Jonas had a birthday and we tried to make it special with a delicious breakfast and some banners. Jasmine even made beignets!
Celebrating at cousins even though we wore masks. At least we got to see each other and be together!
A new song by Darling!
During the quarantine, we started our school day by watching a clip from the Cincinnati Zoo. They did such a great job making fun videos to watch each day and this little porcupine stole mom's our hearts! (especially mom's) His name is Rico and he is SO CUTE!!!
The Primary was at it again, this time with an amazing scavenger hunt complete with a drone, treasure chest and cute handouts! So fun!
The Mother's Day festivities. Shayden gave me this cute little flower arrangement. When I asked him if it meant "you are a good mom" or you are good, mom" he said either way. Jasmine made me some yummy espumias! And we had a very delicious dinner at cousins. If only we had taken a picture of mom and the kids.
The Primary was at it again, this time with an amazing scavenger hunt complete with a drone, treasure chest and cute handouts! So fun!
The Mother's Day festivities. Shayden gave me this cute little flower arrangement. When I asked him if it meant "you are a good mom" or you are good, mom" he said either way. Jasmine made me some yummy espumias! And we had a very delicious dinner at cousins. If only we had taken a picture of mom and the kids.
Finally the time came for school to end. Zuri with her two teachers, Senor Lopez and Mrs. Flores. She made them the cutest gifts too.
This is Taye wearing a sleeping bag to his online class.
There were a lot of outdoor projects to get done in the spring since we had more time than ever before. The kids all pitched in too, even Jasmine, although she is not pictured.
We tried to go on several picnics to enjoy the good weather. Sometimes there was a lot of people at the park and we just had to find an isolated spot to sit.
Then at the end of May a very sad thing happened. Jonas had been working on a broken tiller outside and a can of degreaser exploded in his hand causing pieces of metal to fly everywhere and tearing up his hand. He yelled and our next door neighbor Mike heard and ran over and assisted until the ambulance could get there. Zildy wasn't home and arrived just as Shayden was outside waiting for the ambulance. She then frantically followed the ambulance to the hospital, not knowing if he would lose part of his hand, or what would happen. Just as we were leaving Zildy asked Mike to call the bishop. Later we found out that the bishop had mass emailed everyone in the ward basically asking them to stop what they are doing and pray for Jonas. The many prayers must have caused a miracle because the doctors went from saying that he was going to be rushed into surgery right away, to saying that it needed minor stitches in the ER and would go home that night, all within the course of one hour! Miracles do happen and prayers are answered!
A few days later Jonas was feeling a bit better so we went on another nature walk.
Then, over Memorial Day weekend there was another death of an unarmed black man by police. His name was George Floyd. This time is sparked huge protests and riots in cities all over the country, even in Salt Lake.
In the news:
There were a lot of outdoor projects to get done in the spring since we had more time than ever before. The kids all pitched in too, even Jasmine, although she is not pictured.
We tried to go on several picnics to enjoy the good weather. Sometimes there was a lot of people at the park and we just had to find an isolated spot to sit.
Then at the end of May a very sad thing happened. Jonas had been working on a broken tiller outside and a can of degreaser exploded in his hand causing pieces of metal to fly everywhere and tearing up his hand. He yelled and our next door neighbor Mike heard and ran over and assisted until the ambulance could get there. Zildy wasn't home and arrived just as Shayden was outside waiting for the ambulance. She then frantically followed the ambulance to the hospital, not knowing if he would lose part of his hand, or what would happen. Just as we were leaving Zildy asked Mike to call the bishop. Later we found out that the bishop had mass emailed everyone in the ward basically asking them to stop what they are doing and pray for Jonas. The many prayers must have caused a miracle because the doctors went from saying that he was going to be rushed into surgery right away, to saying that it needed minor stitches in the ER and would go home that night, all within the course of one hour! Miracles do happen and prayers are answered!
A few days later Jonas was feeling a bit better so we went on another nature walk.
Then, over Memorial Day weekend there was another death of an unarmed black man by police. His name was George Floyd. This time is sparked huge protests and riots in cities all over the country, even in Salt Lake.
In the news:
