Biking

I don't know if I have posted these or not but here are some pictures taken by the team of rides.

Ethan is third from the right making a weird face (go figure).

Look at that form!

Out of the saddle:

Going through the mud:

I love that their coaches take pictures and post them so the parents can see.  We have been so impressed by this team.

Soccer Game

On Saturday Courtney had a soccer game in Enoch. (I know, I'm out of order, oops.)  She did a great job and her team won with a final score of 5:1.  They are now in 1st place in their division by one point.  They play the number 2 team on September 10th so we will see who is the best after that game.  They have been looking good.

Courtney got to pick her number so she chose #22 because that was Bryan's number when he played football.

The crazy team...

Ethan was kind of bored so he found a fake rock to sit on.

Hey, hey, he's a Monkey!

Ethan is a Flying Monkey!  We had a team meeting on Saturday to talk about what to expect on race day and to swim and party as a team.  The meeting was long but they gave us a lot of good information (a 12 page manual) about race day and Ethan is ready.  He doesn't race until around 4 p.m. on Saturday but he has to be there all day to cheer on his teammates.

When the meeting was over we got to swim at the Washington City Community Center.  Courtney and Ethan swam and had a great time.  Bryan and I relaxed on the side of the pool and chatted with friends.

When we got home Ethan got out his Monkey swag and went through it.  We were shocked at all they were given as a team.  He had his uniform (bike shorts and bike shirt), 3 Flying Monkey t-shirts (2 were the breathable sports kind), a bag, 2 water bottles and a really cool Flying Monkey jacket.  He was like a kid on Christmas morning!  We bought him a sports bag that is really cool and I was like a kid on Christmas (I have a weakness for bags and shoes).

Here is Ethan's table full of swag!  They are going to sell some of the swag to the parents so we are going to be getting stuff too.

The team is made up of kids from Hurricane to Ivins so they are from all different schools.  On the side of his uniform it had "SC Warrior" to show he is from Snow Canyon High School (technically the Middle School) and I love it!!  You can't see in the pictures but their theme this year is "I choose the moon!" and it is written on the back of their uniform collar.  It's so cool.

I love this jacket!  Can you see the bananas on the cuffs and at the bottom?  Nice touch!

 

Yes, I do realize that we still have the "Happy Birthday" sign up from Courtney's birthday.  At least the streamers and balloons are gone. ;) 

Picture Time!

The kids got their school pictures back today.  I think they look pretty good!

Courtney is 11 years old and in 6th grade at Lava Ridge Intermediate.  She loves soccer, dancing and playing the violin.  She enjoys writing, reading and teasing her brother.

Ethan is 14 years old and in 9th grade at Snow Canyon Middle School.  He is on the Flying Monkeys mountain bike team and loves it.  He enjoys reading, playing video games and teasing his sister.

Wardrobe Malfunction

Courtney had another soccer game last night and was trying to get ready but ran into a problem...

After she had me text her coach saying she had gotten two sizes of socks, she realized and one was folded over in the inside. She got it all squares away and we were off.

They ended up in a tie with Rage. They played well.

Soccer uniform

Courtney soccer teams new uniforms. They had a game on Saturday (which was the most satisfying win ever!!) so she got to wear the blue jersey. I wanted to take pictures but Courtney had "crazy face" on her mind.

I finally got a cute and normal photo!

Pat on the Back

I have to pat myself on the back. For the past year? Our wifi router has been driving us nuts! It would take forever to connect and then it would stop wifi every 10-15 minutes. It was so annoying.

I had investigated into what was going on and why it was doing that but nothing was working.

I finally came across a blog where there was a mention of having to "update the firmware" of the router. It was scary because the router kept giving me "if you screw up it will kill your router" earnings but I did it. 

Now our router works beautifully and it has even started filter webpages like it was supposed to do. So I am pretty happy that I a) didn't kill the wifi router and b) figured it out and fixed it!!