Good-bye Preston and Jorja

Jorja got up early this morning to go to the temple with her friends. Preston got up early to go to youth conference. I dropped him off at the church. Mike came back later with Bear. Preston is going river rafting down the Green River. He will be camping two days. I hope he has a great time!

Bear & Preston

Jorja came back later than expected and had to hurry to get ready to go to Oregon. She was supposed to have her room clean before she left and failed miserably. One of my biggest pet peeves is Jorja will not put the lid on different pill bottles. Who does that? I have talked to her about it several times. I sent her this picture while she was at the airport. She just laughed. But really???? What is she going to do when she has kids? Super dangerous. Not a good habit to have.

Jazz won Game 2 against the Clippers. It was awesome! I loved it! In boring news, here are my juice pictures I sent to Rachel. I'm getting pretty good at this.

Wet and Happy

We are starting an adventure this week! Bubs and Ange dropped their kids for us to watch this week. They are going on a church history tour with my dad. Last year they did the first part of the tour, this week they are doing the second part. Nauvoo, Carthage, Kansas City, Far West . . . things like that. It was cool, when they dropped them off they brought in a ton of food and milk. I thought that was really nice.

We taught them Colt Express. They loved it! I expect many games of Colt Express and Werewolf this week!

Abby, Amelia, Preston, Ella, Lincoln, Mike

Stockton and Jorja got back from youth conference tonight. Stockton got home about an hour and a half earlier than Jorja. He came home with the Masters and Ron Covington. They didn't stop anywhere to eat. Stockton didn't mind. Jorja came home with Tom Perry and Ebony. I know there were others in the car. Jorja and Ebony were so spazzy. It sounds like they both had a great time. Stockton threw lots of people in the water. His favorite was when he tried to photo bomb Jacqui while she was taking a selfie with Michael. He dove at her and took her down. (Her phone was in a water proof case.) He also loved the cliff diving. He named the different ledges 5,7,and 10. He said they were about that height. I can't remember everything, but I know he did a double (while wearing a life jacket!) off the 7 and some reverses off the 10. He hit the bottom twice going off the 10. Luckily the life jacket slows him down and luckily it was just his feet. He does miss landing on his head when he does cliff jumping though. I'm thankful that the kids came back smiling and in one piece.

Ebony, Michael, Stockton, Jorja

Off to Youth Conference

Stockton and Jorja left for youth conference this morning. They are river rafting down the Green River. Hopefully they will be safe. Steve just did that a few weeks ago and was pulled under with his life jacket. Let's hope nothing like that happens on this trip.

Stockton & Jorja

Mike and I went to David Yauney's wedding. They were married in the temple earlier today, but we were able to go to the ring ceremony and reception. It was beautiful and the food was great. They had registered on Amazon and they actually picked One Night Ultimate Werewolf. That is what I got for them. Perfect since Stockton and Josh (David's brother) learned about this game together.

In other news, Preston has had this taped up by our doorbell for awhile. Is this why we have no friends? :)

It's Tomorrow

Stockton and Preston had diving at the platforms today. It is so fun to watch them.

Stockton

 Preston & Stockton

 Preston

Stockton 1 1/2 off 7

Preston off 7

I was telling Stockton's coach that he most likely won't be at diving tomorrow. He has youth conference, but I have no idea what time they are leaving or if Stockton is even going. Stockton said, "Wait? Youth conference is tomorrow?" Yep! That is why I keep asking you if you can go! Jorja really wanted Stockton to go, so he stayed up and finished his film write-ups and took a biology quiz. He will miss bowling, but I think you can miss two bowling classes. He will have to just bowl for fun. We'll have to twist his arm on that one!

Hailey and Drew came over to hang out with Jorja today. Drew and Jorja wrote letters to Miss Falk. The same Miss Falk that hated Stockton. She loved Jorja. She got married over the weekend in Oregon and her name is now Mrs. Taylor, I think. Anyways, they are a bunch of weirdos.

Stockton and Willy are Back!

Stockton and Willy came back this afternoon.  It sounds like they had a great time.  Stockton said it was really fun.  He said Willy was talking with everyone.  Yay!  Gavin was there.  He is in our stake and Stockton used to dive with him.  He and Gavin pulled off their backflip at the dance.  Ashley told him, "I've known you my whole life and I didn't know you could do that."  Stockton thought it was funny that she said she knew him her whole life.  Well, she has known him five and a half years now! Crazy!  Stockton's team won this crazy obstacle course. Willy, Ryuhei and two other people from another ward were on the team.  The guy gave Stockton $25 for winning and told him to take the other people to Chick-Fil-A for ice-cream.  Stockton has no idea who the other two people are.  He said he was trying to find change so he could give the others $5.  That's kind of a weird prize.  They played Johny Game Show a lot.  Willy won that one.  Johny game show is hilarious.  Johny runs it and changes the rules the entire time.  Johny is Stockton's friend that has down syndrome.  I can't explain how hilarious it is, but they play it at every camp.  Questions are like: What is your favorite color?  Blue.  WRONG!  Anyways, so fun.  I'm glad Stockton and Willy had a great time.  They looked pretty beat when they got home.  I asked them if they wanted to go hiking.  Nope.  We did take them out to Mexican food.  We let Willy pick what kind of food he would like to have.  He has only had Mexican food one other time.  I think he liked it, but he did not want beans!

I dropped Jorja and her friends off at the movies before dinner.  Jorja, Katyn, Jazzie, and Jazzie's friend London.  Jazzie had a birthday last week and got a phone.  Jorja is SO HAPPY!  Now she can text Jazzie.  It is lucky she got an iPhone, that is the only way Jorja can send texts.  It was funny.  London told Jorja she had been wanting to meet her because Jazzie talks about her all the time.  Katlyn said the same thing about Jazzie.  The girls met Hailey, Noah and Daxton at the movies. The boys had already bought tickets for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, even though the girls did not want to see the movie.  The girls ended up seeing Jungle Book.  Worked out well.  Jazzie told Jorja that she is probably going to Alta.  Jorja about jumped out of her seat!  She is so excited!  London is not.  Jazzie is in the boundaries for Jorja's middle school and high school, but was able to get a pass to go to the new middle school.  Corner Canyon, the new high school, is too crowded so they don't let as many people in.  This is great for Jorja!  I hope this happens.  Jorja would love it!

In other fun news, Becky had her baby today!  4 pounds 10 ounces 18 inches.  Tiny baby!  Can't wait to meet him!

Youth Conference

Stockton and Willy set off for Youth Conference today.  I hope they have a great time.  When Stockton was looking at the itinerary he said, "If this Youth Conference was a hamburger and the spiritual stuff was how long it was cooked, the fire alarm would be going off."  He was a bit worried about it.  He always has a good attitude, so hopefully they will have a great time.  I'm excited for Willy to spend time with the youth in our ward.  It will be a great way for him to talk to a lot of people.  That is what his parents wanted.  Willy to be able to practice his English.  Willy speaks English very well by the way.

Lots of youth with Stockton and Willy at the end

 Ian, Darby, Michael, Isaac, Landon, Josh, Ashley

Willy, Ryuhei, Stockton, Johny, Rachael, Zoe

Now we only have two kids at home.  That's weird.  Mike, Maysen, Preston and I played Settlers of Catan, Maysen's version.  Well, we used the 3D board that Maysen made.  It was fun.  I won, so of course it was fun.  Preston tried the 'only buy development cards' strategy.  He did get 'largest army', but that's about it.  Although he moved the robber almost every turn and that gets old after awhile.  Wacko.