Monday, June 1 - We are so happy to be able to have friends around again! Little Ryder from next door has been over a lot and the kids love playing with him! Nick is being a normal teenager and hanging out with his friends as much (if not more) than with his family. I can't blame any of them though! It was a long span without any friends! I'm just thankful that they all hang out with really great kids!
Tuesday, June 2 - The black square is not an accident or a missing picture. It was my commitment on social media to take a week off from looking at friends' posts and focusing on learning more about racism in America. I feel like I am currently living for the history books. Between the Utah earthquakes, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the racism riots and protests, life just doesn't feel anything like "normal". I am, however, thankful for this time to reflect on how I feel about people that are different from me and how I want to teach my children. Honestly, I didn't realize racism was such an issue in our country anymore. With the death of George Floyd at the hands of 4 police officers, all caught on video from several sources, racism was quickly pushed to the forefront of America's interest. It saddens me to think that people still look down on people of color. In my house, we choose love, tolerance, and acceptance no matter the color of your skin. There is a quote going around that says, "I understand that I will never understand what you go through but I will stand beside you in your fight for equality". I love that because I will probably never fully understand how black people and minorities feel in this country but I am with them in their fight for equality - something that should be a God-given right to people in America. With all this going on, Covid is still in full swing. I had a neurology appointment today with Dr. Zimmerman. My temperature was taken at the door and I had to wear this green sticker with my temp on it the whole time I was in the office. She also cannot see patients without a mask on. If you arrive without a mask, they give you one at the door and you are required to wear it upon entry. I got some new medication and a prescription for physical therapy so I will try that and see if it helps with my headaches.
Wednesday, June 3 - If you can dress up like Elsa with glasses and a baby doll to watch the iPad, why wouldn't you?!? Haha! Poor Nick has holes in the sides of his shoes and his baby toes are about to poke through. We FINALLY left the house and ran to a few stores to find him some new shoes. I can't believe it but he is now wearing a size 10! That is bigger than Simon's foot and Nick isn't anywhere near finished growing! We did find him some nice new Nike tennis shoes and a pare of black shoes for church. It was a nice day with these cute kiddos.
Thursday, June 4 - When I got home from work, Jim Giles stopped his truck in front of my house. He said that the snake in my flowerbed is not a rattle snake; he checked for the safety of my kids. It's a good ole' gopher snake so I think I'm supposed to be thankful that they take care of the mice. Yuck!! In other animal news, our baby shark finally lost her first tooth. It was SO wiggly! If you can see in the pic, she has little tears in her eyes because pulling her tooth was like...well...like pulling teeth! :)
Friday, June 5 - First and last day of school pictures! Nick was in 8th grade, Kendra in 6th, Zack in 2nd, and Ricki in Kindergarten. It's been an eventful year, for sure, but I'm happy that they each finished out their school year strong. Nick did great and finished the year with all A's!! They all did great with home-school but I think Kendra thrived the most doing it this way. I'm crossing my fingers that they can go back next year. It *should be* my first year with all four kids in all-day school.
Saturday, June 6 - The Olson's invited us to go camping this weekend. We were supposed to go Friday through Sunday but as we were watching the weather forecast, we found out that it was supposed to rain from 12:30 am Saturday morning until around 9:00 am and then again from 12:00 pm until late on Sunday. They are even expecting snow on Monday in this area. We backed out of Saturday night and just stayed Friday night. We had fun around the campfire until around 11:00 and then as predicted, we woke up to rain around 12:30. It woke us up a few times during the night but by the time we got up around 9:00, it had cleared up. We pulled out of the campground (Timpooneke) just before noon and within minutes, the rain started again! We had so much fun while we were there but I'm glad we only decided to stay one night. Hopefully we do more camping this summer!
Sunday, June 7 - A lot has happened today. We got a new Relief Society presidency over a Zoom call today. It was weird, doing it over the internet. We said goodbye to the old presidency: Heather Roberts, Ashley Howe, Jamie Romero, and Penney Thomson and welcomed the new presidency: Erin Coles, Jessie Price, Vicki Crook, and Heather Upshaw. I'm excited to see what they do for our ward. Tonight, we stayed home because Kendra has a little cold and we don't want to spread the love so I fulfilled Ricki's heart's desire. I baked banana bread muffins!
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