Ethan's farewell

Ethan gave his farewell talk on June 28th.  It wasn't our alphabet's turn to attend Church but we went anyway to hear him speak.  He was asked to speak for 7 minutes but he only spoke for 3 minutes and 30 seconds.  He was happy with his talk and I thought he did a great job.

Here it is if you want to listen:

Moonwalking Courtney

Courtney figured out how to moonwalk.  It was hilarious to watch her when she figured it out.  She tried to teach it to Ethan but he just didn't get it.  Congratulations to Courtney!

I don't agree...

The kids had a discussion about how Bryan let Ethan drive the truck the day before he turned 15 when he didn't have a learner's permit.  Courtney made an argument that she was treated unfairly.  She wanted to have Ethan to drive with her when she was learning so Ethan told her he would take her driving before he left on his mission.

I told them to do it when I didn't know about it because I don't agree with her driving before she is old enough and has a permit.  So one day they went out and this is what happened...

You need to click on this link to see the video.  It's too large for Blogger to let me upload it.

Video of Ethan and Courtney

Getting room ready

We had to get Ethan's room ready to be an MTC classroom.  We took things off the wall, cleaned the closet out, put all the books downstairs, sent clothes and toys to DI, put all the Legos in a bin downstairs, and cleaned.  It was a long project but Ethan ended up getting all his stuff in 2 bins that we put downstairs.  We brought up a desk from downstairs and Bryan got a computer ready to go.  Now, his room looks more like a dorm room.

This is Ethan's pile of mission stuff.  His suitcases are somewhere under that pile.  We put the stuff that he doesn't need until he gets to the field in his suitcases.  Then we put them in the closet.  

We moved the dresser to the wall with the bed and put the desk in his room.  We had an old desktop computer that Bryan cleaned off and reformatted then put in the room for Ethan to use.

Fishing

Grandpa Oman had to get in all the fishing he could with Ethan before Ethan left on his mission.  So they went fishing a few times a week for a couple of weeks.  Their favorite place is Upper Enterprise Reservoir and they had great success.  

Ethan figured it out

Ethan finally figured out how to sit on a couch:

When you are 6'2" tall, it's hard to sit on a recliner because your feet hang off the end.  Ethan has tried laying across it, hanging off the end, and then he figured out how to comfortably sit on it.  He puts his head on the foot part and then hangs his legs off the top.  It seems to work for him.

Father's Day hike

We usually go on a hike for Mother's Day and Father's Day but this year things have snuck up on us.  But we decided to go on a family hike for Father's Day.  We went to the trailhead and then took off on a trail that was near the Santa Clara River.  We found some cool places that would be great to swim in.  There was water but not as much as there would have been in the spring. So we checked out the trail and made a note to come back in the spring to swim in the river or float in a couple of places.  It was an easy and fun hike.