Friday, April 10, 2020
Thursday, April 9, 2020
This Is Me Parody
When all of this is said and done, I think the memory I will most remember is making this parody. We have had a lot of fun making this- mostly, it was SO NICE to have something exciting and new to do! Maybe we will make another one. I hope you enjoy!
Monday, April 6, 2020
More Masks!
Governor Polis and the CDC issued a recommendation to wear masks when we are outside. So, that's what we are trying to do.
The girls got very excited to make their own masks, so today we did a 1/2 day of school and spent the afternoon making masks- Covid Home Ec!
Lily the doll also got a mask when we accidentally made Camille's mask way too small.
The girls got very excited to make their own masks, so today we did a 1/2 day of school and spent the afternoon making masks- Covid Home Ec!
Lily the doll also got a mask when we accidentally made Camille's mask way too small.
Sunday, April 5, 2020
General Conference
Never in my life have I looked forward to conference as much as I did this conference!
And, it did not disappoint! So many memorable things happened, with a temple in China being announced obviously the major highlight!
For conference, we tried something new. Each of us chose a word and a candy. Every time that word was said, the girls got to grab a candy from that bowl.
Ben chose Joseph Smith, I chose Restoration- those words were said A LOT. Audra chose Redeemer, Claire chose Temple, and Camille chose Hope. Those words were not said very much- until Elder Stevenson gave his talk and said Temple about 35 times- it was awesome! The girls were so happy! Then, Sunday morning Elder Holland gave a talk where he said Hope about 50 times! It was perfect- except for poor Audra whose word wasn't ever really said at all.
I asked them if they liked this and Audra said, "well, it is really fun and I'm definitely paying a lot more attention to the talks." They really did! They did finally get extremely restless for the last 30 minutes of the Sunday afternoon session- which means they did really, really, really well and paid very good attention for 9 1/2 hours! It was amazing- we never had that success before, so the candy was worth every penny.
They still played Conference Bingo and colored.
Despite Covid, we knew we needed to still have our traditional conference brunch. If crepes are involved, the girls are happy. So, I guess we would rename conference weekend to "eat a ton of treats" weekend.
And, it did not disappoint! So many memorable things happened, with a temple in China being announced obviously the major highlight!
For conference, we tried something new. Each of us chose a word and a candy. Every time that word was said, the girls got to grab a candy from that bowl.
Ben chose Joseph Smith, I chose Restoration- those words were said A LOT. Audra chose Redeemer, Claire chose Temple, and Camille chose Hope. Those words were not said very much- until Elder Stevenson gave his talk and said Temple about 35 times- it was awesome! The girls were so happy! Then, Sunday morning Elder Holland gave a talk where he said Hope about 50 times! It was perfect- except for poor Audra whose word wasn't ever really said at all.
I asked them if they liked this and Audra said, "well, it is really fun and I'm definitely paying a lot more attention to the talks." They really did! They did finally get extremely restless for the last 30 minutes of the Sunday afternoon session- which means they did really, really, really well and paid very good attention for 9 1/2 hours! It was amazing- we never had that success before, so the candy was worth every penny.
They still played Conference Bingo and colored.
Despite Covid, we knew we needed to still have our traditional conference brunch. If crepes are involved, the girls are happy. So, I guess we would rename conference weekend to "eat a ton of treats" weekend.
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Line For the Grocery Store
I'm trying to document what everyday life is like now. I went to the grocery store at 7 AM, which is when it opens. There were a lot of people waiting to get in. It wasn't chaos at all- just....I'm not sure what. Weird? Crazy? Surreal? Our new normal.
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
April Fool's Day
I have been saving boxes for a year to pull off this prank for Ben:
I realize for some of you this isn't very many boxes, but it was a lot for us- and the look on Ben's face was priceless when the doorbell rang and I said, "oh, my Amazon order must have come in!" He later told me he was really freaked out, and he thoughts I had ordered a ton of toilet paper (if only!).
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