Mountain Bike Team Pics

The kids had team pics for mountain biking.  Last year in the mountain bike picture, Ethan was on the far left side.  When we looked in the SCHS yearbook for last year, HE WAS CUT OFF!!  So this year, he decided to get closer to the middle so he wouldn't be cut out.

This is the entire team,  Ethan is on the back row, fourth from the left next to the guy in the blue hat.  Coury is on the front row, fifth from the right.

This is the group that Ethan rode with and his coaches.  He is the tall one on the back row.  Really, you can't miss him.

This is Courtney's ride group with the coaches.  They were amazing ladies. Courtney didn't get to ride often but they were so inclusive to her when she was able to go.  Courtney is on the back row on the right side.

These are our GRiT riders (Girls Ride Together).  These are the girls from our team.  Courtney is on the front row, second from the left.

Handsome Ethan!

Cute siblings!

Beautiful Courtney!

Our house

I had to take a picture for someone to be able to find our house so I thought I would put it here.

Sadie Hawkins Dance

One night I had a mom text me and ask which of Ethan's friends hadn't been asked to Sadie Hawkins yet.  It's a girl's choice dance.  I told her that Ethan hadn't been asked and she was surprised.  The next day she told me that the girl who was going to ask Ethan wasn't going to be able to go to the dance so someone else was going to ask him.

A day later there was a knock on the door and Ethan found this...





I thought it was really cute!  So we brainstormed and decided to make cookies that looked like fish hooks and answer her.  This is how it turned out.





He drove over with Courtney and made her put it on the front door for him.  She can run fast!!

Team Dinner

Every Wednesday night after practice there is a team night dinner.  It's fun for the girls because they get closer as a team and they also get to hang out without being on the field.  The moms sign up to help and host the dinner.  I helped with a couple so I got to see how they are put together. 

It's funny to watch the hierarchy on the team.  The captains get their food first, then the seniors, then the juniors, then the freshman, and lastly the managers get their food.  The freshmen don't even get up to get into line until later.  The girls are fun to be around.

Richfield Race

Richfield is a tough race.  Last year it was really powdery and hot.  This year it wasn't so dusty but it was still a rough ride.  Ethan worked himself hard and Courtney felt good about the race because she was able to lap one of the other girls on our team!  

It's fun to watch them support each other.

This is before Ethan started to race:

This is afterward when Courtney met him at the finish line:

  

This is Courtney's "game face" before her bike race.  She looks MEAN!  And she did a great job passing other riders.

   

Waiting for awards to start.

Winning 1st place!!  Ethan is in the middle on the right as they are walking up.  He is still in his kit.  In the other pictures, Courtney is in the middle standing on the podium holding the trophy and Ethan is in the middle crouching on the front row.

  

This is our winning team!!

Here are the videos:

Courtney and Ethan like to use each other as standing posts.

Ethan's first lap at Richfield.  He almost made the guy behind him crash, haha!

Ethan's second lap.

Ethan's finish.

Courtney's start:

Courtney's 2nd lap:

Courtney's finish:

Soccer games

Courtney has soccer games each Tuesday and Thursday night.  It's been nice because our region is close to home so we only have to travel to Cedar City twice.  I haven't taken pictures at every game because they look a lot similar all the time, but here are a few highlights.

When the team played at Pineview High School it rained...a lot.  We sat under umbrellas but Bryan gave us after a while.  The game was a tough one and the girls had just made a goal to go ahead in the score when the game was delayed for lightning.  It was later called for lightning so they won!!

Because Crimson Cliff's field wasn't finished (it's a new school and their field was installed improperly), the girls were able to play at DSU on their soccer field, which was pretty cool!  They won that game and it was the most satisfying win they had all season because...well, it was just really satisfying.

Homecoming Parade

The Wednesday before Homecoming is the parade!  The soccer team participated so after practice they all loaded in some Razors and drove around throwing candy.  The mountain bike team also participated (but Ethan didn't want to).  It was fun to watch although the parade route was only about 4 blocks long. ;)  It ended with a Powder Puff game that Courtney and the other soccer girls stayed to watch.