Outdoor/Indoor Movie

What a day! Jorja took the red eye from Hawaii and arrived in Los Angeles early this morning. She finally got to Utah around 1:00 this afternoon. I picked her up from the airport. She wasn't feeling well. I told her to go sleep and I would wash her clothes. Around 5:30 I went to check on her. She hadn't wanted me to wake her up, she wanted to do it herself. She was out. I finally got her awake and asked when she had to leave. She was shocked it was 5:30. When I asked if she set an alarm she said, "So many alarms." Poor girl. She called and let them know she was coming. They told her it would be fine, just be there by 8:00. It took Jorja awhile to be ready. She felt horrible. Mike and I made her take a covid test before she left. It was negative. She assured us she would feel better in the morning, that it was just jet lag, and a little left over sickness. She felt dizzy and I didn't want her to drive. She wanted her car. Finally we agreed to take her. I drove her car and Mike drove Jorja. Yep, we spoil that girl. Anyway, hope she has a fun last week of FSY. She sure has loved it.

Jorja

The Hardys came over tonight. It was so fun. It ended up being later than anticipated because of us running Jorja to Provo. We texted them when we were on the freeway. Sherry, Matt, Miah and Xander came over. We watched Second Hand Lions. We watched the first half outside. A few people were floating in the pool. The wind picked up and it started to rain a bit. We finished the rest of the movie downstairs in the movie room. I really liked the movie. It was fun to hang out with them. They were very patient to put up with our constant change of plans.

Maysen & Bear

In other news.... Stockton's wedding pants arrived today...

And Bear likes balls.

Scoop's 83rd Birthday

Today was the last day at the cabin. It is also Scoop's birthday. Scoop got sick awhile ago and has been really dizzy. His eye doesn't open very well and he has to wear an eyepatch. It was nice to spend his birthday with him. Mike and Matt took Tage and Dallin out out on the jet ski/wake boarding this morning. Scoop and Cori took them home this afternoon. I went home with the Hardys later. Mike is staying up here a few more days. It was fun riding back with the Hardys. Miah and Xander were belting out songs, including show tunes the entire way home. It made me laugh.

Sherry, Scoop, Mike

Xander & Bear

Checked where Mike was while I was driving home. Hahaha He loves that boat.

I got home just around 11:00. I talked to Maysen for a long time and then headed to bed so I could wake up bright and early to get Preston. Jorja came home after midnight and then did laundry. They let her leave early since she has to fly to Hawaii tomorrow. Tough life. Jorja also sent me this video of Preston. His group won the FSY cheer and got to perform it in front of everyone. Stockton and Jorja both said this was awesome and a pretty big deal to get picked. I finally got a text from Preston asking how he was doing. It said, "It's been good." Glad Jorja is there to let me know he really is having a good time. Boys!

Parrydise and Provo

Today was a nice relaxing day on the lake. Mike, Matt, Tage and Dallin went out in the morning. They did wake boarding with the jet ski and Mike got his boat out onto the water. Around lunchtime Sherry, Miah, Xander, Scoop, Cori and I went out to the boat for lunch. Tage and Dallin came back and watched the dogs. We had lunch on the boat and that was nice. Xander spent a lot of time on the jet ski and loved it. I don't enjoy the sailboat aspect of being on the water. I do not like it when the boat lurches to one side. I went down below and read a book. Miah had a great time hanging out on the top, front of the boat. She was happy as could be. Down below she would feel sick. Xander and I bonded reading below. After everyone had turns doing whatever they wanted we headed back around 5:30. Xander said he has decided everyone was right, the cabin is a lot of fun. He declared he would come up in the winter! Xander hasn't come up for the last few years. He is an indoor boy and likes to say he hates the sun. That will be great to have him come! It's been fun getting to know Xander better this trip.

I love this picture of Miah & Xander reading

Miah

The rest of the day was dinner and games. Sherry made a delicious dinner of potstickers, spring rolls and salad. There were also hamburgers for whoever wanted them. Sherry and Cori went to the store to get a few things for Scoop's birthday tomorrow. They also got Mike and I some things for the cabin as a thank you. A camper napkin holder and hot pad, a s'mores cooker and a cute bag for me for when I start my new job. That was nice! We played the tree game on the oculus and I played Canadian Salad with Scoop, Cori & Matt. I won by a lot so that was very productive. Haha (Usually I blow it with the last hand.) Today was a really good day.

Today also looked like it was a good day in Provo. Jorja sent me these pictures of Preston. She said he looked very happy and even did a dance for her. I am so glad the two of them are up there together! I'm glad Preston is having a fun week. Not going to lie, I was pretty worried. So glad it's been great.

Preston & Jorja

Housing Secured!

We got up early this morning and made it to Steve & Sharon's cabin by 7:45. Sharon got us all geared up and we headed to the river. We had two great runs. Two rafts on the first one and one on the second. Mike was able to go on the first one. We both used our wetsuits and I ended up being so grateful for that! Sharon had Tage and Dallin each have a turn on the stick. That was great! Mike went back to the cabin after the first run. Sherry was going to be there before the second run was over. I decided to keep my wetsuit on for the second run even though multiple people told me I would be too hot. Usually the second run is pretty hot and I just wasn't sure what I should do. Well, it wasn't today. It was colder than the first run. (That rarely happens!) I was very thankful I kept it on because I was cozy the entire time! We hit some good waves the second run and we were covered! It was also fun to see Sharon enjoying the raft. The second run had a lot of people since we only had one boat and only two less people from the previous run. Sharon just got to ride and she enjoyed every second of it!

When we finished the runs and finished cleaning up, Tage, Dallin and I watched a video with Steve, Sharon and Ruby. (Ruby is a 12 year old girl that was at the cabin with Sharon's brother and sis-in-law. They were planning on staying until Friday, but their daughter called early in the morning to tell them that her water broke and she would be having her baby, five weeks early. Stockton style.) Ruby also LOVED Tage. She thought Tage was the coolest person she ever met. Tage was also super nice to her. It was really cute. After the rafting video, Steve took us back to our cabin. I ran in and got rafting pictures that had my mom in it. This was taken on her birthday in 1993. The last birthday she had before she got cancer. She probably had cancer in these pictures and just didn't know it. I snapped some pictures before handing them to Steve. It is hard giving up pieces of my mom, even though giving them to Steve & Sharon will be so much better than having them stuffed in a drawer. One of my favorite things about these pictures is my mom's handwriting on the back. It's awesome. I love looking at her name. She wrote the best cursive rs. Anyway, I gave them to Steve and Sharon for their collection. Crazy this was her birthday. I miss her. 

Mike was gone when we got back. He was at the lake with the Hardys. They had fun playing with the jet ski. Xander and Miah loved it! The Hardys also brought their dog Nagi. Bear and Nagi had fun playing on the beach. Luckily they are getting along.

Scoop and Cori arrived shortly after Mike got back from the beach. Perfect timing. This is the first time Mike's dad has been here and Mike loved showing him around.

We had hamburgers and played games. We had a giant Canadian Salad game. I thought I had tied Mike with 20 points (which is an excellent score on that game) but I missed a trick and ended up taking second with 30 points. Everyone else was in the 100s I think, but I still lost by 10. Fun that Mike won that though.

The best thing that happened today was Stockton and Alyssa secured housing! Alyssa noticed that housing was being opened again on July 6th at 9:00. Ten spots were available. They got everything ready and decided to send two emails. Stockton sent his right at 9:00 and Alyssa sent hers at 9:00 and 20 seconds. Stockton got an email saying he got in if the forms were filled out and the deposit paid in the next 24 hours. Alyssa got one saying that they were sorry, they got over 100 applications in 10 minutes. Wow! So thankful they will have a place to stay in the fall! They put a 1 bedroom as their first choice and a 2 bedroom as their second. They will find out in a couple of weeks which one they get. So relieved and thankful they were able to get in!!!!!

Pizza with Miah

Jorja left Boise early this morning and rode the bus with the second batch of FSY kids going to Utah State. I worked today. It was crazy because Alta is doing summer school and I helped Christine with that. The problem was, Skyward is down all this week. Summer school is packets, so it should be fine. It was not fine. Only half of the kids had signed up. The other half just came and did not know what they needed. We had no way to look up their information. It's mind boggling that they did not know what class they failed. Most of the kids failed a lot of things. It was the most bizarre day.

Sherry and Matt invited me to get pizza with them. I had been texting Sherry to find out when Miah worked. She now works at a pizza restaurant by my house. I met the Hardy's down there. Matt's mom, Jeannine, even came. I grew up in the same ward as Matt, so I know his mom. All of Sherry's kids were there and the pizza was delicious.

Miah

Mike and Preston had fun today. They took the jet ski out and had a great time until a rock got sucked into the impeller. That will give Mike a new project to work on. We are going to be at the cabin next week with Sherry's family. Hopefully he can get the jet ski up and running!

Tage is Married!

Tage got married today. She married Dallin Asay. They met in high school and reconnected this year. They are planning on working at the ski resort and living in a van. Hahaha. That is so Tage! (Tage does have a double major in International Studies and English Teaching with a minor in Arabic.) Tage just had parents, siblings and some high school friends. They got married in a canyon in Southern Utah. Dallin's dad married them. They started wondering if they had crossed into Arizona. Their wedding license was for Utah. So, when they went to lunch after the wedding, Dallin's dad married them again... just in case. She said she is planning on doing a reception in June. Tage seems really happy, so that is great!

Tage & Dallin with Xander, the ring bear

Cori gave Tage Sharen's wedding ring. Grandma Honey died 16 years ago today. Tage didn't know about it until Dallin put the ring on her finger. What a cool moment for her.

Surprise Miah Sighting

Mike's pond progress! Looking good!

The kids woke up around 11:00. Jorja took them home and then she went to breakfast with Bode. I took Preston to the oral surgeon. Turns out that he has to have the tooth removed from the top. Not a pleasant experience, although Blake has already had it done. So has my dad. I guess my dad is to blame for this extra tooth. They are also going to take three of Preston's wisdom teeth out. Might as well get it done while he is already unconscious. They can't find a fourth one. Hopefully he doesn't have one. If he does, then he will have to have it removed later. While we were waiting in the back of the oral surgeon's, I thought I saw Sherry go into a room. That was random. I wasn't sure if my eyes were playing tricks on me, so I had my eyes glued to that room. A few moments later I saw Miah walk in! Miah! She was getting her wisdom teeth out today. We were the only patients in that entire office. What are the chances?

Sherry and Miah

Stockton called as I was leaving to Preston's appointment. I talked to him the entire way there. That was nice. Although he had some crazy news. His mission president has now gone home. He has corona. He started showing symptoms on Monday and was diagnosed Wednesday and sent home today. Stockton was with him Friday. So, that's lovely. I hope he is okay and I hope no one else gets sick. Especially Stockton.

Jorja had a student government barbecue to close out their camp. She had a lot of fun there. I'm glad they were able to have some kind of camp, but it was not even close to the level of fun and excitement as they have at Utah State. Too bad these kids missed out on that experience.

Jorja & Paige

Kelsey, Jorja, Paige, Annie

Eighty-One

Grandma Honey would have been 81 today. Crazy. Mike ordered a giant dumpster in honor of her birthday. It was delivered today. Mike said his mom would love nothing more than for him to throw away lots of stuff. Haha

Sherry brought flowers to her grave. She and Miah stopped by after so they could see Bear. Don't worry, we didn't come closer than 6 feet to them. Except Bear did. He doesn't follow social distancing guidelines very well.

Bear & Jorja

We did get to talk to Stockton today. He was able to have a video lesson with a family of twelve. Stockton said it went so good! He is happy, enjoys his companions, and is trying to figure out the new missionary normal. While I was talking to him the stake president came over and brought them face masks. They have to wear them in the stores and if they go into anyone's house. They are rarely allowed into houses anymore, but sometimes for the sacrament I think.

Stockton, Elder Jenson, Elder Wells

Kaylee's Handprints

So....Jorja was sick again. She missed the entire day of school. She probably would have tried to get the last classes, but she was supposed to go on a field trip for PLT anyway. She also missed the Valentine party in student government. Ever since Jorja had mono last year, whenever she gets sick, she gets really sick and has a hard time shaking it. Still, nothing has compared to the awful days when she first had mono.

Mike had work off. He gets every other Friday off, except during crunch time ~ Black Friday and Christmas season. It was perfect timing because Sherry came down from Highland to do Kaylee's handprints. Super nice of her to do that! She had the day off of school today and spent it doing us a favor. It was awesome. I have a lot of pictures of Kaylee getting her handprints, but none of her footprints. Weird. Also, I couldn't help but put every picture with Amy watching in the background. Haha

Mike wandering, Sam holding Kaylee, Matt watching, Sherry creating

 Kaylee

 Taking the oxygen sensor off to get Kaylee's footprints

 Matt, Kaylee, Sherry

 Amy's watching

 She's concerned

 And adorable

 Matt & Kaylee

 Kaylee

Poor little girl. You will love the handprints when you are older though. If you notice all the Enfamil in the background, it is because Matt and Sam are stockpiling it. This is the only thing Kaylee will eat and it has been discontinued. Matt searched every store from Provo to Layton yesterday getting as much as he can. Sam has a lot of writer friends around the country. Some of them are sending her some. Bad timing for this. Hopefully by the time they go through it all her little body will be able to tolerate something else.

Mike and I went to lunch at Sizzler after the handprints were done. That was nice, fun and relaxing. We tried to convince Jorja to go with us, but she wasn't hungry. She hasn't been hungry for a long time. Jorja had her ACT camp today. She picked Drew up at school and they got to Provo for the 3:00 check-in. Evan and Gabby were also there. She said it was a lot more fun that she thought it would be, which was great. Evan and Drew were in one group. Gabby and Jorja were in another. She is hoping that she will be in a group with someone she knows tomorrow since it is all day. Fingers crossed for that one!

Aubrey, Gabby, Drew, Evan

 Ben

Once she got back she picked up Ben and they stopped by Crumbl. Jorja had a coupon for free cookies. Then they went to Smiths before Jorja came home. Hopefully she isn't sick tomorrow! Also, Mike finally finished the Sweethearts video. It is awesome. Here is the link to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEYgVkgdzzA 

Family Dinner

I woke my dad up early this morning and then we hit the road. We said goodbye to John and Renee last night. I didn't set an alarm, but I always wake up early. My dad wanted to stop by these statues on the way out of town. His friend Bruce Couch had told him about them. Bruce went on my dad's last church history trip with him. My dad has been their home teacher for years. My cousin Rozie is married to Bruce's brother. Anyway, we have never seen these statues before and they did look beautiful.

 My dad getting a closer picture

 Should I leave my dad and say I forgot he was taking a picture?

I was on a tour with my dad when he asked me to get out of the bus to take a picture of the new Kansas City Temple. I did what he asked and watched as the tour bus drove away. My dad claims he 'forgot' I was taking a picture.

I made it home in time for 10:30 church, which was great. We had dinner tonight at Steve and Shannon's house. All of Mike's siblings were there. Lisa is flying back to California tomorrow. Crazy Aunt Mona came, and it was great to see her. Her husband George is in the hospital right now. He had a really bad accident and they don't know if he will make it. He has hundreds of titanium plates in his face right now. Holly & Josh and their kids also came over. So fun to talk with them. One of her girls, I think one of her twins, was awesome at Code Names. She said 'revere' and got four picks. I can't remember what they all were. Things like revolution and horse. It was great.

Jorja hung out with Weston and Michael for a long time. Michael gave her a talking to about some of the boys she has liked in the past and it was awesome. Shannon wanted to take a serious picture of us posed the same.

Weston, Jorja, Michael, Stephanie

We were at Steve and Shannon's house until late. Such a great time! Sherry, Lisa and Michael were there pretty late too. Jacob and Weston are leaving on an HEFY trip on Tuesday. Jacob is going to Ecuador and Weston is going to Zimbabwe. Steve and Shannon will be empty nesters for a few weeks... so they are going to Hawaii.

Weston & Jorja

Poor Mario

Mike caught two rats. Our neighbor's cat, Mario, wanted to play with them so bad! He sat and watched them, walked around their cages, pawed at the cages. It was pretty funny.

I went to the temple this morning. I missed the session just barely, so I did initiatories and a session. It was very peaceful. While I was waiting for the session I spent a lot of time working on my lesson. It is about signs of the second coming. My dad came over after I got back and worked with me on it for awhile too. Jorja stayed after school to work on decorations for Senior Dinner Dance. Luckily she was able to get a ride home with Taylor Johnson. That was nice because I didn't have to leave my dad. Jorja showed me this Venmo notification. She thought it was hilarious. Ben goes to a different school and she hasn't talked to him for awhile. He randomly sent this to her. Haha. It is true, he did introduce Spencer to her.

Jorja's new phone came in the mail today. Her old one has been glitchy lately. She wanted a phone with a good camera to take to Taiwan. Mike and I paid for 1/3 of her phone and she paid for the rest. She must have really wanted it because that cost her a pretty penny.

Sherry came over and brought me clothes. Yay! I love it when Sherry does that. She drove Miah's new car. This cute black jeep. Hopefully Jorja and Miah can go on fun adventures in that!

Miah's car