Our Missionary

 Here are some pictures of Ethan on his mission.

Ethan needs a haircut.

Frisbee golf in the snow (and shorts).

This is a pic of his area with the smoke from the fires in the background.

Ethan in the mountain bike gear we sent to him.

Mountain Biking State Championships

The Mountain Biking State Championships were being held in St George this year so we decided to run out to see the course.  Bryan and Ethan have ridden the course before but this was going to be a longer race so we weren't sure how it was going to be going.

They did a great job with the course.  You could watch a bunch of the trail and see the riders start and also come through the finish line. We stayed long enough to watch the start of the Varsity Boys race.  It was so dusty but it was fun to watch them start the race.

The Snow Canyon team didn't end up winning State, which is a bummer, but they will work on it and see what they can do next season.

Beautiful Ivins

 I saw this picture on my friend's Facebook page and make a copy.  We live in such a beautiful place.

Mole Day

 They had Mole Day at Success Academy.  Courtney designed a poster, wore a Mole Day shirt, and we sewed a mole all for her to take for credit.  She had a fun time because she and Hayley wore matching shirts.

Courtney's Pumpkin

 Courtney went to a young women's activity where they painted pumpkins for Halloween.  Courtney loves dinosaurs and did a great job putting them on her pumpkin.

New Cleats

Courtney saved her birthday money, added to it the money she earned from mowing Grandpa's lawn, and bought some new cleats.  She got them from the Nike store on clearance so she was happy about her deal. She was so excited!

She has teeth!

 Courtney is missing a couple of teeth (the ones next to her top front teeth).  This really isn't a shock because both Bryan and I are missing teeth. She has wished to have fake teeth for a while and she finally had enough space for them to be put in.

We drove to downtown St George to buy her 2 teeth (it was a sketchy place that wasn't too clean but the teeth look great).  We bought them a while ago and had them in a baggie on our fridge.  It was finally time to have the teeth put in.

She was so excited!  They put a bracket on the teeth and then wired them into her braces as they would a normal tooth.  They look really good and her smile looks complete now.  She couldn't stop smiling afterward.

This is the before:

This is the after:

Beautiful smile!!