A whole lot of nothing to report these days. It is pretty much business as usual for the Hart house. We have had a few wonderful things to celebrate like Peter's birthday. He is 8 now and very excited to be that number. He is anxiously waiting the day that he can be baptized. He is a little bummed that we don't have a swimming pool at our house that he can be baptized in like his friend Drew. Another one of his friends had a birthday today and we participted in a drive-by parade at 1:00 where we drove by with a bunch of other friends and neighbors and waved a poster the boys made and threw candy out of the window. I thought it was such a clever idea! After we arrived back home and were getting out of the car Peter said, "I miss my life". It was really nice to see some familiar faces and yell out of our car windows at each other. We also enjoyed a drive-by this afternoon from members of a local baptist church who drove around waving palms out of their windows and waving posters and signs that said "HOSANNA" and other celebratory things. It was really neat. I have been really impressed by all the creative ways people have found of connecting with people around them and doing/spreading good.
Per my yearly tradition, I planted peas in between sessions of Conference. It always lifts my spirits to dig a nice, straight trench and drop some seeds in the ground.
It has been nice to have some extra time to work on yard projects. Ruth and Garrett came over and helped us take down the weird fence that surrounded our deck and remove the stinky cedars alongside it. We can now see the mountains from our deck and back windows! It's a miracle!
Mom and Dad came up last weekend to help us celebrate Peter's birthday which made it seem a little more special and really meant a lot to him. We ate some delicious crepes and enjoyed a lovely church-at-home session. It is so neat to observe how smooth that transition was.
The chicks are getting bigger and louder every day. I can't wait to put them outside, but the weather is not cooperating. The temperatures are staying nice and low but we take them out during the day when the sun is shining and they LOVE it. They are hilarious to watch.
Ian has been doing piano lessons online which is a novel experience and my yoga instructor has set up Zoom meetings so we can keep practicing during the lockdown.
Jack has been wanting to do an egg-drop challenge with some friends and he decided to challenge his friends while they were all out of school and at home due to the virus. The challenge was for them to create a egg-drop device with things they found at their houses and then take the contraptions to a drop-zone he identified and send a video of what happened. He then created a YouTube video with all of the entries. Here is the link: https://writerduet.com/
Here are some photos of things that we have been up to lately:
At least the weather has been nice these days. This picture was taken at one of the Menan Buttes, old blown up volcanos, the caldera is behind us and was taken with Alex's brother's family just before the Stay at Home order was issued.
Lots of love to everyone! Hope you all are well and have been able to take advantage of the imposed slower pace of this current situation. I'm not going to lie. I have loved lots of parts of it. But I can't wait to be able to be with all of you guys soon! But I have really loved our Zoom chats and workouts. Maybe we should keep those up!
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