Courtney Visits Dallas

Tomorrow, Bryan’s little sister Courtney embarks on her 18 month mission to Brazil. She volunteered to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints back in February and has been eagerly awaiting her June 18th start date since. Courtney will spend her first 6 weeks in Sao Paolo studying Portuguese and then continue on to Joao Pessoa where she will teach the gospel. We will miss Courtney but we are so excited for her and also grateful for her example of service. Norah and Alice now have a missionary aunt to look up to and I look forward to sharing Courtney’s pictures and stories with them while she’s away.

In honor of Courtney I’m finally going to post pictures of her trip to Dallas (May 17th – May 21st). It was wonderful to see and enjoy her company. Norah still talks about taking Courtney to primary and how we sang the hello song to her and told everyone she was going on a mission. She’s already very proud of her aunt.

We went swimming at the Fraternal Order of the Eagles’ pool. Bryan asked me to inquire about joining the fraternity and Courtney and I listened to a description of the very rigorous application process. When the lady explained that Bryan’s best bet would be to start hanging out at the bar a lot until he befriended some members willing to sponsor him we determined that Bryan was not going to qualify.Courtney was here for Norah’s preschool Carnival and end of year performance. It was sooooooo hot but also adorable. It was fun to share that experience with Courtney.Since Courtney is headed to Brazil we decided to introduce her to the Dallas’s own rainforest inside the world aquariumOn another extremely hot day we took Courtney to the ArboretumI’ve probably been to the arboretum close to 50 times yet somehow I had never seen this little corner before. We explored it with Courtney and called it the secret garden. Courtney didn’t want me to take this picture of her because we were all so hot and sweaty but her hair is just so pretty I couldn’t resist