May 2020

Still doing mask making… The deliveries get put in the bucket and people come and pick them up. I’ve reconnected with my friend Joann who is a nurse down in San Diego. I’ve sent her multiple masks and she sent me thank you’s and even bought Virginia and I a T-shirt. 

Jeff and I celebrated our 27th anniversary. We ended up getting takeout and eating in the dining room while the kids were in the other room watching TV. Not very romantic but it is what it is. He got me flowers and I drew a picture to remember them.

So Ashley was not thinking that her graduation would be like this. She can’t go to school and they won’t be able to do an in person graduation. Not very fun and who knew she wouldn’t be able to say goodbye to all the people she went to school with for the last 13 years.

   

We got her cap and gown and it made it real! But it still feels unreal since were still at home.

 

I’ve been taking Maddie on walks to keep still sane. I’ve lost all my walking buddies but she enjoys getting out of the house. The dog is happy to have all of us home!

Dropped another load of masks off at March Air Force Base for the military.

My friends husband just retired and I was able to use the Cricut  and spray paint this garage sale yard sign from the dollar store to make a yard sign to help him celebrate.

So we had a cool thing going on down at the beach. It was a bio luminescent tide. We had heard about it but we hadn’t seen it. Do you and Virginia had checked it out a couple times in Oceanside. We heard it was going to be going on in Newport so we met up with them to check it out.

There was a quite a few of us down there to see it. You couldn’t see it really well but once it got dark you could see blue especially when the waves would crash.

Joel looking like an alien ha ha

 

It’s getting real!! 

 

April 2020

So we weren’t able to do Easter this year. It was lonely at home and the bucket of plastic egg Easter egg stayed empty. I put it away hoping that we would be able to do a family get together next year.

I’ve gotten a lot of use out of my sewing machine. I’ve been working on masks. I have given away hundreds of them and invite people to donate for supplies if they would like. Most of them I’ve given away for free. I have gotten some thanks from grateful people which helps me feel like I am at least doing something while we’re on lockdown.

Liz and her family

My neighbor

Ashley has gotten quite popular on TikTok and has a bunch of followers. Every once in a while I’m in the background of one of her videos. Ha ha She is also getting crafty, painting and doing her nails. She is enjoying the downtime that allows her to create. 

  

Another project that we have started are ear savers. I cut strips of felt and then you sew on buttons and people use them with her masks so that their ears don’t hurt from having the elastic on them for so long. People in the neighborhood of helped with these as well.

We went up to Palmdale to check on Jeff’s mom. We had a nice visit with her. It was nice to get out of the house. I think she was glad to see us as well.

Feeling kind of strange shopping with masks. Looks like this is our new normal for a while.

 

We stopped at Mormon rocks on our way back. It was pretty empty we had the whole place to ourselves.

Ashley had a bit of a mud mishap on the way down. She slipped and half of her pants got completely muddy.

Now that everyone is back home, including Taylor Rose we have enjoyed watching movies together, and playing games in the evening. Our routine is pretty much everyone does their own thing during the days since everyone has work and school online right now. 

We are enjoying our time together and I realize that this is a unique time that we can all hang out as a family. We are enjoying our time together. 

On Sundays we watch church on zoom and then take the sacrament in this little trays that we bought from a boy in our ward. They have come in handy and Jeff has used them to bring up to his mom when he visits to give her the sacrament. 

Taylor celebrated his 24th birthday. Here's some memories from the scrapbook...of his younger days. 

Quiet pandemic birthday celebration at home. 

This was Ashley's birthday present. She drew Taylor on a mug :)  Pretty good likeness, ha ha. 

Happy Birthday Taylor!!