Crazy Hair Day

  The Little Room decided to make things a little more fun in the homeschool department and decided Fridays would be dress up days!  First one up was crazy hair day...even Grandma JoAnn decided to join in on the fun!

Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic

So we never forget on Arpil 2, 2020

Gas prices $1.99

Schools cancelled

Self-distancing measures on the rise.

Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6ft) from each other.  

Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors.

Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.

Parks, trails, entire cities locked up.

Entire sports seasons cancelled.

Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.

Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled

Churches and temples are closed.

No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, now 10 or less.

Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home.

Children's outdoor play parks are closed.

Shortage of masks, gowns and gloves for our front-line medical workers.

Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.

Panic buying sets in and we have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towels, no laundry soap and no hand sanitizer.

Shelves are bare.

Manufactures, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE.

Government closes the border to all non-essential travel.  

Fines are established for breaking the rules.

Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.

Press conferences daily from the President.  

Daily updates on new cases, recoveries and deaths.

Government incentives to stay home.

Barely anyone on the roads.

People wearing masks and gloves outside.

Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.

Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.

This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11, 2020

Spring Break

  Spring Break was a bit different this year with the whole self isolation thing so we didn't get to do some of our usual Spring Break activities but the girls were great sports about it anyways!  Grandma JoAnn taught them to knit hats, which they both loved and quickly made one for themselves and their dolls and they are both on their 3rd.  We did some painting, some baking, lots of reading and some vegging (we watched a movie every night).  Zach did get the tramp up and the girls were able to play with Wyatt and Morgan outside a bit, throwing the football around.  Life is different, stressful and full of a lot of unknowns right now but we sure are glad we live on a farm with lots of room to run around and cousins who can play (6 feet apart ;) outside with us!

New Look On LIfe

  Mrs. Stewart (one of the teacher aids at school) let me know she noticed Keagan might be having a hard time seeing.  I totally dismissed it and figured Keagan was faking it because then she kept saying i can't see anything but then would get a smile on her face and say "What, I can't".  Well I decided to make her an appointment and with in a week of scheduling the school did a screening and sure enough Keagan needed further assessment.  Thanks to a friend being the secretary at the eye doctor she got us in 2 weeks sooner.  Well turns out Mrs. Stewart was on the ball because Keagan is severely near sighted and pretty much anything 10 feet in front of her was a blur!  Because of the Covid-19 virus Costco isn't doing the glasses part so we quickly called other vision centers around Pocatello to find anyone that still do glasses.  We found one but they said they closed in 15 min.  We hurried over and they were amazing, they quickly helped Keagan find a pair she liked and got it all put in and ordered just in the nick of time because the day after we were able to pick them up the Governor of Idaho called all non essential businesses be shut down.

Homeschool

  Life has sure turned upside down in the last week!  Due to the COVID-19 outbreak coming into the US and now hitting Idaho last week, life has gotten a little crazy!  People are panicking and rushing to stores to buy supplies; for some reason toilet paper is the one people seem the most concerned about ;).
  Most schools have decided to shut down for 3 weeks and they are asking for people to self quarantine as to stop the spread of the virus.  We are so fortunate to have our girls in Arbon Elm school where they have not only chosen on the error of caution and closed school but have also set up for our kids to do homeschool.  Both teachers are available through text, call, email or facetime during regular school hours and it has worked great!  Granted we are only on day 2 ;) but we are feeling optimistic!

Bling

  Keagan was SUPER excited to get her ears pierced!  She was a great sport, no tears just big eyes and a big smile!

I Feel My Saviors Love

  With all of the craziness surrounding our world right now it felt like such a tremendous blessing to hold sacrament meeting in our home.  The girls were very excited about the newness and uniqueness of the situation and prepared the entire program as well as the bulletins. I'm grateful for the priesthood and for the sacrament.  I'm grateful for my Savior, for President Nelson and his divine inspiration to create a home centered, church supported program.  But above all I'm grateful for my little family, the joy I get from them and the comfort I feel when I'm with just them.