James's Mission Call Openin

James waited two weeks for his mission call. It was the longest two weeks. The emotions of waiting are really crazy. It was an emotional rollercoaster worrying about where he would be called. Since he took Spanish for 4 years I really wanted him to receive a Spanish speaking assignment. Then, because he went to Paraguay for HXP, I really wanted him to go to Paraguay or anywhere in South America would be sufficient. The stake president could see from his view, the status of the mission call. We found this out when we went to a wedding reception and the stake president was there with his wife. His wife told me I could text her any time and she would look up the status to see if it was assigned. So we took advantage of that and text her every other day. 

I was at clinical when James received the text that his call was ready. It was a busy and exciting rest of the day. Lynnlee helped make scotcheroos. I made peanut butter bars when I got home and also smore bars. Kade had a game so I went and watched when I finished clinical. I'm pretty sure Lynnlee had a game too. James told us he wanted to open his call privately before hand and we supported that. He had soccer practice after school and then team dinner. After that he drove to the Saratoga Springs Temple and opened it. He seemed pretty happy when I talked to him after so that made me feel better. Two of James's friends also received their mission calls that same day so it was decided that they would each open them spread out. Jace opened his first, then another friend and then James opened his last around 9:00, I think. It was late but it is what worked with everything going on. 

We had no idea how many people would come to his opening. It was amazing! So much love and support. 

I did a Facebook live. I was going to do an Instagram live but apparently you have to have over a thousand followers so that's lame. Facebook worked though. When he read where he was going I cried happy tears. Then I just froze. It wasn't until friends went to congratulate him that his friend Ben said, you have to hug your mom first. Then I jumped up and congratulated him and gave him a big hug.

He was called to Paraguay, Ascuncion. He starts home MTC on Sept 6th. He will fly to the MTC in Peru on September 24th and the go to Paraguay on Oct 20th. We couldn't be more excited!

Erin let us borrow this map to make guesses. It was perfect!

Marshall's Soccer

 Marshall's team won!

Easter

Easter weekend was a lot of fun with the different activities. Kade, Tag and Sienna went to the teen Easter egg hunt with flashlights. Sienna went with some friends. 

They scored on the prizes. 

The next morning they went to the younger kid Easter egg hunt. It was just a field of eggs and they took turns picking up eggs. 

We had a special Easter dinner and invited Cam's family. We tried to eat Mediterranean. Lynnlee made this beautiful charcuterie board.  We also had grilled chicken, lemon rice, pita bread, olives, vegetables, and hummus. 

We had one hour church and it was beautiful Easter program.

Lynnlee's Child Development Class

Lynnlee is taking a child development class. She brought home a robot baby for a weekend. It was fun to see her excitement the first two days. She was on top of things and took very good care of the baby. She fed, burped, and changed the baby very quickly. 

She didn't sleep very well on Friday and Saturday night because she had to get up to take care of the baby. She was pretty tired by Sunday afternoon and quite ready to be relieved of baby duty. The baby was fussy on Sunday afternoon, so it was a lot of work. 

Lynnlee's State FCCLA

Lynnlee competed at State FCCLA. She competed with her friend Paige in Sports Nutrition. They were partners in creating a health plan for an athlete, having the athlete follow the plan, and documenting everything. James was their willing athlete. State was held at the Davis County Convention Center. Most of Lynnlee's friends are in FCCLA so she had fun hanging out with her friends during downtime.

They received Gold and qualified for state.

Lynnlee Serving at a Wedding

Lynnlee and her friends were asked to serve at their friend's sister's wedding reception. They were so excited to help out! It was at Highland Gardens which is a beautiful wedding venue.

Lynnlee's Sweet 16

Lynnlee is 16!!! It's such an exciting milestone! It was on a school day so we were up early. She requested egg mcmuffins for breakfast. 

We picked up her license during her lunch break. 

We stopped at Chick-Fil-A for birthday lunch and stopped by Lowry Doors. James became a Lowry Doors employee so we needed to pick up the truck James would be driving. The plan was for Lynnlee to drive the old truck, "Reggie." I drove the Lowry Door truck home and Lynnlee followed me in the suburban.

Her friends came over after school to hangout. They joined us for dinner. We had copy cat Cafe Rio.

So Lynnlee is driving Reggie on the right and James is now driving the truck on the left. Lynnlee is pretty spoiled because the parking pass for the high school is in her truck window. James is so kind to let her keep it and he parks on the side streets.

Lynnlee's birthday party with friends was very chill. They bedazzled sunglasses and then played games.

I don't have any pictures of Lynnlee and her friends but I do of Sienna. This helps to see what they were doing for the party.

It is so nice having another driver! Lynnlee loves driving and has taken her siblings with her to run errands, get treats, and go shopping. 

Lynnlee has had a great year! She has thrived in 10th grade, had a great group of friends, and enjoys her job as a babysitter. She plays county soccer, she is an FCCLA officer, and is quite the nail artist. Sienna got a gel nail set, and since then, Lynnlee has enjoyed doing nails. 

She chose to see Project Hail Mary for her birthday movie and took Kade with her.

Charlie's Family in Town: Skiing, Lindon Temple Open house, and Utah Mammoth Game

 Next up: night skiing at Brighton. It was a heat wave that week so it felt very strange while it was in the 70s in the valley to go night skiing. It was so warm at the resort that I only wore my light fleece with a t-shirt underneath for the first two hours. Once the sun went down, I put my jacket on. The sunset was so beautiful!

At the top of the resort, looking at the Heber Valley.

It worked out perfectly that the Lindon Temple Open house was going. We went right after school. We had heard there were long lines most of the time but it ended up not being long when we went. When we finished, the line was long. 

We got discount tickets to the Utah Mammoth game. It worked out for Marshall to take the boys to the game.