Wait for it...
Even though school didn’t end they way we thought it would we still celebrated with his small class. We are excited for high school and we are proud of the young man you are becoming, Hunter.
Kevin celebrated his 46th birthday today. We couldn’t be more blessed to have him. He takes care of us so well. We love him more than words could say! P.S. cake by, Abbie-Cakes
Preston made up a song for mom and played the guitar!
Hard to believe how fast the time is going by. Hopefully this is the last post from formal lockdown as things are starting to open back up.
The kids did another round of meals for the family!
Date night - take out from El Sancho taco shop
The annual kids walkathon at school this year was virtual so we did a family hike up Black Butte! There was some snow near the top that freaked Kelly out a little.
The school dropped off a graduate sign for hunter and we made sure to follow social distancing for a picture with his friend Nathan
Noah and his friend (also named Noah) have been working on adding levels to the tree house tree and had a sleep over in it after we got the door fixed!
Holly chillin’
Hunter turned 15!
He got a new backpack from mom and dad along with some cowboy style work boots and some sweet new tools from Papa! Abbie made Hunters cake!
The last couple weeks have been more of a blur with a little more routine in place. School, home and relatively similar weather each day makes the days just fly by.
Kelly, unfortunately has been stuck inside the past couple of weeks due to severe tree pollen allergies. They seem to be getting better which is a relief.
A couple things we have tried with the kids. We got some box projects from the DIY cave.
The second project was having the kids plan and cook meals this week. They each planned a meal and we got groceries for them. They picked a day out of a hat and they prepared dinner for us all.
Abbie made kabobs.
Noah made chicken quesadillas with grilled peppers and onions.
Hunter made spaghetti bolognese.
PJ made homemade chicken strips with carrots and peas.
Other highlights:
We got our garden planted except for tomatoes which need more heat.
Hunter playing/practicing AC/DC thunderstruck on his guitar.
Hunter’s been working on fixing and modifying his remote control car a lot.
Abbie working on her art for her book at school and makes yummy egg bites one morning for breakfast.
Hunter has definitely hit his growth spurt and we are using dad as the measuring stick on his height.
Abbie got old school rollers for her hair!
The weather was expected to hit 70 so we decided to try and find another somewhat obscure Oregon landmark in the Ochoco mountains about an hour east of Bend past Prineville called Stein’s Pillar.
However since we are all in lockdown there were about 10 other cars also at the trailhead today. Oh well it was still an amazing hike through ponderosa pines with a great view at the end.
Here’s a shot of the pillar from the road below. Very impressive rock feature that rivals Smith Rock’s monkey face pillar.
Spring is starting to show itself in many ways- birds, animals coming out of hibernation, grass sprouting and Abbie wearing sun dresses. Some memories from our 4th week of COVID19 lockdown.
Sunsets
Kelly doing a morning coffee get together with girlfriends ... on zoom
Kevin needed a haircut and not able to go to his barber.
Holly can’t believe her luck - that her peeps are home all the time!
Easter
Hunter is finding animals and bringing them into show everyone. He also brought in a snake too!
