Sunday November 8th
Wow I've really been slacking in getting pictures. These are the only ones I took all week. But we ended our beautiful week with another snow fall of a couple inches. Mia also let me try out these curlers in her hair. She even slept on them Saturday night. As you can see they turned out great and she loved it.
Tonight the Governor held a live press conference about the really high Covid-19 count we are experiencing. We have been having new Covid-19 cases in the high 2,000 range for over a week. So starting tomorrow he is asking us to stay home from any extracurricular activities, social events and family gatherings. There is now a public mask mandate in effect. Kids can still do school but no after school activities and their swimming lessons are also put on hold. The kids are not going to be happy about not being able to play with friends for two weeks either. The positive daily count needs to come down drastically so our hospitals will have room again for those that need it. The two weeks will end on Emma's birthday and hopefully the numbers will look better and she can have a few friends over sometime that week to celebrate. Thanksgiving may look different this year. Guess I better learn how to cook a turkey!
Sun. Nov. 15th
Well we survived the first week of two of staying home as much as possible. I still went for a walk almost daily with my good friend Pam but we wore masks. The kids missed their swimming lessons. And James missed his robotics and archery clubs but those will all happen again. Our state numbers are even higher - 3,000-4000 daily new cases. This is getting scary.
I used this week to get another big wall painted in our great room. I am loving it! It took longer than I though because it was a lot of brush work around the sliding door and bay window. The next wall behind the couch and desk should go much faster because I will only have to cut in the ceiling and the baseboard. I am getting lots of practice and doing so much better at cutting in edges. I don't waste time taping off anymore! The kids spent time doing homework, piano and electronics. But Saturday we spent several hours watching a movie (Dennis the Mennis) and playing/organizing Legos. Mia and I painted our fingernails and toenails. Emma did lots of homework and is caught up again. (Jr. High is tough! She has so much to do but she is getting it done despite all the tears.)
Sunday was truly a delight! We went to our sacrament meeting. Then had zoom Sunday School. Grandma came over and we had a great Come Follow Me discussion. We love having her join us. Then we watched the 150 Celebration of the YW organization Face to Face. For dinner I tested out cooking a turkey breast for the first time just in case I need to do one for Thanksgiving. It turned out great! After dinner we caught up with all the Van Bibbers on our zoom call and then watched one of the Peanuts Thanksgivings specials. Hope the second week of no friends goes as well!
Monday night game night - Skip-bo!
The before - dull beige, good bye!
Hard to tell in the pictures but the gray looks amazing.
Just a look at the great room mess while I paint.
The kids really like the couches like this so they will stay for the weekend.
Saturday morning game time. Quinn ordered a couple of new games for us to help keep us busy during these two weeks. This one is called election night. As if this years election between Trump and Biden hasn't been stressful enough lets play a game about it. By the way it's till not totally settled but looks like Biden might be the winner! The game was actually pretty fun. It focuses on helping kids learn U.S. geography, addition or multiplication and how the electoral college works. Mia and I won the first game but Dad, James and Emma won the second.
Lego time! My back was killing me after this. Being on the floor for hours is for the young.
Sunday - The Brother of Jared's rocks providing light for this awesome barge Emma and James built.
