BYU soccer game

We wanted to reward Courtney for having a good attitude during the soccer season. BYU soccer was playing at South Field and Courtney had been dropping hints that she wanted to go (they were NOT subtle hints, haha). She was at school on Friday and texted me to say that she would like to go to Provo even if we didn't go to the soccer game.  I laughed because I had already purchased soccer tickets.  So I sent her a picture of the tickets and she went nuts!

We didn't leave until midmorning but the drive was beautiful and we had a great time.  We went window shopping, walked around BYU campus, and got to the game in time to watch them warm-up.  Our tickets were almost mid-field on the 3rd row.  It was cold but we had blankets and coats so it wasn't bad.

She always laughs at my attempts to take selfies.  People around us were taking them but she was so embarrassed that I wanted a picture of us.  Crazy teenager!

They have the game ball on this pedestal.  Before the game, the ref takes it, uses a gauge to check the air pressure, and then they take the pedestal off the field.  

One of the refs had huge quads and Courtney couldn't get over how huge they were.  It was hilarious.

Goodbye gift

Today was Bryan's last day at St. George City.  They gave him a huge candy bouquet.  It was so nice of them and had a lot of his favorites in it.

 

SF Giants

The Giants were playing the Dodgers and we wanted them to win so Courtney got her Buster Posey jersey on.  Unfortunately, it didn't help and the Giants lost and were out of the World Series run.  It was a good season and we had fun watching them but now Bryan will be sad until the next baseball season.

Last game of the season

The Varsity team made the playoffs and their first game was against Desert Hills.  They had 1-1 against Desert Hills so they were hoping to have a good game.  It didn't go their way, however, and Desert Hills won. 

It was a challenging season with new coaches, a new system to learn, a high ankle sprain, and a new number. But Courtney did a great job keeping her head up during all the challenges and made the best of things.  

Now we get to focus on the club soccer season and track.  It never ends.

Bruise

"Who wears shin guards during practice?"  That's what Courtney asked me after she showed me her bruise.  One of her teammates kicked her in the shins.  Here is how her bruise has progressed.

I told her the purpose of having shin guards is to avoid something like this but she just rolled her eyes.  Oh well.

New car

Bryan has been hired as the Mesquite, NV City Attorney!  We are really excited about this new opportunity.  One concern was the commute down.  We didn't have a car that wouldn't cost a lot for gas to go down and back.  Bryan did a lot of research and found an electric car to buy.  It's a Hyundai Ionix and is fully electric.  It has a range of about 125 miles, which works because the round trip to Mesquite is 82 miles.  Since we have solar panels, and we aren't using all the electricity we produce, it won't be much of a cost to drive the car there and back.  

It was delivered and Bryan began trying to figure out how to drive it the most efficient way he could. 

Rain

It has been a rainy start to October.  I saw this double rainbow as I was running errands.  I didn't get a very good picture of it, but you get the idea.  It's cool to see the beauty in the world.