Chatting with Ethan

Every Tuesday we get to talk to Ethan.  He uses Facebook Messenger to video chat with us.  Courtney sometimes takes over and takes him around the house to show him what has changed since he has been gone.  She is usually blurry but he loves looking around.

Ethan lives in a nice apartment right now in Casper.  He goes out on the balcony of their apartment to talk with us.  It's fun to see the interaction between the two.  They certainly love each other.

Courtney and Ethan send each other "I love you" messages on Tuesday and it makes my heart happy.  

Team Night

There are new coaches at SCHS.  They had the first team night at the parent's house of one of the coaches.  They ate dinner, played games, and bonded as a team.  They posted pictures on Instagram so I got a few showing Courtney playing games.

Courtney is on the right between the two girls in white.  Try to find her in the other pictures.

School of Rock

We were able to get discount tickets to School of Rock so we went as a family.  It was so good!!  The music was amazing and the fact that the kids played their own instruments, was amazing.  Courtney said it's one of the best plays she has seen at Tuacahn.  The weather was beautiful - not too hot and overcast.  We picked a great row (row O has a bunch of legroom) and saw all the action.  I am so grateful for the wonderful places we have that are close to our home.

(No, our hair isn't bright yellow, it's the lights.)

Soccer tryouts

SCHS had 2 days of soccer tryouts.  The first day was rainy!  The girls showed up and sat in the parking lot for about 45 minutes before the rain let up enough to do something.  The second day was sunny so the coaches kept the girls for a long time to make up for the first day.

She made the team!!!  Here we go again...

Young Women

We have an amazing Ward with some great youth leaders!  

Bishop took the young women to Pasta Factory for dinner one Wednesday night.

Her YW leaders always like to take pictures to prove that all the girls were in class. ;)

The girls really love their leaders.  A couple leaders actually look like young women. ;)

Smile

Courtney can't stop smiling since she got her braces off. She looks so much older now.  Crazy!

Bathroom

I hate painting.  I love what it looks like afterward but I don't like the process.  We are finishing our basement so I wanted to check out the paint color I want to see if I would really like it.  (Andrea suggested the color when I asked her what a good neutral gray color would be for the walls.) Courtney volunteered her bathroom for the test.  While she was in Hatch, I bought the paint and began painting. I painted the ceiling white and then painted the walls.  The color coordinates really well with the shower curtain she received for Christmas.

 It went well and I love the way it turned out.

I want to put crown molding at the top of the walls and paint the cabinet the same color as the one downstairs, but I haven't gotten to that yet.  We want to change the flooring someday too, but that will be at a later date...after we finish the basement.