My older girls headed back to their college town beginning of this week. It was so nice to have them here. They are both just working this summer and hoping "normal" school starts in the fall. No news yet on that. We should know by July. We had a great time with them here! We even were able to squeeze in some family pictures getting taken. Nice! Take a look at our week...
This is in the back of our family room, and all the games and puzzles we have been playing are piling up! This all represents lots of fun times at our house!
The new "Normal"....Miss E was asked to play a special piano number for a local church service which was recorded and then televised. No one was there in person. Playing the piano while wearing a mask is a new thing and the "new normal" now for church. She did a great job.
We squeezed in some family pictures while the girls were home....just a fun one of the many. Family pictures are always everyone's favorite thing....not.
Learning life skills. Ben and Miss E work on getting the oil changed in her car.
Making a mess in the kitchen. I had a day this week when I was the only one home, so I really enjoyed messing up the kitchen. Made a batch of everyone's favorite waffles and then two big batches of different kinds of muffins. Stocking the freezer with quick breakfasts now that everyone is back to work and needs quick breakfasts to grab.
Even though things are slowly opening up, there isn't much to do around here in the evenings, and especially when it is really hot outside, and we had some hot and humid days this week where outside was NOT the place you wanted to be, but Miss E is working on her knitting. Quarantine activity!
Mr J has enjoyed breaking out his old Lego sets during this quieter time. Ben reads to us from Harry Potter #3 while Mr J enjoys his Legos.
Hope you are all safe and healthy and well! Such a crazy time in our country! So much sadness and so much change needed to happen. I love, love, LOVE this quote from Russell M Nelson this past week (I am just posting a little, it is much longer and all so, so so, good! You can find it on his instagram for russellmnelson...."The Creator of us all calls on each of us to abandon attitudes of prejudice against any group of God's children.....It behooves each of us to do whatever we can in our spheres of influence to preserve the dignity and respect each son and daughter of God deserves.....Illegal acts such as looting, defacing, or destroying public or private property cannot be tolerated. Never has one wrong been correct by a second wrong. Evil has never been resolved by more evil.....We need to foster a fundamental respect for the human dignity of every human soul, regardless of their color, creed, or cause. And we need to work tirelessly to build bridges of understanding rather than creating wall of segregation." Russell M Nelson---AMEN!
Glad you took the opportunity to get some family pictures while everyone was around. It's been a couple years for us so I'm thinking this summer while we are all together it should be done here as well. Love all your quarantine activities and best wishes to the girls heading back to school.
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