She's 17!

Courtney is now 17 years old!  How did that happen?  She got her usual breakfast of a Texas donut and juice.  Bryan bought her flowers and we had balloons and streamers up in the kitchen.  She got to open her gifts from us in the morning and then she had a pretty relaxing birthday with friends wishing her a great day.  

She wasn't quite awake yet!

Ethan gave her a threadwallet she wanted.

She got a Goosebumps blanket which is amazing!

And she got some gift cards (Chick-fil-A and Crumbl):

She also got concert tickets, money, cards, and birthday wishes from family and friends.  I think she had a good day.

That night we had Courtney's favorite meal..Costa Vida salad.  Then we cut into the really lop-sided cake (I forgot what humidity does to the frosting so the cake started to tip).  It still tasted really yummy although it looked like a mess.

Monsoon season

We have been in such a drought that we haven't had a monsoon season for quite a few years.  We used to get a ton of rain in August and the temperature would cool down, but that hasn't been happening.  This year we have had a proper monsoon season and it has been amazing.  I take a ton of pictures because I love the rain.  The only thing I really don't like is the humidity.  When the son does come out, it gets so hot and humid that it's miserable.  But we will take the rain.

Courtney has had soccer practice canceled a few times because of lightning and one preseason game was canceled because of lightning.  So we have had to deal with those changes, but we need the water. And the clouds make for gorgeous sunsets!

It was hailing at one point.

Last first day of high school

We are hitting all the "lasts" for Courtney.  This was her last first day of high school.  She actually only has seminary at SCHS, but it still had to start sometime.  I made her take a picture so I can document it.

Courtney will be taking her classes this year completely on campus at Utah Tech University (previously Dixie State University) through Success Academy. Those classes begin on August 22nd, so that's when she will really have her first day...although she has Tuesday/Thursday classes so her first day will really be August 23rd.  This gets too confusing.  She is taking Psychology, Intro to Criminal Justice (online), Art Appreciation (online), and Intro to Exercise Nutrition (online).  So, as you can see, she will only be on campus for one class but she is going to stay on campus and do her online classes.  I am excited to see what this year brings for her!

We sold our car

Ethan didn't need the gold car anymore and we didn't want it just sitting around while we paid for insurance and registration.  So I posted it on our neighborhood GroupMe and within a few minutes we had someone who wanted to buy it and 8 other people asking about it.  It was so crazy to me!

We sold it to the first person who contacted me and is our friend in the neighborhood.  Their daughter needs a commuter car to get to Dixie State and back.  This one will do the trick and we sold it cheap.  We were kind of sad to see it go.

It was an interesting experience selling a car because we haven't ever done that before.  We usually drive the cars until they die and then we donate them.  I know the process for donation but we were a bit unsure about selling.  But it all worked out just fine and it wasn't hard at all.

Mini golfing

We decided to go mini golfing for a family activity.  It was warm outside but it wasn't too bad.  We went to Fiesta Fun because it's the only place in town. ;)

It was pretty crowded but we didn't have to wait too long on any of the holes.  Courtney and I are not the best at mini golf but we have a lot of fun.  Bryan and Ethan know the angles and have an easier time. It was a fun family activity.

She made the team!

Tryouts for the SCHS soccer team were this week and Courtney made the team for her senior year.  We figured she would so it wasn't too stressful, but you never know.

After their first practice as a team, they had a parent's meeting where they got their swag and everything.  The coaches are new and haven't coached girls before but they say they are loving it.  The girls were given their team swag and their uniforms.  They didn't get the same numbers as last year.  At the end of last season, they were asked to put down 3 numbers they would want and then the coaches tried to get them those numbers.  The uniforms are new this year.  The coaches asked the girls to find their soccer bag and they had all their swag in it.  Courtney is #28, which was one of the numbers she had requested.  It is Buster Posey's number so she was really happy!

The coaches gave the girls a rose at the end of the meeting.  The first pic is of Courtney and Sammie with Courtney giving me her fake smile.  I got her to give me a real smile for the second one!

Here's to another soccer year!!

Rain

We have been praying for rain and we finally got some!  It was great to get rain although some parts flooded because it came down too fast and the ground couldn't soak it up.  But we didn't have any problems.  I hope it continues!