Magic

I worked today. One of the things I did was add all the people who won their election to the student government class. I sent the list to Jorja because I thought she would be interested. She is going to be the counselor for these kids at USULC. Five of the kids are in our ward. That's pretty cool. There are only six girls in the entire student government next year. They aren't having senior senators or head cheerleaders. Without those the small girl ratio would be similar to when Jorja was in student government. When she was a freshman there was one other girl named Eliza. Her sophomore year she was the only girl. Junior year she was the only girl. Her senior year there was one other SBO named Layla. There are more seniors officers. Janelle and Ella were senior class officers. It is so hard for girls to win. Kind of sad. Glad Jorja was able to have this opportunity though. I asked Shay what Jr. Tech Officer was. They are going to help the AVO officer. Basically help put together videos. I think that is a great idea. Poor Dawson was run ragged Jorja's year, especially because of Covid...most of their assemblies were online.

Cindy (the head counselor secretary) asked me how my weekend was. I told her it was great. My brother and his family are staying with us. The only problem we had was when one of the potion bottles broke and Jeff couldn't add unicorn tears. I told him I didn't know how to fix it. He said, "But all the potions I want to make need unicorn tears." I just kind of stared and though, "I'm not really sure how to answer that question." Then I realized how weird that sounded to Cindy, so I showed her the video of Preston making potions. During my lunch break I ran home and took videos of a few more things. I'll just stick a couple on here. My friends at work were quite impressed with what Mike has going on.

I posted this a few days ago, but this is the video I showed Cindy.

These I hurried and videoed during my lunch break.

I did not realize how many interactive things we have at our house. I tried to get them all. Later I realized I forgot about the knight statue. I also didn't get the puzzle wall and the enchanted forrest, but I wasn't sure those were working at the time. Mike sure knows how to make life fun! 

Matt and Sam and their kids packed up and headed to another house tonight. They are staying with one of Sam's authors. Sam needs to go into work the rest of this week and she is a little closer than us. Matt and Sam also try to spread their love so no one gets too overwhelmed. Haha.

Pirate Jokes

I spent some time figuring out Stockton's meal plan. We had bought him 25 more meals, but they told him that this was his last one. I got ahold of someone and found out the plans had to be manually added and they were added after Stockton went to lunch. Yay! Glad they were able to find them and I know Stockton will be able to eat! Jorja sent me an email about how to apply for a Visa. Not the credit card, but so she can live in Hong Kong. Mike and Preston have been working on adding a laugh track to some pirate jokes that the pirate in the hall tells. Silly boys. Also, the Jazz lost game 2. Boooooo!

You Made..... A Mess!

Stockton's home! Alyssa dropped Stockton off and then she headed to her house. Mike and Preston were excited to show Stockton what they have been working on. They have been making a cauldron station. Their favorite part is when the formula is put in wrong.  Weirdos. Haha

Preston showing Stockton how the cauldron works....

Also.... Jazz won!!!!! It is the playoffs now and Jazz won the first game in the series against the Mavericks.

Sorting Fruity Pebbles

Mike has had the week off and enjoyed every second of it. He spent most of his time working on wand stations. Making a cauldron in our downstairs fireplace was first on his list. He spent a lot of time making potion bottles. 3D printing them, wiring them, putting some sticky chip on the bottom, then filling some of them with Fruity Pebbles. One bottle had red pebbles and one had yellow. Quite tedious.

Mike

I tried to get the last Easter basket things filled. I really wanted to get the boys new white shirts. Mike's are super old and fraying, Stockton has mostly short sleeve ones and Preston has been growing. I decided to get the andcollar ones. They are supposed to be stain & wrinkle resistant. Plus they feel like exercise clothes, like the stretchy fabric. I found some at Mr. Mac. I hope they like them. I went to Deseret Book next to look for a Cantonese Book of Mormon, but the place was mostly empty with a 'We're Moving' sign out front. Drat. I went to the mall and met Shannon there. I hung out with her while she got some things. She wanted to go to White Elegance, a temple store, and look for some things. I drove over there with her. They had a temple dress that I couldn't resist. It was called 'Mandarin' and it definitely had an Asian vibe and was so beautiful. Shannon convinced me to get that for Jorja. I hope she likes it.

Quests

Brett and Rachel came today! Yay! Yay! Yay! I was talking on the phone with Stockton (which was awesome) when they got here. They got to yell hi to him. Mike immediately showed the kids the wand stations he made. He programed them each a wand and they were off on their quests. They loved it! It was adorable.

Jorja was supposed to have a hangout/sleepover with the student government girls today. She asked work off for it and everything. Then at the last second it was cancelled. Jorja was disappointed. Mostly because she missed camp this year and is a bit worried about bonding. Plus, it would have been fun. She did make a quick run for yogurt with Emily and then was able to hang out with Brett and Rachel's girls. Grace saw the fruit bowl and started telling me all about the Studio C sketch. She had the entire thing memorized. I told her to point her wand at it. She laughed and laughed when the fruit bowl started doing the Studio C sketch!

It is soooo fun to have family here! I love it! I wish they lived next door. The house is up for sale right now. Twice the price we paid for ours. And Brett's job is in Ohio. Details.