Quarantine Life

Two weeks in and we are still on lockdown. They have decided to "soft close" schools, gyms, churchs, everything until May 1, 2020. Utah seems to be doing a lot better than most states of staying home and our curve has flattened. It still doesn't feel hopeful- like this could go on for a while.

It has been REALLY nice (not going to lie) having a break from my calling. It's kind of like I don't have one. With such a large primary, we are limited on how we can connect with ALL the kids. Some primaries are doing Zoom meetings- with over 175 kids, that would never work for us. We posted a little message as a presidency on FB and have a treasure box on my porch with a conference bingo game. Sundays have been SO much smoother and less focused on my job and more about the Savior. Home church has been so so good. I have really enjoyed Mark passing the sacrament and having the kids more actively participate in our home "sacrament" program. I love that Kingston even said, "Mom, I love home church".

Quarantine Primary Presidency- loves these ladies. 

 Quarantine Tisha strikes again- reading hut. I HATE messes (obviously) so this was hard but the kids played in there for most of the day so, it stayed. The kids are making adjustments almost daily of what works for them and where they need a little more help. Mc got busted, thanks to an email from her teacher, that says she hasn't done any Math since 3/17- guess who gets to do 2 Math lessons a day over spring break? She also was spending way too much time chatting with her friends- chat has been turned off until further notice. We are just surviving. We made it through ALL the Harry Potter movies- we would eat dinner, get showered/jammies and then watch a movie. It was so nice to have everyone in the same place not running all over creation.

Reading Hut

Mc has taken up sewing little felt animals. 

Quarantine haircuts. Thankful Mark has clippers or these boys would look homeless.  

Baby Yoda

Mark has a pretty good "honey do" list- these shelves were free (we already had the wood from the basement) and took him no time at all. Finishes the basement nicely. "Top Notch"