Flyover

There was a flyover to honor all the health care workers in Utah.  I was at work but we all went outside to watch it and it was really cool.  Bryan took Courtney to Dixie rock to watch but there were a ton of people (no social distancing happening there) and they didn't have as good a view as we did.

Honor Cords

Ethan went to DSU to get his honor cords.  They also gave him his certificate and pin for Sterling Scholar and for Honor Society.  It is a weird end to his educational career at Success.

The braid on the left is for graduating with honors, the silver cord indicates that he has 25 credits at DSU, the gold indicates he has 50 credits at DSU (I think), the medal was Sterling Scholar (but he forgot to wear that to graduation), the paper is the Deseret News with all the Sterling Scholars in it, and the black band is a bracelet.

Here is his cap and gown:

Soccer

Courtney was having a really hard time with quarantine.  Ethan was going to his friend's house to hang out but Courtney was staying home.  For a social kid, that was really hard for her.  One day I couldn't stand it any longer so I texted her best friend's mom and asked: "Would you be okay if the girls social distanced together at the park and played soccer? They can kick to each other from 6 feet away."  She was thrilled to have that happen so Courtney and Sammie got together and played soccer.  Sammie's mom sent me a picture of them outside chatting.

 
I also called Courtney's old Galaxy coach asking if she would consider doing personal training for Courtney.  She was happy to and so Courtney started going to personal soccer training 2 times per week and then practicing with Sammie 2 times per week.  It is amazing what getting out and playing soccer will do for Courtney's mental health.  She was happier and able to deal with online Math and quarantine. ;)

Courtney's hair

Ethan is a pretty chill kid but there is one thing that absolutely drives him NUTS and that is having Courtney's hair on him.   She sheds all over the place and it drives him nuts.  Here is one of his rants when he found a hair wrapped around his toe (I believe).

Graduation Announcement

Ethan's original DSU graduation was May 1st and his Success Academy graduation was May 5th.  But neither one of those happened.  I still wanted to let everyone know that he was graduating and give them some info about his future plans.  I thought they turned out pretty cute.

We mailed the ones for people out of town and we delivered those in our Ward.

Cute Courtney

While Ethan was having his mission pictures taken, Courtney and I were goofing.

Ethan's mission pictures

Ethan wanted mission pictures in front of the temple construction.  One of the counselors who I work with has a daughter who takes great pictures.  She needed some work so I asked if she would take Ethan's pictures.  She did a great job and they turned out really cute. And they will be historical and show what is happening in the world at this time.