Front Porch Project.

It’s a strange mix of normalcy and emergency that we are all feeling right now. I wonder everyday if I’m under- or overreacting to this pandemic, or possibly both at the same time. I just know I’m grateful for these crazies that I get to be quarantined with. We’ve spent a little more time playing board games, taking walks, watching movies, baking goodies, having tea parties, having a little more screen time then we should, and having to be a little more creative with our day-to-day schedules. More than that we are learning to be a little more patient, loving more intently, building our faith, cherishing our relationships and friendships, finding joy in the simple things, slowing our pace, praying with more purpose, and finding peace in a time of worry and uncertainty. I’m looking forward to the day where we can give hugs and hangout with friends again! For now I’m enjoying this extra time making memories with the people I love most!!

Quartinene week 4!

Week 4. Jer is finally starting to see how the last couple of weeks have been for me. He has been home all this week since he's only suppose to be going in or doing work as needed.  He is going stir crazy without projects and having to be at the house all day. I don't need projects, my kids new school schedule and keeping them busy and active is my focus. I loose Jer a lot to the garage or disappears and we can't find him for help. Frustrating for sure! It's all been really really HARD. Hard finding a new schedule, hard homeschooling the kids and keeping all their assignment straight, hard not teaching High and seeing friends, hard keeping the kids active- besides screens, hard feeling like we can't go anywhere and need to find new ways to play on the tramp or some type of soccer game, hard not having the few hours of free time to get the things done I needed without the kids-it's all be a HARD adjustment. Parks are closed off. Thankfully piano started back up over zoom. Lacey set up a tea party for al of us with stations. She was a little bit bossy and was telling us how to play and what to say, but it was a fun change of pace for the family. Logan kept begging to do s'mores so we pulled out the fire pit for the first time! Lots of walk and time spent on the tramp. The Terry's egged our house for Easter which was a fun surprise. We also were able to do some service for Brother Archibald and he sent us flowers as a thank you. Another week down. 

Quarantine week 3! "Spring Break"

Spring break was not what we had planned! We were supposed to go camping, but with the stay at home order and the rain our plans were canceled. We tried to make the most of it while being stuck close to home. Lacey had a Zoom call for dance, we did lots of art and coloring, legos were our go to boredom relief,  and we enjoyed being outside as much as possible going on walks and playing on the tramp and playground! We pulled out lots of board games that we played as a family introducing the kids to aggravation and apples to apples. We had UNO night over zoom with friends which was nice to see them and play games. Jer had to work so I took the kids to the Lagoon trail for a change of scenery and to look for animals, all we found were bison and deer. Conference was this weekend which was amazing! The kids do better watching when they have quiet activities to do. We had treat and kinetic sand to keep them busy. We were expecting a big announcement but the proclamation of the  restoration was the only big announcement made.  The kids were in charge of dinner and made it all together by themselves. I have put them one of them in charge of dinner each night since we have a lot more time on our hands and they are liking the responsibility. We made the most of the time we had between conference session by braking ice, eating popsicles, and going on walks.