Idaho Trip

 During our Idaho trip to visit Jon and his family a few funny things happened.

1) Athena

We were gifted magic wands that Jon personally made. Emily personally made the certificates to make them authentic. When a person tried out a wand there would either be a crashing or other bad sound if the wand was not meant for that person. If Potter music began it was a match and they had found their wand.

Emily controlled the sound but it was so cool that Athena became too convinced. After the ceremony was over and all five of our family had wands Athena exclaimed "My wand isn't working!"  Jon, I believe, was the first to say "Wizards are not allowed wands until they are eleven years old. So, it won't work until you turn 11."
That convinced Athena. Now she goes around saying "My wand wont work until I'm eleven." But she doesn't think to ask us to show her our magic? lol

In her defense...we did take her to Universal Studios last year and the wands we bought there were magic (within the Potter town atleast). And she has a great imagination.

2) Luke claimed the hall outside of Ben and Spencer's room as his own. He called it his "Hall of Depression." He was sad about moving away from Japan and all of his friends.
One day I walked past Luke who was laying on the soft, tall carpet in his hall of depression. His Luigi hat still on his head. His long curly hair sprawled out perfectly. And dark sunglasses on his eyes. It was picture perfect and nobody ever looked as cool wallowing as Luke did at that moment!

I wanted to get my phone and take a picture. But that would be bad parenting..."My son is so cute when he is depressed."  lol...no.
This is one of those stories that are sensitive when raw. But in a couple years I will read it to Luke and he will find it to be funny. They always do.

3) Tiberias was able to see different talents of Jon while we were there. Cooking, pen making, wand making. And when we returned to Provo from the trip Ty said "My uncle is so cool!!" He was very impressed.