Monday, March 30, 2020

Quarantine grandparenting

Our view as we got to Charb and Kelly's yesterday.  
It's hard to be a grandparent during quarantine, not being able to hug them is so difficult.  
Air hugs and FaceTime will suffice for now though, we all want to stay safe.  

Quarantine casual with Ava wearing Daddy's shoes We missed seeing Luke and Lexi, they were at Mark's.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Staying home

Some pictures from the kids while they hunker down at home.



Sunday, March 22, 2020

Emmy

Love this picture of Emmy, she's such a pretty Mama.  Baby girl is growing quickly now. 


Saturday, March 14, 2020

March snow, school 6 wk.break

What a great surprise to wake up today and find this much snow!  Better yet, Cathy invited the girls down to sled with Jillian, Bridget and Tor.

They had a great time!

Jillian set up a jump, there wasn't really enough snow for it, but Harper tried it anyway, she had kind of a hard landing.

After they tired of sledding and hiking back up the hill, they started on snowmen (Harper was cold and went inside).

They posed for a cousin picture. then played there for a couple of hours, then came to our house.
Playing "cold" potato with snow balls.

  They also played Minecraft and Mario Cart on the Switch and Tor showed me how he could dribble while riding the hover board.


Friday, March 13th

They took this Gourde girl selfie this afternoon.  They were consoling each other after the shock of learning they won't have school for 6 weeks due to the coronavirus.  Rielee was very sad, she told me she cried for 20 minutes after she found out the news.  She loves school and was looking forward to track season and learning how to pole vault.  Ava and Harper were sad, too, they said several kids were crying in class and many were on the bus ride home.  They were happy they could bring home their Chromebooks though, they like playing the educational games Prodigy, Scratch and Little Alchemy 2. 

Wednesday in Camas

 Ava studying her spelling words-states and capitals.
Taking a Minecraft break, Harper had checked out several Minecraft books.

They went for a bike ride and I went for a walk.

 After we went out for lunch, they spent the rest of the time decorating the driveway and sidewalk.



Sunday, March 8, 2020

Will & Kalyn, Colin, Rielee, Ava

I was so happy to hear from Will that he and Kalyn are engaged, they make a great couple.  

Colin with his wrestling coach after receiving the "Most Improved" award at their banquet.  
Now it's on to track season.

Rielee had a Power League at KHS today, she played really well.

 Ava had her first soccer game today, the first she's played since she broke her arm.  She played defender and did a great job, they won 3-1. 

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Big Al's, Murphy

Wednesday we took the girls to Big Al's for some video games.  Ava was happy to win a Superman card for Dad.

Harper got 250 tickets on this game, then Ava walked over and did the same!

Both of them dote on Murphy, they said he's just a "perfect fit" for their family.