Walkers' Trail

I'm not going to get too wordy trying to summarize this year.   In many ways, it was one of the best ever, and yet, for those exact same reasons, it was one full of trying times.  The boys were home with me/together so much more than usual that I do think they had the opportunity to grow closer in their brotherhood.  Flipside, they have really missed their friends and social events and sporting events, etc.  I have learned how to Zoom and Google Call and Google Classroom, etc, by being around for the distance learning that has taken place since March 2020.  The boys went to school only one 5-day week in the fall.  17 days in class total.  Reid spends most of my workdays at the church with me so I can keep tabs on his progress (or lack of) while Grant and Kyle will come some; also, a good/bad situation.  Jason was home for two months due to Covid-19 shutdowns and/or quarantine.... Also, Jason missed working for 1/6 of our annual income! ...

Annual sugar cooking baking happened after Christmas!  But, at least it happened.  The boys have been asking for a few weeks about it. Thanks, Covid!  Thanks to GG for making the dough and to the boys for being amazing decorators.  :)  Eddie loves me.  And I love him.  I was sitting on the floor reading and he hopped on to the couch to rest his chin on my shoulder.  Ahhhh.... New Years Eve - Jason, Reid and I watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.   Check out Reid's video of our amazing night! https://youtu.be/_sdKuLq7xj0 Grant and Kyle went and at pizza at a friend's house!

Leading up to Christmas... We had carolers!  The Joyces and Aicheles came to treat us to two carols.  Very festive! We went to Westwood and burned some energy on the playground on the field. Our coronavirus boy had to wear an N95 but we let him out of his room after several days of isolation.  Six have been confirmed on his basketball team. I took this from the Air Force instagram as it is a way better picture than ours of "the north star" where Jupiter and Saturn were aligned to form an extra bright star. Christmas Eve Sammy ended his visit with a little mess of wrapping items.  Oops.   Reid accidentally touched him, and unbeknownst to me, if you sprinkle a little cinnamon on the elf, then he is okay and not troubled by the human touch.  Who knew?! Mom took this of the Hall families facetiming us on Christmas Eve. My cute parents! Our family selfie - blurry! Christmas Eve service from home In the Hallmark movies, they string popcorn.  So, while we had...