Random Picts

A few pictures from the past couple of weeks.

Bryn is extremely dedicated to school.  She puts in hours and hours of work.  I am positive I never worked that hard in college, and I was a good student.  She is an excellent student.  Occasionally she will take an afternoon off, and then she is really cute to spend time with her siblings.  Bryn gives her all with whatever she decides to focus on.  

One unexpected blessing from having church at home has been the feeling of family.  After church ends, everyone just lingers in the den.  There is a sweet feeling of love and peace. We usually end up talking, laughing and playing a game together.  Definitely an added blessing of home church.

Aubrey died the tips of her hair red with Kool-Aid.  With no school or church, it made it easy for me to say, "Go for it" when she asked.  (It was a surprise to her daddy though...he was at work!)

The boys have been working on making a corn hole game.

Aub made a cute gift and put together an Easter basket for her bestie Breena.  One funny thing is Aubrey was disappointed the balloons she blew up did not float.  The boys gave her a bad time about not realizing how helium works.  I am not sure how she missed that either.  Silly girl.

Parker and I play a daily Yahtzee game and have a quarantine tally.   That game of mostly luck is getting a little boring.  We have all been playing different games together as well: Monopoly Deal, Cities and Knights, Spades, Crowns, Rummikub, Othello and more.

The water is FREEZING but we've still enjoyed hanging out at Gram and Gramp's pool.  Grandpa was working in the backyard, so we got to visit with him for a few minutes from a distance.  It was 90° on the day this picture was taken.  This whole 5 weeks we've been on lock down, we have had beautiful weather.  Usually it is very windy in West Texas, but it hasn't been bad at all.  It's definitely heating up though.

 Aub reading her cousin Perry a story. 

SUNDAY NIGHT.  We were tired of social distancing on such an extreme level.  We had 10 people total so we were still being good citizens and staying within the guidelines.  We had a great  time visiting with the Vores for a little over an hour.  Brinley especially was so grateful.  She has been so sad living in Odessa but not being able to be with family.  She was beaming for hours.

(Seeing my boys in this picture makes me super frustrated...they try to ruin every picture they are in by not cooperating.  It's been years now, and I'm so over it.  However, they are not, so what's a mom to do?  Get over it, I guess.)

Park bought a unicycle a couple of weeks ago.  It is pretty tough to get the hang of, but he is getting there.  He needs to start by a wall and then he can go about 10-15 feet.  I am sure if he sticks with it the next few weeks, he will be a pro.