Things that were canceled
MYPO- Charlotte's orchestra group she auditioned
School- nothing at first then some online and more online Aug-Oct, then every other day for a bit.
Diehl Cousin Easter Egg hunt- first time we haven't had one since 2008
Youth Triathalon- so fun last year
Swim Team- we did get a few open swim times and swim lessons
Regular girls camp
Church at the church- good thing we were prepared for home church a bit (March til October, then part time and on zoom after that)
Things we miss the most
Seeing our friends
THE LIBRARY ( can we please work out a drive by pick up or something?)- finally figured it out in the summer
Some alone time
Visiting grandparents
Church (although home church is nice in its own way)
Things we're loving
Kids lives feel more balanced- only 2.5 hours of school work 1.5 hours of quiet/reading time (mom's favorite), more time to play, practice music, read a chapter at night, watch a movie, go on a walk or bike ride, have a water fight, play board games. School and activities can take over the rest of the year, family time and time to just be a kid has been great! Nice at home in the beautiful weather, harder when we actually quarantined twice and the hot weather.
Matt's home! He's still working from about 8-6pm but we eat lunch with him often, he sees how the kids are doing, he often doesn't drive his truck for a week or two instead of his long commute to North Scottsdale each day. More dates as a couple on Fridays or lunch time and more parent/kid dates too. We order food and eat in our car or the back of Matt's truck before it got too hot.
Don't' feel guilty for not planning things or going places- the opposite in fact.
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| The memes were so good during everything! |
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| Cosmic Yoga- the kids had to do an hour of outside or exercise time every day. Having some routine really helped us. |
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| There were some great school parades, and old car parade a few flyovers. We were so happy to have anything to look forward to. We picked up lunch at the school quite often. |
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| We did lots of puzzles. Some people had a puzzle exchange going. |
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| We went on a date almost every week to pick up food and eat in the back of Matt's truck. |
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| The kids had water fights with the neighbors very often to pass the hot days with no activities and no pool. |
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| Church at the tree when it wasn't too hot. We'd read from the Book of Mormon do a short lesson or talk and sing some songs. We read the sacrament prayers and had a few minutes of silence to write in our journals. We were able to take the sacrament a few times with the Wadsworths and it was so nice. |
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| Republica Empanada! |
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| More tree church. |
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| Everyone went sidewalk chalk crazy! There were some epic hop scotches as well! |
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| Weirdest end to the school year ever! We did a Lemonade theme and had some fun start of summer stuff. |
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| Matt started giving the boys haircuts! |
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| They really needed them! |
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| Virtual school for 1st quarter was hard! |
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| Notice the uniforms on top and pjs on the bottom! |
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| Orchestra was a bit tricky so we had to separate occassionally. I would check in after every class change and make sure they got on to the next class. These kids are amazing! |
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| Hard to believe we were still virtual in Aug-Oct |
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| We also started car dates with each kid. Matt and I would take 1-2 kids each week. |
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| First and Second grade online is not easy! |
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| After 137 days at home, they finally went back to part-time in September 2020 fully masked with no extracurriculars. |
We actually quarantined for 31 days because Matt thought he had COVID in June 2020 and by the time the slow test came back negative it had been 14 days. We were in Cornville when he felt sick for 12 days and came home to do the twins' birthday and finish quarantine. Then in August, he did get COVID and we stayed home for 16 more days. It was so hard. This is definitely something the history books will remember.
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