Sunday, March 22, 2020

Corona Virus Quarantine and an Earthquake!

This has been the craziest week ever!
We have heard all about the Chinese virus, COvid 19 since the end of 2019. Last week things really amped up here in the US and everything changed. School, general conference, all outside activities, and work was cancelled, businesses closed, and everyone is suppose to stay home and social isolation. There is no church, no friends, no sports, no activities etc... It is so crazy!
Before all fo this happened Taylor was gathering clothes and blankets etc.. for his youthlinc trip. Here is his pile it was almost 500 lbs. 

I took Isaac lunch on his 12th bday! He wanted Chik Fil A and it was fun to see him at school. Love that Isaac! 

We have been making lots of pizzas on our pizza oven this was a smore's pizza and it was tasty!
We have been having fires and cooking dinners outside with all of our extra time together. 


Before the social distancing started Lizzie had her  big 3rd grade play "The Jungle Book" It was a great play and she was Shanty in the play. She was so sad they had to cancel their other performances! 

Isaac went swimming at his friends grandma's apartment , check out that awesome view! 


Right when all this craziness began Taylor left for CA for a MTB race. He raced really well in his category and had a great trip! Luckily he was able to get home when the race was over. 


Exercise classes at Ali Peterson's house because all of the Gyms are closed! This is such an awesome thing because I miss the gym SO much!

We have been going on lots of walks, playing outside, hikes with Salty, playing games, the kids bought an Xbox, and cooking etc...
We were on a walk the other day and Isaac fell while riding his Boogie board and hurt his wrist! We haven't taken him in to see the Dr. but I was so sad for him! He really gets hurt so often!  This has been such a stressful week!  

Just as we were getting situated to the idea of Homeschool and Danny working from home and everything being closed
Wednesday 3/18/20 we had an Earthquake in SLC!
It happened at 7:10 AM and it was 5.7 on the scale. We were SO freaked out and really startled! We started panicking getting things really ready like our 72 hr kits, water, food in the car ready to go etc.. It was crazy and scary too! Things were damaged in some areas of the valley and the temple was damaged too. What a crazy day!  That night Lizzie was really scared and did not want to sleep in her bed, poor girl, I was scared too.
This whole new reality feels like a really bad dream, and I wish it would go back to normal.
We have been stocking up on LOTS of food, firewood, propane, gas, dog food etc..  This is such a crazy time!

Saturday one week after this all started we took the boat out, it was the perfect way to Social distance from anyone else. Its a cold day on the boat, but lots of fun fishing and it felt SO good to be outside! 

(More pics pre COvid19) the pics are out of order.



Sunday after our Home Church we went on a nice long hike as a family and with Salty. We had a great time and it almost felt like life was normal again. We had to cancel our Spring Break trip to Hawaii because of this Virus, and it's just been a really long, challenging, stressful week!  


Selfies of the Fam from the top of our hike! It's been a very long week! there's so much economic turmoil and uncertainty right now. Hoping for a better week this week! 

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