It's Only May . . .

Yes, it's only May.  We've been home on quarantine since March 13 so it feels like July. Thankfully on most days, the kids can find something fun to do.  Preston and Patrick had tons of fun today with their homemade slip n slide.  Patrick had a baby slide and Preston found some plastic the contractor left in the garage so together then had a blast for a few hours. 

Savannah found our chalk stencils and some shade to create some sidewalk art.

We were able to watch the Crace kiddos one afternoon as well.  The big boys, of course, just wanted to sit in poor Shep's wade pool. LOL

FINALLY, the candy puzzle was finished.  It was quite the challenge, but these two persevered and we finished it today.

The highlight of the week was Preston's early birthday gift.  His old bike broke and the bike shop said it would be $90 to repair so we opted for a new bike instead.  However, little did we know there is a big bike shortage due to 1.more people riding and 2. bike factories shutting down from the virus.  Never the less, I managed to find the only one in Charlotte under $500 at Wal-Mart.  He is one happy kiddo! Dad is pretty excited too that it came assembled. :)

So we press on, trusting that this will all soon be a distant memory!

Mother's Day 2020

My highlight of the entire day was another original card by Dave!!

Today was a fantastic day!  I started bright and early with a triple Costco run for Shipt and was home and showered in time for church.  I LOVE my job!! The kids and Dave made the sweetest cards for me and got such thoughtful gifts (Savannah bought me Shipt stationery, Preston gave me a day without whining and a coupon for one shower floor cleaning, and Dave got my favorite white covered reeses).  We went for a long walk to the JMR track and spend the afternoon trying to paint our basketball lane  . . . so that wasn't the fun part, but at least we got it started.  We ran out of paint before we got the first part finished.  Unfortunately, no one in town sells the paint we need so we had to take up the stencil and order more paint from Amazon.

We had pizza for Mother's Day dinner (our new quarantine routine is Sunday night pizza) but we did get take out from Moe's on Saturday night.  With our coupon codes, we all ate and had leftovers for only $.49!!!  All in all, it was a fabulous day with wonderful weather and attitudes!!!

Adventures and Shenanigans

This kid . . .we have been doing lots of baking and apparently, he approves of our efforts!

This hamster . . why in the world does she insist on climbing on the top of her water bottle?  We've watched her try to get down and it's scary!  One time she landed upside down.  

And these girls, be still my heart!  I'm so thankful for this core group of friends.  They represent three different schools all in the same Sunday school group and have the closest bond.  They were so excited to get together face to face after weeks of zoom calls and tons of texts.  We met at the Promenade to pick up ice-cream and spent over 2.5 hours just chatting.  The teen girls chatted, Ben and Preston played football on the green, and the moms rejoiced in some adult conversation!

We are so thankful for online live church every Sunday.  This week there was some debate in our house about what kind of mug Pastor Alex was using. :)  We are making it.  Some days we are barely making it, but as the quarantine continues we are trying to make the best of it.