September 2020

 Random Happenings of September:

Lydia held a tea party for her animals.

We made hand pies with our apples.  So delicious!

I got a special phone call from Jacob for my birthday.

My birthday wish was to head up Mt. Charleston and enjoy the cooler weather.

Gorgeous sunrise on my morning walk.

Lydia drew our family on the back patio.

Valley of Fire

Henry and Lydia were learning about petroglyphs for history.  The two of them planned a field trip for the entire family over Labor Day weekend.  We drove to Valley of Fire State Park.  We had never been there and it was super fun!

We saw a bighorn sheep (the state animal) upon arriving.  He came so close to our car!

 

The hike was nice and short and the weather was just perfect!  

There were lots of nooks and crannies to climb into!

And, of course, lots of petroglyphs to see!

It was the perfect field trip!

August 2020

Back in May when William was eligible to get his driver's permit the DMV was closed because of the pandemic.  Then there were issues with getting appointments.  Rich spent the night at the DMV (2 different nights) so that William would have a chance to do a walk-in appointment on Saturday morning.  He was happy to finally have his permit!

Lydia decided to play "Primary" with her dolls one Sunday.  

She also loves to wear her great-great Grandma Peterson's earrings.

She also loves the bear claw necklace from the bear Grandpa Fisher killed.

Our kids' dreams came true when we finally bought a trampoline.  It was a good investment... they play on it all the time.

The Davis's were out of town and we took advantage of swimming in their pool.  It was a lot of fun!

Lydia and Evelyn had a virtual tea party.  They were so cute in their conversation and then they decided to play a game of Sleeping Queens.

We had a chocolate chip tasting one day.  Delicious!

Henry planned a breakfast party for us one morning.  He made muffins the day before and we ate on the trampoline (until it was too hot).

We finally got to go to church!  It was 5 months of exclusively home church.  We got to go to church one week in August.  It was weird having to wear masks and not sing.

The movie theaters finally opened!  Rich and I intended to watch a movie and then the projector broke!  Luckily they gave us a few vouchers so that we could go the movies another time.