Scones and Cookies

Mike taught my lesson in Sunday school. He taught his lesson about resiliency that I love. It went great! I have a hard class. Mike is a fantastic teacher. I love watching him teach.

Jorja & Stephanie

 Maysen, Mike, Jorja, Stephanie

We had family dinner at Matt and Sam's today. Sam had to go to the hospital and stay over night this past week, but today she was doing okay. Hopefully baby Kaylee will stay in there for a long time! I think Sam is 25 weeks along now. Maybe Kaylee will be born on my birthday? I thought there was a chance she would be born on Stockton's birthday, but she would have had to come early. Now there is no chance because they won't let Sam go longer than 34 weeks. So mine is looking like a real possibility. Stockton would be SO MAD! Haha! The other three kids share a birthday with a first cousin. This was probably his last chance. He feels left out. Hahaha. Maysen was born on Taylor's third birthday. Lincoln was born on Jorja's third birthday. Preston was born on Erica's tenth birthday. Would have been cool to have Kaylee born on Stockton's twentieth birthday. Wow! I can't believe Stockton is almost twenty!!!

Trolling my brothers with my dad's scones

Jorja had Matt's three oldest kids wrapped around her finger most of the night. I wanted to get a picture of all of them playing on phones because it was so funny! Too bad Greg had my phone. These kids adore Jorja. So, so cute!

Greg, Jorja, Anne, Jeff

 Amy with an adorable cast on her arm

 Poor sweet girl

Right as we were leaving my dad's house I got a text from a random number with this picture! They said, "Just spent the afternoon with the young men going over people in our ward they can visit! They are awesome!!" Turns out this text was from the Relief Society president in the Anamax Ward. Brother Kelly's mom texted me and asked some information about Stockton. We texted back and forth for a bit. How fun! Brother Kelly is from northern Virginia. This was the first time I was able to see these two together. I loved it! So happy she sent this to us.

Elder Kelly and Elder Smith

Maysen went straight back to Utah State from family dinner. She is coming back next Friday though! She wants to be here for Preston's birthday. He is SO HAPPY about that! Jorja was able to get three of the junior class officers to come over and make cookies. They made pumpkin chocolate chip. Her idea was for them to be thinking about someone who could use a little pick me up. They were on the lookout during this week. It was awesome to hear them talking about who would benefit from the cookies. They really took it seriously. They were able to make eight plates and wrote a nice note to each of the kids. It went so well they are planning on doing this every other week. Although they are going to start earlier. They didn't get home until late, late, late. Too bad Jorja was sick almost her entire sophomore year. She would have loved doing this last year too.

Jorja & Joe

 Luke, Marshall, Joe, Jorja

 Marshall, Joe, Jorja, Luke

Jorja ~ day 3

Blood

I took Jorja this morning to get her blood drawn. Hopefully her liver levels are down and all is well with the world. This time it went pretty smooth. Jorja was scared, but said it wasn't as bad as last time. She spent the rest of the day at work. I watched the BYU/Utah State game while texting my brothers. Even though I graduated from Utah State and my kids go there, I still cheer for BYU. It's in my DNA. Anyway, BYU dominated this game. It was fun.

Preston & Maysen

Maysen and Preston were hanging out in our room for awhile. They looked so cute together, but I couldn't get a picture that captured the crazy amount of cuteness. Preston doesn't like to cooperate for pictures at the moment. You can still see Maysen's bandage from when she got her blood drawn yesterday. Hope both of these girls' tests come back normal.

Jorja ~ day 2

Pre-Travel

I took Maysen to her doctor appointment today. We stopped for lunch after. It was fun to be able to have some one-on-one time with her. I had my Israel pre-travel meeting tonight. I went with my dad. I wasn't expecting to see Steve & Sharon, or John and Renee there, but they all came. Jordyn was there too, but I thought she would be. There was a couple there that were pretty surprised to see my aunts and uncles. They live a couple of streets away from John and Renee in Idaho Falls. How fun! The meeting was long, but it was good information. Hopefully I remember everything. I didn't get home until late because my dad wasn't able to leave for a long time. Nice to be able to go with him though. I'm getting so excited for this trip. I can't believe so many family members are coming! John, Renee and Jordyn are leaving early and going to Jordan for a few days first. I would have had to leave on Preston's birthday for that to happen. I'd rather be with Preston. I can't believe he is going to be a teenager soon!

Jorja decided she wants to do a 24 days of gratitude thing. She is posting this on her Instagram stories. She actually started on Sunday, but I thought I would backtrack and put it up on the day she meant it for. Even though those pictures won't be taken for a few days. Haha

Jorja ~ day 1