Alex came for the weekend and it was the highlight of quarantine! We went fishing on Friday night. I had zero expectations of catching anything but we had fun anyway. We had a fire at Mom and Dad's when we got home. Emmett got to be a big boy and come with me and Teddy while Logan stayed home for bedtime. Emmett loved hanging with his cousins - he kept trying to get them to go "feather hunting" with him, and Logan was so sweet he gave Emmett a flashlight because he loved it so much. Thank you Logan!
Beyond that my life is water, water, water. Water the garden. Water the grass. Shampoo, rinse, repeat. But one exciting development is Mom gave us raspberry starts that I planted and the spinach and onions are popping through: yay!
I hope you all enjoyed your stimulus check! We used part of ours to buy a riding lawnmower. Justin mowed last week. We raked all the dry stuff and filled a bunch of mice holes with extra dirt from the canal. Jon: Justin says you owe him after all your days of hauling dirt at your house -- buy your ticket and come on over 🤣 bonus: you don't have to pay for the dirt from the canals🤣
Snow on April 13th!!
April 15th: the day Teddy was delivered at 6 weeks old. The kids were BEYOND excited
I mean, come on! So cute
Walks with the dog: Teddy fell promptly fell asleep
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We planted grass in the back: hopefully we have grass so the kids aren't AS filthy at the end of each day
Cleaning up debris from corrals
The Nielsons (live in Grandma and Grandpa's house) have baby cows so we had to come see
Our Sunday church lessons - I am LOVING church from home! We made crowns for the kids and had them pretend to be King Benjamin while repeating some of his teachings.
Monday the 20th we planted the raspberries
The spiket out back needs to be replaced. It leaked quite a bit before it finally shut off - the kids LOVED their puddle
We got Emmett a "med kit" - he likes to give me and puppy regular checkups
Rochelle Taylor was killed in a reckless driving accident on Saturday April 18th. So many people have so much love for this family. She was a special ed teacher and coach, and her husband is a high school teacher and coach. Their son Dallas is my age - when your graduating class has 24 kids you have a tight-knit group. They lost their first son to cancer, and almost lost Dallas in a near-fatal car accident. They've had to endure so much pain. My heart aches for them. She was a beautiful person, inside and out.
The community did a vigil for her outside their house. I was able to visit Dallas and Mr T. Tuesday night last week.
The PERFECT cookies! Trisha - I finally nailed it
lawnmower delivered - the boys play on it constantly
feather hunting at the shelter - yep, that's underwear on his head. If he wants to wear underwear as a hat, I say, let him wear underwear for a hat
I was teaching Emmett "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and he said the sheep was too big 🤣 so I drew a smaller one by Mary - also, my sheep kinda look like llamas.
Wild Horse, Trail Creek, and Mackay Dam
I got excited when I saw this little guy in the river. Very slight chance I'd find a fossil in those layers but I had to take a peak. Nothing but a calcite deposit vein - still exciting for this rock nerd.
Lost River range, you have my heart
Enjoy Pepper's useless self against an injured mouse - that little bugger fought back and even came after Logan!
King Benjamin teaches us to keep Christ's name written on our hearts 🧡
All the more reason to make heart-shaped cookies
Justin's first time working with royal icing
more preschool fun with this kiddo
Trying to get Logan to help clean up his mess ... dang kid colored on the carpet 🤣 we're working through this "learned helpless" stage..."I can't do it!" ... lol... he's a cutie
