Today it is OFFICIAL

 Today, Garrett had his Eagle Scout Board of Review.  Russ and I were asked to introduce him as an Eagle candidate and tell a little about him.  We, of course, had wonderful things to say about him.  Then we were asked to leave and Garrett was interviewed by Mark and Karen Gubler and Ron Jensen.  He was in the room with them for about 15-20 minutes.  He was then asked to step out of the room.  After just a couple of  minutes they asked all of us to come back into the room.  Sis. Gubler asked Garrett if he thought the number 13 was unlucky.  She said that it was going to be a lucky number for him now because on 1/13/13 he became an Eagle Scout.   Yippee!  We are so excited.  He is all smiles, and so are his parents. Russ finally got to scratch this off of his To Do List... I think it has been on there for 2 years.

In other news, this weekend was very fun for our family.  We were asked to house a couple of the players from the BYU Rugby team Friday night.  They had a tournament down in Mesquite, NV.  About 8:00 pm we went to pick up our two players.  I told the coach my name and he said, "Oh, you've got those two crazy guys over there."  The one player stands up and yells "Mom" and comes over and gives me a huge hug.  The whole team starts laughing and wishing me good luck.  I was a little nervous.  But, there was no reason to be.  They were awesome.  We had Jordan, from New Zealand and Noke (pronounced No kay) or "Nokes", as his teammates called him, from Tonga.  They were so much fun.  They had super strong accents and were sometimes hard to understand.  For instance, Jordan said he wanted to shoot a beer.  We later realized he was saying bear.  He wanted to go hunting and shoot a bear.  They were super polite, made their beds in the morning, and ate a ton of food.  Noke could put the food down.  Garrett has finally found his match!!!  On Saturday, we drove down to Mesquite and watched their games.  It was freezing cold, but so fun to be there.  We learned a lot about Rugby (since we knew nothing before going down there) and had fun watching "our boys" play the brutal sport.   

 Jordan

 Noke or "Nokes"

 The Scrum

 This is the inbound procedure

 We loved having them and hope they get to stay with us again when they come back down in a few weeks.

De-Braced, Braced, and Re-Braced

For the past 5 years I have been making monthly trips to the orthodontist.  Garrett started in braces 5 years ago.  

The day he got his 1st phase of braces off, Grant got his first phase put on. 

Then 2 years later, Grant got his 1st phase of braces off, the same day Garrett got his 2nd phase put on.

Well, it has been another 2 years.  Garrett FINALLY has beautiful, straight teeth.  The day his braces were removed, Gracie began phase 1 and Grant began phase 2.

De-Braced

Braced

 Re-Braced

  Honestly, I don't see an end in sight any time soon.  However, Garrett's teeth look so nice that it is worth every penny we are spending (I am pretty sure we have paid for our orthodontist's home by now).  I also don't mind giving up one Friday every month for the next 5 years for appointments.