Mission letter

Ethan received a letter from his mission president.  It gave some more instructions that he would need to think about and also had a letter for us.  We were asked to fill out a confidential questionnaire about Ethan so his mission president could get to know more about him.  It was easy to fill it out but it's the first time we got mail with "Elder Ethan Pack" on the front.  It was kind of exciting!

He's a graduate

Ethan received his DSU Associates Degree diploma in the mail today.  Yeah!!

Now we are waiting for him to get his high school diploma from Success Academy.

Grilling

I think we need a new grill.  I put hamburgers and bratwursts on the grill, set the timer for 8 minutes, and went inside.  Soon, I noticed black smoke coming from the backyard.  I ran outside to see flames coming out from underneath the lid of the grill with black smoke coming out everywhere.  It was crazy!  I turned off the gas but the fire and smoke kept coming.  Luckily, the grill wasn't too close to our house or it probably would have set the house on fire.

When it stopped flaming and Bryan was able to get the lid open, this is what we found:

We would out to dinner that night.

Award money

Ethan worked really hard on his portfolio for Sterling Scholar.  It was a lot of work and a lot of time he put into preparing for the competition.  And today it all paid off.  Each Sterling Scholar is given a $200 check.  He was pretty happy to get the money.

Blanket ladder

We have blankets sitting all over and it was driving me nuts.  I did a Google search to find something I could make that would organize all the blankets.  I found some really easy instructions to build a blanket ladder.  Courtney and I went to HomeDepot to buy $6 worth of wood and then I spent the morning making the ladder.  It was super easy and pretty fun.  I think it turned out cute and now we have the blankets organized.

I think I'm going to make more of these and put one in each room so things are more organized. I found instructions to make a modified ladder that goes over the toilet and has shelves.  So I may be making one of those soon.

He is bugging her

Ethan is trying to get all his teasing in before he leaves for 2 years for his mission.  He was doing his best to bother Courtney as much as he could.  It was hilarious to watch.  He will lay on her, sit in the seat she was sitting on, lean on her, read over her shoulder (which she does to him just to bug him), etc.  She doesn't know what to do with him.

It's hot!

Haha!  This is why you proofread what you type. ;)