First soccer game of the season!

The first game was an exhibition game against a team from northern Utah. Courtney was excited to drive to the game, can you tell by the huge smile on her face?!?

Also note that the seat in the car is all the way forward so she can reach the pedals. 🤣😂

Courtney is #14 and is on the zero of the 40.












The JV team lost but the the varsity team won. 

Courtney’s 15th birthday!

It’s crazy that Courtney is 15 years old!!  We decorated with balloons and streamers, as usual.  I had to find a new place to get a Texas donut (because we had a bad experience when we went to get Ethan's) but we found that Smith's also does the Texas donuts and they were great to work with.

So we got her a donut and some lemonade for breakfast.

I don't have a birthday morning picture because when we went in to wake her up she looked so peaceful that we didn't want to bother her. So we went to work and let her sleep in.

I had made an appointment for her to take her driving test to get her learner's permit and it was the morning of her birthday.  Bryan came home from work to take her to the DMV.  It took 2 tries but she passed!!

Courtney then wanted to drive all over the place.  Bryan took her to a church parking lot near SCHS so she could practice then he let her drive home through the subdivisions.  She was so excited!! 

She had a soccer game on the night of her birthday so we didn't get to do much celebrating but we did buy her dinner.

Family Birthday Party

 We had an early birthday party for Courtney and Grandma Oman.  Leigh Ann came down so we had dinner at our house on Sunday with cake and ice cream.  Courtney wanted a candy bowl cake so that's just what she got.

She blew out all the candles.

Then she opened her presents from Leigh Ann and Grandma/Grandpa Oman.  They gave her gift cards and cash, which is great for a teenager.  The card from Grandma and Grandpa played a song and it was hilarious to play with the card and make music.  It startled Courtney at first but then she laughed and laughed.

Anasazi Hike

 Courtney was in charge of the YW activity on Wednesday so she chose a hike (to physical distance but still be together).  She chose a hike that she had mountain biked on a lot...Anasazi.  It isn't too far from our house and it has a lot of places to turn around.  The girls look like they had a lot of fun and it was nice for them to get out and be with their friends.

Masks

We are required to wear face masks at work when we aren't able to physically distance from other people.  I have a really tiny office that EVERYONE seems to walk through (it's a shortcut to the bathroom and the faculty room).  I can take my mask off when I am alone in the office (the counselors can shut their doors and be physically distanced) but when someone comes in I have to put my mask on pretty quickly.  I shut the door to try and stop people but the teacher's contracts start this week and I can already tell that they aren't going to care if the door is shut or not. It's a pain and I hate it but it is what it is.

The daughter of one of the counselors is a graphic designer who works at DSU.  She was making masks for the college and decided to make some for us too. We figured that, with the masks on, the students aren't really going to know who we are, so she put our names on one of the masks.  The other one she made for us just has the school logo.  I decided I'm going to have to up my eye make up game since that's all people are really going to see. haha!

This mask is from the State of Utah and it's HUGE!  When I talk it falls down so it drives me nuts but at least I don't suffocate.

I really hope we get over this soon and can get rid of the precautions.  The Governor's mask order in schools is effective through December 31, 2020, at which time they will re-evaluate (unless they re-evaluate it sooner, which is what we are all hoping). Infection numbers in Utah are really low and, today, we only have 6 people in the hospital in St. George. We have a lot more who have recovered than who are sick and we only had 1 death today and it was a female over 84 years of age who was in a long term care facility.

The 1918 flu epidemic made it illegal to not wear a mask and masks were required for a period of around 6 months. Interesting to look back at history.

Elder Pack

 I love getting pictures from Ethan and from people in his mission.  This first picture is of Ethan and his trainer when Ethan first got to the mission.

This is a picture a member sent me one Sunday of the elders visiting her.  She said she really loves them and they are great.  It is fun to be able to communicate like that.  Notice Ethan's tie...it's the same in both pictures.  It's his favorite tie and one that, I think, he wore almost the entire MTC. haha!

Phone calls

Courtney takes a screenshot each time Ethan calls home from his mission. You can tell which ones are on Saturday and which are on Tuesday (p-day).  He calls us at lunch time on Saturday and he calls us at 7 am on p-day.

Neither one of them looks awake on the Tuesday calls. ;) 

He is doing really well and it's fun to hear his stories.