God is at the Helm

 I love the sunrise sunsets here. This one was gorgeous! It’s comforting to know that God who can make such magnificent sunrises is at the helm during this crazy pandemic. Reading the news about the strain on the hospital system is a little chilling. I am so grateful to live here, so the kids have space to run around.

 Jake loves to get into Ryan’s stuff. The thing that’s cute about this mess though is that it’s organized according to a 2 year old. The remotes and phones together, the bolts, keys... we love this little boy. Ryan gave him a fat baby screwdriver and he pretends to go around fixing things.

 Rupert is a good dog. He isn’t supposed to come in the living room, and here he’s sneaking his bum in. We accidentally forgot to shut him in his kennel and he was curled up in the corner of the couch on the floor. We were so blessed to get him if we were going to have a dog. Below, I caught Jake finishing off the apricot jam.

Another trip to the E.R., COVID19 and home time

We have had an interesting year thus far in 2020. I am grateful that today as the day comes to a close that we are all healthy and warm in our home.

-Our furnace died, the same part that we replaced last year for nearly 1000$ exploded. It would cost 300$ to replace so Ryan and I decided to try to eek it out till summer and refinish the house with water heating in the floor.

-COVID 19 broke out all over the world. It's like the world has been put on pause. It's a little surreal. It's weird to see the news and see all of these huge cities closed down over this pandemic. It's not supposed to be so bad, and people do recover mostly, but so many of them need oxygen at the same time that the hospitals get overworked and don't have enough supplies.

-Lily had a trip to the E.R. today. Her sister was playing "medicine" and had her take several tablespoons of baking soda which is toxic. Quite a scare for me, and hopefully an indelible lesson for the girls to be careful and not play games like that. I'm grateful she and everyone is safe here.

 This beautiful shot though made me think about how God is in control.

 Our favorite place to wander after our sacrament at home on Sundays.

 I am planting a much larger garden this year to hopefully help grow our food.

Genealogy

 John Paul turned one. He really is the sweetest chill baby.

 I’ve been doing more genealogy and it’s been a blessing for us. This photo above my grandpa is center. Below he is on the right in the green shirt. I’ve learned a lot about Ryan’s side. I am grateful that Ryan is such a wonderful husband. He supports me and blesses me so much.

Pizza pie Cafe, birthday, almost through February

 I love seeing this boy sleep.

 Opa visited for Amy’s birthday.

Icecream

 We finished the day at the Union Station and also got icecream.

Field trip to the Dinosaur Museum

 I took the kids to the dinosaur museum in Ogden. We also visited Aunt Leslie (my paternal aunt). The kids had a great day.

Sick kids and a growing baby

 We’ve had some type of flu and bronchiolitis. We’ve watched a lot of documentaries. John Paul is getting so big.