Sean's Mom

Mike got his stitches out this morning and is very happy about it. Yay! He's getting used to the gaping hole in the back of his mouth but the stitches were annoying him so bad. At least the pain has stopped. Poor guy had quite a week of pain!

I was on my way to the Riverton Deseret Book when Jack's mom called. She told me Sean Kenley was going to be going to Lagoon with Preston. There are four boys going. She asked if I knew him. I did not. She told me they were the boys Preston went to Lagoon with for 8th grade Lagoon day. She also said that Sean's mom was the lady murdered this weekend. WHAT? When she said Kenley I did not put that together. His mom went missing on Friday. There have been posters for her everywhere. Sunday night they found her body in a ditch by the Jordan River. She had been shot and stabbed in the neck. A 75 year old former co-worker was arrested for her murder. He had been stalking her. Her husband even talked to him telling him to leave her alone. I just can't imagine what this poor family is going through. Jack's mom wanted me to talk to Preston in case anything was mentioned he wouldn't be blindsided by it. I talked to him about it tonight. Preston was just stunned. It is so sad.

We played several rounds of Dominion tonight. Preston kept possessing me and it was super annoying. He bought two provinces while he was possessing me. It is definitely more fun to be on the other end of possession.

Mermaid Ducks

Mike made it to the dentist today. He had to go by himself because I was taking Jorja to her periodontist appointment. Mike said it was so painful. They gave him lots of novocaine, but it didn't seem to help much. They scraped the bacteria out from around his tooth and then pulled his tooth. They added bone fragments and made a place where eventually they can put an implant if he decides he doesn't want a big hole at the back of his mouth. Mike said he was shaking in the chair because it hurt so bad. Poor guy. We were actually quite busy today too. We got two new ducks today. The duck rescue lady brought them over. They had been abandoned after Easter at Wheeler Farm. I asked her if they were going to be sad after living there. She said living there is a death sentence. They just don't survive, especially when the weather gets colder. We are giving them the best chance. That's good. She brought over a male and a female. There is one more, but she hid when she saw the other ducks get caught. The duck lady is planning on bringing her over tomorrow.

Angel with her two new duck friends

We had a Smith family BBQ today. Lisa and Nathan are in town right now. Fun and perfect. Mike actually did really well. (Looking back on this week that was amazing! He was in intense pain the entire week. Mike thinks he was able to function because of the novocaine he was given earlier.) Anyway, the rest of the day was spent swimming with the family. Sherry loved the mermaid tail. She was so funny. It was hilarious when Stockton put it on and did some dives. Haha. Just a perfect end of the day. Sorry about your tooth Mike!

Brandon's head, Jacob, Weston, Derek, Steve, Cori, Sherry, Matt, Melissa, Scoop, Nathan

Sherry & Steve

Mike helping Mermaid Sherry

Steve & Shannon, Scoop, Weston, Nathan, Jacob... Preston, Stockton, Jorja, Cori

Mike helping Mermaid Sherry slide

Mermaid Sherry!

Mike & Scoop

Stockton, Preston, Jorja

Scoop (and Leo)

Scoop dives

Preston, Jorja, Stockton, Leo, Mermaid Sherry, Matt, Taylor, Nova

Mermaid Stockton flips

Mermaid Stockton backflips

Preston's Favorite Clock

Mike is in soooo much pain. He called the dentist first thing in the morning, only to find out that they aren't open until tomorrow. He did get ahold of the dentist and has an appointment for tomorrow. The dentist also wrote him a prescription for stronger pain medication. The dentist thinks his tooth has cracked and is filled with bacteria. Whatever it is, it is so painful. Speaking of dentists, I took Preston to one today. Mike's friend. Preston told him he hated his clock, that it made him uncomfortable. Hahaha. If you can't tell what's wrong, the Roman numeral 4 is written wrong. Eric was so surprised. He said no one had ever pointed that out before and they have had that clock up there for years. Preston told him he hated it. Hahaha

Stockton did diving all day today. He coached for four hours, hung out with Dani for a couple hours and was back for the meet around 3:00. Long day of diving.

Jorja has officially decided to go to college instead of a mission right now. Jorja has been praying and fasting about this for months. She told us that last night she said a prayer before bed and told Heavenly Father that she hasn't been able to get an answer as to what she should do. She asked if she could be excited about whichever one was right. She said she went to bed excited about college and woke up excited about college. She had to tell Riley, one of the ambassadors, if she was going to college or mission. He has been very patient. Well, he texted her today and she sent this reply back. She sent me a screen shot and I was surprised and excited. She had been leaning towards going on a mission. I think this will be great for her and I'm very happy about it. (About a week later she was second guessing this decision. Wondering if she made the wrong choice. Stockton said that Heavenly Father knew how important this was to her and wouldn't have messed like that.) Stockton also sent me a screenshot of his conversation with Jorja. I'm so excited for Stockton and Jorja to be at school together. They are living in the same building. That's going to be so fun!

 

Worst Father's Day

Mike did not have a good day. At all. He woke up with a tooth ache and by the time afternoon came around he was in extreme pain. We kept giving him more and more pain medicine, but nothing seemed to help. Stockton came home this evening and we got Mike downstairs to open his Father's Day presents. Nothing too exciting. He had already gifted himself a water tank for his boat. We got him a neck fan. The kids got him miitopia. Then he made his way up to bed to try and sleep to get out of the pain.