Prom

Mike and Maysen made Bear a jumping bar today. Maysen had fun trying to get him to jump it. Usually he just ran around it, but they got him jumping a few times. It was cute.

Maysen & Bear

Jorja had prom today. It was allllllll day long. Riley picked her up for breakfast around 8. They ate at someone's house. Then they went to Boondocks. Which is kind of funny because that is what they did for Jorja's first prom. Riley had to go to a shift leader meeting at Chick-Fil-A. Bode took Jorja there while Riley was at the meeting. She thought she would have as much fun by herself, but when he was gone most of the things that were done were couple things so it was a bit awkward for her. She was a good sport though. 

Kelsee did Jorja's hair and it looked beautiful. The kids went and got pictures at someone's house. Then they took a limo up to Provo to the same lemon restaurant they went to for Sweethearts.

Jorja & Riley

Riley & Jorja

Riley's mom asked for pictures so I followed them to the car to get some more

The backyard pictures turned out so pretty! ~ Riley & Jorja

This looks like a gigantic group, and it is. They were together for pictures but split off to different restaurants.

Sadler & Rebecca, Caleb & Giselle, Tyson & Halle, Layla & Marshall, JJ & Ellie, Tommy & Kenzie, Tyson & Kate, Aiden & Caitlyn, Riley & Jorja

Luke & Sami, Jake & Autumn, Bode & Lily, Jordy Robs & Megan, Dallen & Kate 

Jorja & Riley ~ don't know why Riley is carrying her

Riley & Jorja

Jorja & Riley in the limo

Kids in limo

All the parents in student government were asked to chaperone. Mike and I got there first and were able to snag a spot with two chairs. Made it easy. We had to block one hallway and I checked the Jazz score. We weren't able to do chair dancing this time. Mike and I had a good laugh at the SBO picture in the hallway. It looks fake. The boys' heads don't look like they belong on their bodies. Kind of funny.

Joe ~ secretary, Dawson ~ AVO, Bode ~ attorney general, Marshall ~ public relations

Dallin ~ president, Brenton ~ Vice President, Sadler ~ chief of activities

Jorja ~ financial chair, Layla ~ historian 

Jorja's group didn't get to the dance until right before it ended. I think they caught the last 30 minutes. Jorja said their dinner took so long. Mike and I ended up being at prom more than Jorja. Too bad. Jorja was wondering if people were there and if people were dancing. The student government had taught three line dances during video announcements. The kids danced to all three. Lots of kids. I sent these pictures to Jorja.

Boot Scootin' Boogie

Prom royalty was announced for 2020 and 2021 at the end of the dance. Jorja got to put the sashes on the girls. Last year prom royalty was voted on before the world shut down, but never revealed. I love that these kids were able to get that experience. Janelle won. I love her.

Announcing prom royalty

Alta has been under construction. Look at these cool video screens. They have two in the commons now.

Janelle ~ hahahaha

The school did the best they could to keep the kids safe. They sold a limited number of tickets. Everyone needed a negative covid test 24 hours before the dance. They were able to get the tests done at the school. Everyone had to wear a mask. Each group was assigned a square to dance in. They got wristbands at the door assigning them to a square. 40 kids could fit in each square. Did they only stay in the square? No, but it was a valiant effort. I'm doing this post one month after the dance and as far as I know no one got covid. It was so wonderful to see the kids together like this. They all looked so happy.

Making Flowers

Jorja left early to decorate for prom. I picked her up a bit before noon to take her to get her dress altered and then dropped her off at school. Jorja and Riley made their flowers for the dance at his house. Except they were only able to get Riley's done before he had to go to work. So, Jorja made her corsage at home. Jorja made it with mostly fake flowers. The only real ones are the baby's breath. She wanted one that didn't have the flowers wilt. I think they turned out so good. How fun that she learned how to make these!

Jorja's corsage

Riley's boutonniere

Concepcion Chile

Jorja and I took two of her dresses to be altered, really just hemmed. She is trying to decide which dress to wear to prom even though she officially hasn't been asked yet. We took her yellow dress that she got for prom last year. We bought it days before the world shut down. We also took an $18 dress she found on Ebay. It is lavender and the same style dress that she wore to her sophomore prom. Glad we were able to get that started. Also, here is a random picture of Jorja and Riley. I send myself pictures from Jorja's phone for the blog. I know this wasn't taken today, but I probably sent it to myself on March 2. Now a few weeks later I'm getting around to posting. So, I might have already put it on here. Any double pictures you see in the blog.... sorry about that.

Riley & Jorja

Jorja went to Riley's last Jr. Jazz basketball game. While she was there Weston opened his mission call. They had it streaming on facebook and Instagram live. Jorja was planning on watching it on instagram, but the sound wasn't working. We FaceTimed her and had the Facebook feed up on our TV. Jorja was able to watch it that way. Weston is going to Concepcion Chile! He leaves July 6th. Wow! He is supposed to go to the Mexico MTC, but most likely that won't be open and he will do the MTC at home like Jacob did. You can see Jacob is home in the picture below. He came home on February 13th, which is why Steve and Shannon weren't able to come to the cabin with us. He had some crazy medical problems, so he is on a medical release. Hope he gets all the way better soon. Anyway, so excited for Weston. Lots of missionaries in that family in the last three years!

Brandon, Weston, Erica, Jacob

Riley texted me this afternoon and asked if I would help him ask Jorja to prom. His mom came over around 9:00 and we got to work. Riley was pretty funny and sent his mom with specific instructions. The numbers are how many candles he wanted at each spot. He also had the exact amount of candles we needed in different bags. 26 candles in a bag labeled P etc. It was nice that he put so much thought and effort into it, which made it a lot easier for us.

He forgot the Minecraft things and KitKat. Also we didn't want to do it in the backyard and set everything up on the driveway.

Mike and Stockton were troopers. Our hands were freezing by the time we finished, but it did look so good when we were done. Riley's mom texted him when we were getting close. He had to get there before the candles blew out! Jorja loved it.

Jana, Stockton, Mike

Riley & Jorja

Jorja

Fake Prom

 Jorja woke up super early to go on a hike and see the sunrise with friends. They went to a park after the hike. Carter brought his new-for-him moped. He was letting people drive it. Jack crashed into Giselle's car. Jorja said the moped was in pretty bad shape. She brought Jack to our house because she knew we had tons of bandages right now. Jorja and I got Jack patched up then someone came to take him home.

Jorja, Lucas, Tommy

Jorja wasn't able to bring him home because she had an SBO meeting at our house that was going to start soon. They are trying to figure out the 40 minute hello video. She had fun working with them on it though. They have a long ways to go! Mike has been working hard on the duck pond. This is the current state.

One of my former beehives has come home from her mission. She served in the Indianapolis, Indiana mission. Just like my brother Brett and my cousin Paul. Anyway, she cut all of our hair and did Jorja's hair fancy for her 'fake prom' tonight. Jorja put on some fake nails while Kelsee did her hair. Multitasking. Haha.

Jorja & Kelsee

I left Mike at Kelsee's house and hurried Jorja home as soon as her hair was done. Joe was going to be there real soon. I helped Jorja get into her dress and then pinned it up with safety pins. We meant to get the dress altered, but corona shut the world down and we never got around to it. The top layer is still too long, but at least she won't trip on the heavier fabric. She is planning on wearing this dress to senior dinner dance, if they are able to have it. We will get it altered for that one. Joe and Jorja doubled with Drew and Janelle. They dressed up for pictures and then immediately changed. That was the compromise. Joe did not want to stay dressed up. Jorja wanted pictures. They went to the Flight Park and watched hang gliders and talked. They painted rocks and went to a pizza restaurant. Then they watched JoJoRabbit at Janelle's house. I'm not sure about the order of everything. Here are pictures from the prom.

Joe & Jorja

Jorja & Janelle

Janelle & Jorja (Drew & Joe's heads)

Joe & Jorja

Joe, Jorja, Janelle, Drew

Joe & Jorja

Janelle, Joe, Jorja & Drew checking out the photo hahaha

Janelle and Drew ~ hahahaha I love this!

Jorja & Janelle

Jorja & Janelle

One more photo of Joe and Jorja