Vegetable Derby Barbecue

Stockton got his package! He went back to the office and kept asking and asking. Finally someone told him that sometimes mail gets delivered at a building ten minutes away. Yep, it was there. Delivered three days ago. I wish it would have gotten to him earlier, especially since I paid for overnight shipping, but at least he got it! I'm glad he won't have to borrow his roommates shirt for the next two weeks.

Stockton

Mike gave Bear a much needed bath and then the rest of the day was spent getting ready for the ward barbecue. Mike added a vegetable car race and made a mini track. We handed out flyers and when Mike was in charge of the zoom he had the flyer be the screensaver during the sacrament. Still, I didn't think the vegetable car race would be a succuss. I thought a few people might do it, but that it would largely be ignored. I seem to remember them trying lawn games at the barbecue last year and it was just kind of there. Boy was I wrong. The kids loved that thing! There was so much excitement over there. I was shocked! So many people came up to me later and told me how much fun it was and that this should be a part of the annual barbecue every year. It was awesome because kids of all ages loved it, and lots of dads did too. Mona, a girl who I think is six, won the entire thing. I mentioned to my friend Camee how I was shocked this was such a hit. She said, "Are you kidding? It is all my boys talked about this week." Megan said her boys were the same. Yay! Glad they were excited to do it. My kids haven't really had fun at this activity. They don't like food or crowds. Preston had a great time. Maysen helped Mike the entire time. Her job was to video the races in case of a photo finish. The tape had to be looked at a couple of times. Anyway, glad this is over and thrilled it was a success.

Sister Watchman decorated the tables 

Kids I don't recognize and Clint Okerlund

A few random cars. Preston's is the cantaloupe. He said it did not go well.

The first race!

Random races

The final race for all the glory!

While we were busy racing vegetables, Jorja went with some friends to a National Parks concert. She loves that band and was able to get some cheep tickets. Sounds like she had a blast.

Nathan, Jorja, ????

No School

I worked today. Preston didn't have school. It is ACT testing for the Juniors. He could come to lunch and meet with teachers, but they have no class today. Preston and Mike have been having fun working on mine stations. Mike found out more information about the wand codes and now the wands work so much better! Preston was going around making everything go off. They have had a lot of fun working on the wand stuff and the ward Christmas party. If he can pull it off it would be so funny. Let's just say it involves conveyer belts and 1,000 ball pit balls. Hahaha

Jorja went through the Gilbert, Arizona temple today with Kinley. She took her endowments out today. I haven't heard much from Jorja, just that the Gilbert temple is so pretty. Hope she has a fun time. She sure is a busy girl.

Decade Dance

I worked today. Mike got ready for our next ward activity. We had a decade dance. Mike picked two or three songs from each decade. We had a trivia thing going, hula hoop contest and Chantale and her sister taught the cha-cha. Chantale and her sister Danielle both were on the BYU ballroom team and her sister was a professional dancer. Turns out Mike knew Danielle. She use to date Mike's best friend Eric. That was funny. We were a little bit worried that only the activities committee would show up to the party, but we had lots of people. I wish we had a bit more people, but at least it was enough. The people that were there had a great time. Chantale and Danielle's mom was there. I overheard her telling someone that she never gets to see her daughters dance together. That's cool! My favorite was when Carlee got Sister Mortensen up to dance. Bev had the biggest smile on her face! It was great! Suzanne Heaton couldn't come, but she made this delicious slush and tons of brownies. Kayla Mogenson did awesome with the decorations. Garrett, her husband, also made lots of delicious treats and manned the slush station. Sister Newman had given us lots of record that we hung from the ceiling. Carlee got some awesome prizes from DI and they were just perfect. Brother and Sister Antonelli had awesome costumes! He had an Elvis vibe and she was totally in the 60s. She had the coolest glasses, that also doubled as earrings that were her mom's. Plus, it was their anniversary! And they spent it with us! I was very happy with how everything turned out. Two ward activities done, who knows how many more to go. This one was a good one.

Good Eyes

Jorja got up early and went to breakfast with Paige. When she came back, Mike, Jorja and I all caravanned to the tire store. We dropped off Jorja's car, Mike took the pilot home and Jorja and I took Maysen's car to the eye doctor. I'm glad we were able to get the tires on Jorja's car changed today. It makes me feel much more confident with her having the car up in Logan. Now we can cancel the tire appointment we were going to try and get done in Logan on Saturday. That will be nice. Jorja's eyes are good. Her prescription has changed. Jorja's not 100% confident they got the right prescription. She has some trial contacts to test it out though. We did find out that her nerves didn't change. I guess the nerves are supposed to be perpendicular and Jorja's comes in at an angle. The doctor said all should be well and if any other eye doctor is concerned about her nerves she can let them know that it has been looked into and that is just how she was born. What a relief! That is exactly the news we were hoping for.

Jorja

Jorja's eyes were dilated for awhile. She came home and took a nap in the dark. She drove back to Logan today and made it just fine. We will get to see her again on Saturday. I'm excited about that.

The bishop came over to talk to Mike and I tonight. We are getting new callings. Mike is going to be released as the zoom guy and I will be released as a Sunday school teacher. I'm disappointed to be leaving Kalani though. Our class is great this year too. Mike and I are being called as ward activity leaders. This was a calling that was given years ago before it was discontinued. The bishop said they noticed it was quietly inserted into the handbook that the wards could have one again. The ward council voted unanimously to have one. That is because they have been in charge of the ward activities. Haha. Anyway, I hope Mike and I can do a good job. The key to us doing a good job is everyone in the ward needs to have low expectations. That's what I'm hoping for.