Art Projects

Ethan is in Art 1010 (art appreciation).  The course requires him to take 4 tests and do 2 art projects.  He took the tests first so he had 2 art projects to complete.

His teacher doesn't give them much advanced notice (only about 4 days) so it's kind of crazy.  The project has to take 7 hours.  Along with creating art, Ethan had to have pictures taken of each step which he would use to make a PowerPoint presentation.  He also had to write a 500-word essay explaining his process and how the art he created fits into the teacher's expectations.

The first project was given to them on Halloween (Tuesday) and it was due Thursday morning.  It was kind of crazy.  Ethan was asked to create a 4-panel drawing/painting showing the 4 stages of love.  But they were asked to do it with a modern twist.

Ethan decided to draw panels showing Facebook and the 4 stages of falling in love using Facebook.  The first panel was "The Search," the second panel was "The Chat," the third panel was "The Post," and the fourth panel was of "The Status Change."

He did really well and earned full points for the project.  It was crazy busy for him to get it done in 2 days, especially when one was Halloween night!

The second project was a sculpture that he had to make beautiful and take pictures of.  He then had to change the sculpture into something either tacky, ugly, etc.

He was given this one on a Friday and it was due Tuesday, so he had more time to take care of it.  We went to Michael's and bought some sculpting clay and he started to make a man.

He decided to sculpt a man who was dressed nicely and then change him to be dressed in crazy colors.  It turned out great.  He hasn't received a grade yet on this one but it wasn't as crazy as the last one.

He needed pictures of himself buying stuff.

The nice looking man he sculpted:

The tacky guy:

Geckathon 2017

The Lava Ridge Intermediate Geckathon was last week!  Courtney signed up to do it again this year and convinced her best friend to do it with her.  She is a great job.

Courtney and her best friend before the swim:

Courtney was in lane 1:

The swim was 12 lengths (6 laps) at Sand Hollow Aquatics center.  She had a great swim and was the 2nd out of the pool.  Here is her swim if you want to watch it.  The video is 5 minutes long so I won't blame you at all if you don't watch it.

Courtney wanted to wait for her friend so she waited in the locker room for her friend to finish.  Then they came out of the locker room to their bikes together.  The only problem is that while they were changing, Bryan checked Courtney's bike tires and the back one was flat!  We had checked it that morning and we also checked it when I took it out of the van on the way to the event.  She was so bummed so I went home really fast to get her bike while she rode the flat one as far as she could.

I met up with them at the top of the lava flow and Bryan gave Courtney her other bike.

They had a great time biking.  This race was all about having fun for the two of them. 

They dropped their bikes and began the run around the school. They were hilarious on their matching soccer team jackets.

This is the video of their finish.  I'm glad they sprinted to the end.  They finished in 1:03 (I believe).  She will get her official time at the award ceremony next week.

It was a fun day and the weather was beautiful to do a triathlon.  I am so glad she did it!

Family Game

I got to choose the family game and I decided I wanted to play Wii Bowling.  I kicked everyone's cans!  So I decided to stop while I was ahead but the kids wanted to play Wii Baseball.  This got a bit chippy.  They both loved mouthing "Batter, out" when the other person got out.  It was hilarious.

Watch Ethan mouth the words of the announcer in these videos and then Courtney takes over and does it.  It was hilarious!  And watch how they pitch the ball.  They just wiggle their hands and the ball is thrown. 

Crazy Kids

We have some crazy kids.  There is never a dull moment around here.

Courtney likes having her hair braided crazy so it is wavy in the morning.



Ethan has a whipped cream mustache:

Monkey Banquet

We had the final season-end banquet for the Flying Monkeys.  It was sad but it was also a good time to say "goodbye" to everyone.  They held it at DSU.

They had a video with pictures of all the mountain bikers along with a video to the coach to tell him "thank you".  It was a great tribute to a man who has done a lot for these kids.

At the end, they did one final Monkey yell cheer.  It was so sad but we are excited to see how the next year will play out.  It will be fun to be with our own school.

Here is Ethan with his framed race plate and picture:

So Cute!

The other day Ethan and Courtney cuddled in her bed while Ethan read a book to Courtney.  It was so sweet to see and made my heart happy.  They may bug each other but they are the best of friends.

Who is taller?

We wanted to see if Ethan really is taller than Bryan or if it's just the hair that makes him appear taller.  We went into the laundry room to see and it turns out that...Bryan is just a hair taller than Ethan.  But it is really close!