Happenings

Wyatt had a battle a couple of weeks ago.  I thought he was just doing the group battle, but they had him do the single battle as well.  It was for 11-years-old and younger. I guess they figured he had only been 12 for a couple of weeks so they had him compete.  I feel terrible that I missed it.  Keith took him and I stayed home with Hallee.  I was overwhelmed with money problems and teenager problems and I decided to stay home.  We are in one of those times where everything is breaking.  We have had to have both of our cars towed to the shop in the last month and had over $1000 in car repairs.  I also had to have $500 worth of dental work, our washer broke and we had to get a new one and we had to pay $350 to register Jonah for drivers ed.  It's been a rough month! And teenagers, oh man, they are emotionally exhausting and I have really good teenagers! 

I felt so bad when I found out that Wyatt did the 1v1 battle, but Wyatt didn't care and Keith recorded it so I got to watch.  Wyatt took 3rd place!  He went out when he battled Sunny.  Sunny is Deon's daughter and she is amazing, she went on to win the competition.  There were three judges and one of the judges voted for Wyatt over Sunny, that is a huge accomplishment! Wyatt was so proud of himself for that. Deon tells me all the time how amazing Wyatt is and that his footwork is so good.

Jonah is using a new social media app called BeReal. Matt showed it to me while he was here.  At some random point during the day it tells you to take a picture and it takes a picture with the front and back cameras.  I got it so I could be friends with Jonah on there.  He helped me with my first post and took this picture.  I thought it turned out cute.  I haven't done much with it sense because I have no desire to take a selfie every day, Ha!

It's been nice to get back to my weekly temple visits with the kids back in school.

Jonah went hunting with Kyle and Christian.  They stayed for one night and Jonah had to carry everything (including his tent) a few miles up to where they stayed. Keith helped him fit everything in his pack. It was so heavy!

He came home very dirty and very happy.  He had so much fun.

He also came home very sunburned.  He forgot sunblock. They didn't get anything, but they did save a guys life. He said they came across a guy, probably in his 60's or 70's and he was lost and couldn't find his four-wheeler. They drove him around and helped him find it.  Jonah said he had been out there all day and got totally turned around and his family was really worried about him.  They got him safely back to his stuff and his family.  Jonah said it was a 40-minute drive to get him back to his family, so he's really glad they saw him. Jonah said the man got teary eyed and offered them money, but they said no.  I'm so glad they were able to help him. 

Last Saturday Hallee had Tessa over all day and they had so much fun together.  They played non-stop and still didn't want it to end after seven hours. 

Caitlyn is doing an internship this year through the High School. She is at the Utah Valley Hospital.  This will be a great opportunity for her to see if she really wants to be a nurse.  She started this week and went twice this week.  Her first day she just watched everything and didn't love it.  Yesterday the nurse she was with had her help with everything and she loved that.  I'm excited for her that she gets this opportunity.

Wyatt has decided that he wants to be with his friends 24/7.  He has come a long way from my shy, anxious boy who never wanted to go to school or play with friends.  Him, Dallin and Eddie are always together and find all sorts of things to do.  They like to ride their bikes to the river trail and fish, go to the skate park and ride their bikes to Wendy's.  Last Saturday they were gone all day doing all of those  things.  We got him a watch phone and that helps me feel okay about letting him roam around.  I can track his location and he is really good about answering when I call. 

Haircuts, I hate them! We have paid to get Jonah a haircut the last two times because his hair is hard and I want him to be happy with it.  He liked the first haircut, but he wasn't happy with the second one.  He thinks I do a good job and wanted me to cut his hair this time.  He is always very nice, even if I mess up a little.

Jonah has a hard time deciding what to do with his hair.  This is in-style now and he wanted to try this style again.  I think it turned out good. 

Caitlyn is such a hard worker.  She has so much homework this year and has been working a lot of hours on top of school.  This week she started a new schedule at work so she could be home more and off earlier.  I'm glad she is cutting back because I'm worried she is going to burn herself out.  She has basically started college because she has so many college classes this year.  She has already had tests and projects in the first two weeks of school. 

Hallee was so happy to finally have a play date with Trinity today.  They looked cute in their matching school shirts.