The triathlon idea

Spencer loves to run and compete in triathlons. As the deacons quorum president, he encouraged his fellow quorum members to do a triathlon with him. But Dayton wouldn't be able to do it on his own.

"I thought it would be really cool to do a triathlon with Dayton," Spencer says. "He should have the opportunity to do and enjoy what everybody else does."

So Spencer talked to his parents and Dayton's parents about doing the triathlon with Dayton. Everyone thought it was a great idea, so they asked Dayton if he wanted to do it.

"Spencer went to Dayton and asked him, and Dayton just blinked really definitely like he was really excited about doing a triathlon with him," says Dayton's father, John Hayward.