Rocks

Stockton sent us a picture of his group for this week. Stockton also got to see Alyssa for the first time in a month. She doesn't live too far from BYU and was able to meet him during one of his breaks.

Stockton & co-counselor Sarah with 18 boys and 9 girls

Stockton & Alyssa

Jorja and co-counselor Riley with their group

Don't know what this picture is about.

Mike got Stockton's bike from his mission put together and then took apart the jet ski motor. He was able to get it all put back together. Mike took the jet ski out and said it works okay. It's not as fast as it usually is so he is going to try and take the blades home and replace them this weekend. No repair shop had time to fix the jet ski, but there is a shop in Idaho Falls that has the blades. I'm glad Mike knows how to do all these things.

Jorja took a screenshot of Mike's BeReal. BeReal is a social media app where you are sent an alert once a day and have two minutes to take a picture. It takes a picture from the front and back. You can only see what your friends post if you also post. It is actually pretty fun. I only follow Mike, Stockton and Jorja. Also Emily, one of Jorja's friends.

Pizza with Miah

Jorja left Boise early this morning and rode the bus with the second batch of FSY kids going to Utah State. I worked today. It was crazy because Alta is doing summer school and I helped Christine with that. The problem was, Skyward is down all this week. Summer school is packets, so it should be fine. It was not fine. Only half of the kids had signed up. The other half just came and did not know what they needed. We had no way to look up their information. It's mind boggling that they did not know what class they failed. Most of the kids failed a lot of things. It was the most bizarre day.

Sherry and Matt invited me to get pizza with them. I had been texting Sherry to find out when Miah worked. She now works at a pizza restaurant by my house. I met the Hardy's down there. Matt's mom, Jeannine, even came. I grew up in the same ward as Matt, so I know his mom. All of Sherry's kids were there and the pizza was delicious.

Miah

Mike and Preston had fun today. They took the jet ski out and had a great time until a rock got sucked into the impeller. That will give Mike a new project to work on. We are going to be at the cabin next week with Sherry's family. Hopefully he can get the jet ski up and running!

Fixed!

Mike worked for hours on getting the rope untangled from the jetski. Bear was a loyal dog and waited patiently beside him. The kids would come out and play with him. He has lots of fans.

Amy, Bear, Jeff

Brett and I left this morning to go to Thayne and get his blinker in his car fixed. Everything worked out and they can now do all the left turns they want. Christian told us he could install it for us when the part came in on Friday. Brett asked the lady about it and she was kind of short with him and said she would see if he had any time. Christian was super nice. He came out and helped us right away. He said that we were going to be surprised how easy it is. After watching him cut wires, twist them together, add water proof glue and a bunch of other things, I think the $30 Brett paid him was worth it. Nice to have that done! 

Brett and I went in the gate at Chokecherry. Right after we turned onto Hummingbird Lane we noticed some kids. Then Brett realized it was Rachel. She was on a walk with Bear and lots of kids! We pulled over and the kids all hoped in the car. I got out to walk with Rachel. Brett let Eve "drive". She needs a few more years before I would be confident with that. Haha. Bear did not like all his friends leaving. He wined and barked and pulled on his leash and was so sad. After I thought Brett had made it back to the cabin I let him off his leash and he zoomed away. I was glad to see him back at the cabin when we got there. 

Mina, Eve, Brett

When Mike got the rope unstuck, Brett, Marie, Mina, Mike and I all took it down to the lake to make sure it was still working. It was! We had a great time. We had the jet ski and tube going and had no problem. There was thunder and lightning nearby and that made me a little nervous. I prayed a lot! It ended up being perfect. Stockton said while we were gone Anne gave them a lesson on the solar system. Haha. We have also been talking with Sam about helping us get Stockton's plates printed. She is going to help us out! She has great contacts. Sam said if we were willing to pay one of the typesetters $10/hour, she would be able to help us get it ready for printing. She also suggested hiring a graphic artist for the cover. (That will probably be the most expensive part besides the actual printing.) She has contacts at BYU she can ask about printing. I'm excited that she will be able to help us out because after all the work Stockton has put into this I want him to be able to hold it in his hands one day!

I can not believe tomorrow is our last day. This week has gone by so fast! I love it here. Especially when my brothers are with me. Only two of them this time, but it is the best.

Fun and Disappointing

I love these mugs. I like how they all are similar, but all are unique. I love how their name shows in the perfect place. I love that they are plastic and light so they are perfect for the kids. Here are a few of the cups hung up.

My dad made crepes this morning. Delicious. The kids were so cute reading Calvin and Hobbs this morning. Anne was reading it out loud and it was adorable.

Mina, Grace, Matt, Anne, Stephanie, Jeff 

We spent the day on the lake. It was a lot of fun, and also disappointing. There were a lot of kids. Stockton and Preston were so great. They took the kids around on a jet ski. The kids loved it. Stockton had each of them pick their favorite song and he would blast it as they rode. Mike got his boat into the lake and was calling out to Brett about how to hook the tube on. We had never started the tube this close to the shore and were unprepared for how fast the rope could get sucked in. Right as Mike took off in his boat that happened. At first we thought we could get the rope untangled, but we couldn't. Brett spent so long working on it. Mike brought the boat back and helped. I held the boat on the dock and we thought it would be fast. It wasn't. Finally Mike brought the boat back and took the jet ski back to the parking lot. Jet ski was done for the day. The most disappointing thing was my dad didn't get to ride in the boat. He was in it for a few minutes before Mike had to come back. My dad and Brett worked on the jet ski while Mike took some kids around. Once Mike got back it was time for my dad to leave to go back to Utah. He took Stockton and Preston back to the cabin on his way. Mike took another load on the boat. I was in it with Brett and a few of the girls. Bear was also with us. (Bear was great the entire day. I'm glad we brought him.) Matt played with Jeff and Greg on the tube at the shore. Rachel had come back with Eve and rode the kayak. Even though it was disappointing that we lost the jet ski, we still had a great time.

Stockton & Preston 

Broken jet ski... Matt, Marie, Brett, Preston

Grace, Amy, Anne in the boat

Grace

Jeff

Mina, Preston, Marie ~ they played on this for a LONG time

Brett working on the jet ski with Greg supervising

Eve, Anne, Rachel, Grace, Marie

Sam made delicious enchiladas. I was very glad I had Bear at the lake with me. She had all these enchiladas laid out on the table as she was working on them. It would have been so hard to do with Bear. The rest of the night was spent playing games with the Olympics in the background. This trip is going way too fast.

Parrydise~Logan~Sandy

I spent the day alone. I got lots done, so it wasn't too bad. Mike spent the morning on the lake with the kids. He was in his sailboat while they were on the jetski. I think the kids liked having a spot on the lake to rest. Maysen did the kneeboard and then they spent the rest of the time tubing. Stockton took a picture of Mike's boat while they were on the jetski. Mike's living his dream.

Mike's boat

Mike fixed the dog fence, so Bear had access to the inside and outside of the cabin while they were gone. Bear found a new treat spot. When they came home Mike found a loaf of bread, a bag of sour patch watermelon and a bag of Swedish fish. I wonder how sick Bear is going to be. Mike spent some time cutting down trees so he would have a better way to park the boat. It's not finished yet, but it's a good start. On the way to the hardware store Mike was being a truck that was painting lines in the road. He ended up being behind them on the way back too. Talk about luck!

Preston & Bear

Fallen trees

Bear shocked and appalled that Mike would leave him.

Jorja has had a blast at Utah State Leadership Camp. She has absolutely loved it. I don't know who any of these people are though. She did text me today that she needs to be picked up at 8:00 tomorrow instead of Thursday morning. Welp, we will have to reschedule our bishop appointment. Mike took care of that and got it for next week.

Utah State Ambassadors ~ Jorja is in the middle

Why does she stick out her tongue? I don't get it.

The different schools are given a theme and song and have to make up a dance to perform at this conference. The ambassadors did one too. You can hear how much the kids adored them. How fun!

The best part of my dad was watching Jazz win game 1 against the Clippers. It was awesome! Conley is still out which puts Jazz at a major disadvantage. Gobert had a monster block to win the game. Amazing!

Green Smoothie Challenge

Mike went sailing/fishing in the morning with Bear. In the afternoon he took the boys to go jet skiing. He put the jet ski in training mode to see how fast it would go. 17 mph. Which is nice that you can force the jet ski to go that speed if you would like. After he got done playing he fixed the fence that broke this winter. Mike is loving his time up there.

Bear

 Stockton & Preston

Fixed fence

Stockton is back in the top 1000 for Dominion

I started a 10 day green smoothie challenge. I braced myself for the most disgusting thing I could imagine. I was pleasantly surprised when the smoothie tasted pretty good. I love my new blender. I wish I didn't have to send it back.

I cleared out a drawer for all my smoothie stuff

And a section in the freezer for the frozen fruit

I sent these next pictures to Rachel

Rachel sent a picture of her salmon dinner back. It was actually a live picture and was so funny. Eve looks so excited about the salmon. At the end of the live picture Rachel takes the plate away and Eve has a look of betrayal on her face. Hahaha So funny!

Eve

Rachel also got a graduation picture. We only sent half out, hopefully we will get back to it soon.

I didn't have much communication with Jorja today. She did let me know that she is having a blast and her roommate's name is Shelby.

Double Decker

Mike took all the kids jet skiing. Maysen even went. Mike said she loved it. Yay! Mike has been anxious to take his boat out on the lake. Usually he tows the boat with the pilot. I needed the pilot this weekend, so he tried towing it with the van. He took the boat on a test run down to the road and back. Test run failed. The van and boat got stuck on the way up the hill. Looks like he will need a 4 wheel drive to tow the boat. Mike called Terry to see if he was around. He was in Kansas City, but Taylor was up at the cabin. Taylor was able to pull the boat up to the top. Yay!

Stuck boat

Taylor to the rescue

Boat is back, safe and sound

Weston ran a marathon today and Shannon ran a half marathon. Weston won his age group while setting a course record. He also qualified for the Boston marathon, although he will be on his mission when that takes place. I don't know much about running, but I'm guessing he did pretty good. I took this screenshot from Jacob's account.

Meanwhile back in Jorja land, she has continued to have fun at Lake Powell. She was so excited that she was able to do a trick with Riley. She climbed on his shoulders while he was wake surfing. Pretty impressive, especially considering she rarely has had practice behind a boat!

Lily, another girl, Jorja

Lily & Jorja

Jorja & Riley double decker surfing

Jorja needs to be at Utah State tomorrow at 6:00. I drove down to Lake Powell tonight. I left around 6:30. I almost made it the entire way down, but I pulled into a motel parking lot. Mike did not want me sleeping in the car. I walked around the motel but I could not figure out where the check in was. I used the bathroom and looked around again. I found a sign that said the check in was in a different building. I did not want to find it. I had brought a blanket and pillow with me and decided to climb in the back and take a little nap. I slept under a street light because I felt the area was a little sketchy and had no desire to be in a dark parking lot behind a cheep motel. I slept a bit and then finished my drive. I got to Antelope Point about three in the morning. The good thing was no one was taking money at the parking spot so I got to ride on through. I found a spot and slept until a loud noise woke me up around 7. I startled awake thinking someone was pounding on my door. It took me awhile to figure it out, but it was a bird pecking at the top of the car. Thanks bird.