I feel like this covid time hasn’t
been that bad for our kids… except for the whole
not-going-to-school thing. Even that’s been going better. It took
almost 2 months, but Dallin is finally “not hating” his school
work… and this is the last week. I don’t usually have them
signed up for extracurricular activities or camps or teams anyway.
We didn’t have many summer plans, except for the family reunion. I
figure, they have a backyard, they have their bikes, and they still
have their neighbor friends. Well, a couple of them had to stay away
for a couple weeks, but for the most part, it’s been hopping!
We finally moved Anna downstairs to her
own bedroom, with the understanding that if we ever get a visitor
again, she needs to vacate. The boys now all share the upstairs
bedroom and even with 3 of them, it’s still cleaner than Anna’s
room. I’ve installed some black-out curtains, which has been a
total game changer! How have I gone this long without them?!
I took the older kids + Ryder to
Maeve’s baptism on the 3rd. It had to be rescheduled from the
middle of March, when all H broke loose. Restrictions got lifted the
beginning of May and the missionaries scheduled it for bright and
EARLY on a Sunday morning. It was actually a great way to spend the
sabbath. The service was very short, we were all sitting in clumps
at least 6’ away from each other, and there were less than 20
people. Is this going to be the new normal? Oh, please let life get
back to normal soon!
