Things I want to remember during the Coronavirus

In a world turned upside down, it's hard some days to find things to be happy about, but there are always things that make us smile and help us stay connected with our family, friends, our beautiful earth and Heaven.  Here are some things I have been doing to stay sane and that bring me snippets of joy.

Spring tops the list! These gorgeous blossoms are on our own tree.  Wish they could last longer!

We are enjoying our chickens.  They are quickly changing from chicks into little ladies!

I try to be somewhat creative and fun for Violet when she comes up to visit.  We have a little collection of plastic farm and zoo animals that she loves to play with.  She also loves to color and one day I made her some homemade play-do.  We had fun making snakes (nakes) and all sorts of things including new glasses for Grammy.

 

It's officially fire and s'more season at our house.  Quarantine can't stop us from enjoying some of our favorite things!

Here's a partial list of what quarantine looks like for me:

Mask making--I'm now sewing masks for an RS project and this week I made 25.

**One of my favorite things is meeting my friend Cindi.  We meet in our cars and get Swig, or lunch or sit in the Temple parking lot and study our scriptures.  We stay in our separate cars but we have had some fun, uplifting conversations.**

Making and taking treats to people, including our Sunday School kids, McFlurries to Joni, Ellie and Reese, and cookies for Hannah, Chase, and Violet

Zoom Church with Melecia, Steve, and Glen's families and Blythe

Home church with Mike--we get to take the Sacrament which is prepared and blessed by Mike, we sing hymns, share thoughts from our study of Come Follow Me.

Real Estate school every weekday!  Almost done!

Exercise--inside on my bike or outside walking or biking

Weekly walk or hike with Eric and Bait

Cards, calls and texts to ministering families

Lots of family texting with kids and siblings

Face-timing with kids and grandkids

Brady sibling weekly themed takeout--so far we have done burgers, Mexican, seafood and Italian

Blogging

Lots of Violet time!

Fun surprise visit from Jaimee, Sophie, Tucker and Austin--Easter Egg Hunt and baskets, and bike riding with them!

Neighborhood quilt show

Feeding goats and horses with Violet

Lots of movies on Netflix, YouTube TV and Amazon Prime

Taking a vacation from my problems--turning things over to my Savior when it gets to heavy to carry.

Yard work--chickens

House cleaning on Fridays with Mike

Scripture study--Come Follow Me

Reading

Listening to Mike's daily piano recitals

Ukulele practice

Crocheting wash cloths and hot pads

Spirit week--M, Team Spirit, T, jammie day, W, Team Tucker Day, T, Hat/crazy hair day, F, Zoom Talent Show--We only made it thru Monday due to Kimiko's dad, Gary, passing away.  We will continue it when she is more up for it.

Just making this list makes me happy and I realize how busy and blessed I am in spite of the restrictions right now.  Hoping people will stay careful and that we can stay healthy.

They are starting to lift the restrictions and we are hoping that the virus won't spread like wildfire.  It will be an interesting couple of weeks/months ahead!