Friday, June 26, 2020

Covid Diaries


McKay woke up not feeling well one morning, and as he told me his symptoms, everything pointed to Covid-19.  We had him do a rapid test and sure enough, he was positive.  Josh and the older boys had already left for Florida, so McKay and I tried to plan a fun weekend together, since he was so bummed he didn't get to go to Florida.
I had heard horror stories about how rough the test was, but thankfully the nurse that administered McKay's was gentle. 
We made a fort and watched movies in it. 
McKay's friend Thomas brought him a Covid present. 


We made yummy food.
His old primary teacher brought him over a giant cookie for finishing the Book of Mormon.
Lincoln and Hunter bought McKay a stuffed owl and a chocolate frog at Harry Potter World.


The Underwoods brought McKay over a fun package of things to do.

One of his scout leaders brought him the yummiest cinnamon rolls. 


We had breakfast up in the treehouse and listened to Harry Potter 5


He thought this was pretty great. 

He always wants to use this thermos, so he thought it was great he finally could.



We ended up quarantining in my bedroom when the older boys and Josh came home, so we wouldn't get any of them sick.
We did crafts, watched movies, played stuffed animal football and read lots.  It was fun to get to hang out together and Dad was a peach to bring us all our meals on a tray.
McKay made these boats out of pool noodles and blew them around the bath tub.






We had fun together, but were both really glad when our quarantine was over and grateful that he didn't have it very badly.

Tubing the Chattahoochee


There hasn't been much open since the pandemic shut everything down.  We were excited to go tubing with the Baxters and Underwoods.


We went with a closer tubing group and it was much slower,  but also less crowded.


I think the rope swing we found was the highlight of the trip.



Lincoln was so cute to stay with drew the whole time.  Drew would tell him where he wanted to go and he would take him there.
It was a good time1

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Summer Nights

Some of my favorite memories are the random summer nights where life just happened.  All of the boys sitting on the porch swing singing "Country Roads," while Palmer played the guitar.


McKay started dancing.  Love these crazy boys of mine.