jorja found out her p-day will be on Monday. She got her MTC schedule and pictures of her companions and of her district. She will be in a trio. Her companions will be Sister Gazdik and Sister Xiong. Ahhhhh! Getting closer!

Jorja hung out with an EFY friend, Eliza, in Provo tonight. They went and got churros. She said they were delicious!

Dalia with the Girls

I took the girls to lunch at Dalia Crepes. Such a fun place! Jorja and I shared our crepes. She got a sweet and I got a savory. Perfect way to do it!

Maysen

Jorja

Jorja

Maysen & Jorja

Jorja went to Logan to hang out with her friends. Hannah and Emily are going on their missions the same time as Jorja. Here are a lot of pictures. Lots from today, but I think some of these are from her ambassador retreat last week.

Hannah, Jorja, Emily

Emily, Jorja, Hannah

Jorja & Hannah

Jorja, Emily, Hannah

Jorja & Emily

Jorja's ambassador friends

Hannah, Jorja, Emily

Jorja, Emily, Hannah

This one definitely looks like the ambassador retreat. You can see Stockton's friend Bridger in the white shirt.

Christmas for Two

Stockton sent us this picture of Alyssa noticing the pencil sharpener. It has been a long joke about how unobservant the Millburn are. None of us noticed the pencil sharpener that is outside, but all of our spouses noticed it first thing. I think Bubs is the exception to us. Anyway, Stockton got a kick when Alyssa noticed the pencil sharpener. Alyssa also got all of her classes back, so that is a relief.

Alyssa

New tables at Alta

Mike, Stockton and Alyssa all got back from the cabin today. Stockton and Alyssa hung out with us for awhile. Maysen was able to give them her present. She got them a duffel bag she was really excited about. It actually was a super nice present. More pricey than a regular duffel bag, but she has enjoyed having a job so she can do things like this. Anyway, everyone borrows Maysen's duffel bag she got at the Overstock warehouse when we first moved here. She wasn't able to find the exact one, but she found one from the same brand. Mike and I gave them a router they will be able to use in their apartment. We are planning on giving them either a couch or a washer/dryer... they will let us know what they decide.

Stockton, Maysen, Alyssa

Mike and I went up to Alyssa's house and watched Stockton and Alyssa open their wedding presents. That was really fun. People are generous and very nice. Stockton said it was like Christmas but every present was for him. Hahaha

Stockton

Stockton and Alyssa stayed at her parents house tonight. Mike and I drove home exhausted. Long day, especially for Mike. Also... enjoy some random photos of Jorja's eye therapy homework. She has things taped like this around the house. Whatever works to get those eyes fixed!

Jorga

Today we cleaned the church with the Stakers. Mike and Burke were so funny. It became a contest between which family would get there first. We won. We kept calling Burke 'Burt' the entire day because that is what the guy in charge called him. It was pretty easy cleaning because... I can't remember why... just that it was really easy. We saw Jorja's mission plaque is now up. Too bad they misspelled her name. Jorga Smith. Jorja said, "That is my least favorite way people misspell my name." There were also two other problems. Joshua was spelled "Johsua" and Withersoever was spelled "Withersover" Yikes. They are going to redo her plaque.

We got Maysen an early birthday present, We got her a new desk for her room. This will make her work a lot easier. She has been crowded at her old desk in the computer room. We are also going to have this be Jorja's room when she does home MTC. It turned out really well and kind of has a dorm room feel. I like it a lot. Maysen does too and that makes me happy.

Maysen & Mike

Mike

Stockton sent us this picture at the cabin. We were wondering if we should try to come up to the cabin this weekend and go jet skiing. Good thing we didn't because it was raining hard. Stockton and Alyssa also got their new address. Yay! They will be on the first floor. I think Stockton will like that. They are about to start real life soon. My babies are all growing up!

I found this video of Jorja and Preston. I'm going to miss them hanging out together. Preston sure is going to miss Jorja while she is in Hong Kong. He will be at the end of his junior year of high school when she comes back. That's not so bad.

Maysen the Editor

I got a lot of pictures from Mike today. Sounds like he is having a great time at the cabin. He has worked a lot on his boat. He added a fishing pole holder, a gear hammock and a sink drying rack. These are pictures from the last two days of work. Mike said Bear did really well on the boat and the auto pilot is so cool.

Bear

Jorja is still pretty sick. At 10:00 this morning she sent me texts about how she still feels dizzy. She's not feeling good. Her throat isn't hurting but she feels so dizzy, like she is about to pass out. The FSY people are letting her take naps during class now, even though she isn't on break. She has been going outside and sleeping on the grass. I hope she starts feeling better soon. Too bad she can't fully enjoy her last week at FSY.

Stockton texted us about he was conducting a class where the general YM president and wife were in attendance. He got to shake President Lund's hand. Stockton is really liking his group of boys this week. I'm so glad he got a great group after the rough time he had last week.

I got locked out of the house today while I was running to the mailbox. The door shut behind me and for some reason the handle doesn't work. Preston was still asleep and Maysen was on a work call. I had to hop the fence and find a way inside. Preston and I both had eye appointments later today. Nice to get that done.

Maysen is being moved to the editing team at her job. She is super excited about this. A few weeks ago they asked the content writers to turn in 3,000 words a day. Maysen was asked to try to turn in 2,000 when she was hired. Trying to get to 3,000 has been so hard for her. Mostly because she turns in quality work and it takes awhile to research about whatever topic she needs to write about. Somehow she doesn't know the banking or real estate practice in Malta at the top of her head. She has been working almost non stop during the week. From the time she wakes up until the time she goes to bed. It is just not sustainable to keep doing this. When one of the editors left Maysen reached out and asked if she could become an editor. Well, she had a training this morning and she is starting today. She is really excited about it. I think this will be a much better job for her. Hope it is!

Cameron's Married!

Today was such a fun day! The kids had online school, but I worked today. It is weird working there with no students, but also kind of fun. When I got home Matt and Sam and their family was here. Matt called me yesterday and asked if they could stay for a few days. Mike had them playing with wand stations that he had set up. They loved it. They also had so much fun with the cauldron.

Jeff & Greg

Cameron Molen got married today. Cameron and Maysen were best friends when we lived in Georgia. They were together every day. Their imaginations were awesome and they had so many adventures. It was so fun to have them together. Every week Alisha would watch my kids one day and I would watch her kids one day while we did date night. The rest of the week Alisha and I were almost always together, either at my house or hers. When we were at church Maysen would often leave us and go and sit with Cameron and his family. I had the best time living close to them. It was so sad when they moved back to Washington. I was crushed. We have seen them a couple of times since then. Maysen and I flew back to Washington for different things twice when she was in Kindergarten and 2nd grade. When Matt and Alisha moved to Arizona they stopped at our house on the way and we got to have a swimming party with them. That was the last time Maysen had seen Cameron. I'm guessing that was 8 years ago.

Cameron & Maysen

Anyway, Cameron got married today. He got married in the Timpanogos Temple and had his reception in Provo! Yay! It was soooooo fun to see Alisha! I was so excited! We were talking and we looked over and saw Cameron and Maysen talking to each other. I hurried to get a picture. I heard Cameron tell Maysen that he recognized her but didn't know where he knew her from. Maysen said, "I'm glad you remembered when I said Maysen." Cameron said, "Of course I remember you! You were my childhood best friend!" It was so sweet. I loved it. I'm glad I was able to come and I'm glad Maysen was able to too. 

Cameron (Rachel) and Maysen

Maysen & Cameron

Alisha & Stephanie

Matt, Mike, Alisha, Stephanie

Rachel & Cameron

Alisha

Cameron & Rachel

Alisha & Cameron

It was awesome to be with Alisha again. It's like no time has passed. Sure wish she lived closer, but glad Cameron got married near us! Mike, Maysen, Preston and I stopped to get food on the way home and then got to play with Matt! (My brother, not Cameron's dad) We had Matt try the oculus and he was a fan. Such a great day.