June 2020- Week 2- Start Swim Lessons, Ben Filming "Annie", Deuel Creek Hike, Anna Dance Comp.

Monday I exercised and after 1 month of not running my foot was ok, but still not all the way better. It was supposed to be the kids' first day of swim lessons, but it was chilly and rainy, so it was cancelled!  Ben also had his first rehearsal for his play "Annie!"  We did laundry, homework, piano, and the kids built a fort.  After dinner we watched Relative Race and I worked on Dan's calendar.  

Cuteness from Alice.  

Tuesday after breakfast I packed a lunch and took the middle three for swim lessons at the Kofoed's.  They all did great!  McKenna stayed home with Alice and we picked them up to go hiking with cousins afterwards.  We hiked Deuel Creek in Centerville and I carried Alice and was pretty proud of myself and so happy the weather was cool!  We made it all the way to the rope swing and we had a blast.  We grabbed an ice cream cone for each kid and then headed home.  After dinner the kids played outside and I caught up on Marco Polos.  I also worked on taking pictures of all the kids' school work for our digital memories.  

When we got home from the hike, Anna was riding her bike and wiped out and landed hard on her cheek.  It was a nice bruise, but thankfully no scrapes! McKenna finished her craft Grandma Kelly brought on Sunday.  

Wednesday I exercised and took the kids to swim lessons.  We had school lunch and I put up our patriotic decorations.  The kids had piano and Anna had dance.  Ben played at Henry's.  Dan loaded up DI stuff in the trailer and started organizing the craft stuff in the office.  After dinner, I shaved Ben's head bald bald with a razor for his role as Daddy Warbucks!  He already had a very short buzz cut, but he wanted to go all the way!   (Funny selfies from McKenna and Bethany.) He and Dan are twins now!  Dan went and hit a bucket of balls Brigham Hollingshaus.  After kids were in bed I worked more on Dan's calendar.  

Thursday morning I went walking with Dan.  McKenna had a voice lesson over Zoom since she had a little cold.  I took the kids to swim lessons and then took Ben to school to film "Annie."  After lunch, I went back to the school to watch and help the filming.  The cast was there for about 4 hours and they worked SO hard to get a couple takes of each scene!  I was super impressed with their discipline!  Dan finished installing Ben's ceiling fan.  I had a relief society Zoom meeting that night discussing Elder Renlund's conference talk.  After kids were in bed, we started watching "Into the Woods" with McKenna.  

Friday I exercised and Dan took the kids to swim lessons.  I worked on a grocery order.  After lunch I took Ben and Bethany to shop for BD gifts for friends.  I had my weekly call with Jonathan and Dan and I went on a Date to R&R and grocery pick up and Hokulia.  We watched more "Into the Woods" and after kids were in bed, Dan and I started watching a new (to us) series on Hulu called "Last Man on Earth."  It is so funny!  

Saturday Dan took the older three kids biking out on Legacy.  They had a headwind on the way back and it was a great life lesson to the kids about pushing through when things get hard! I left with Anna for a dance competition in Provo.  They had to reschedule all of their competitions and do things quite differently, but I totally cried watching her perform!  Cousin Lola had sprained her wrist the night before and was a trooper competing while in pain.  When we got home, we loaded everyone up in the car and drove to Layton to meet my dad at a car show, which we later found out was unfortunately cancelled.  Instead, we played at a park and had tacos and watcher "Peter Rabbit" at their house.  After kids were in bed, Dan and I went to the Alexander's for a game night with them and the Rowe's.  

Sunday after breakfast I tidied up the laundry room and bathroom then got ready for church.  I taught about Alma and Amulek and their friendship.  Dan taught the "Parable of the Headwind."  :) We watched Relative Race and Dan went to two baby blessings, the Birkholz and the Days.  After dinner, we hosted a dessert night with the Moultons and Mace family.  It was great to chat and visit with neighbors.

June Videos Part 1:
Alice stuff, Deuel Creek Rope Swing, Ben’s Annie Play

June 2020- Week 1- Ben Class Party, Slip N Slide, Thyroid Check, Bethany Shots, Swimming at Winegar's, Brynn's BD,

Monday I exercised and Dan donated blood at the Vivint Arena.  Bethany had her Kindergarten shots appointment that morning too.  She was brave but still cried.  I also had my Thyroid blood work done.  Ben and Anna went to the Alexander's and Brittana came over and made no bake cookies and then she and McKenna went and delivered them to some neighbors.  

Tuesday I got going early on the weeding and Ben helped spray round-up.  Everyone did school work after breakfast and I finished weeding.  Ben had a final class party with an auction.  I got a video of Alice singing along to Zombie songs on the "Alexa."  I played catch with the velcro ball on the porch with McKenna, then we got out our slip n slides and had otter pops.  Lia Traeden and Grace Whitchurch came over too.  After dinner, we delivered no bake cookies to Jenny and her boyfriend Tyler who moved into our old house, they she gave us a tour.  I took a picture of the update she made to the patio room and it was amazing!  She was so welcoming and kind to show us around what she had done to the house.  Dan had other Bishop stuff that evening.  

Wednesday I exercised and Olivia Stock was in town from Indiana and came over for a visit.  I made phone calls and emails.  The kids had piano after lunch.  We went back to in-person lessons and Anna officially started with Marilee.  Anna had a runny nose and stayed home from dance as a precaution.  I worked on Dan's Father's Day gift.  Dan bought balloons for Brynn's BD the next day.  McKenna had an outdoor YW activity and Dan had late bishop stuff.  

Thursday I got up bright and early to go walking around the golf course with Brynn for her 40th birthday!  All of us sisters were there except Lara, and we ate bagels and fruit at North Canyon Park.  McKenna had voice lessons and we ran a couple errands.  Then we packed a lunch and went swimming at the Winegar's.  I left in the middle to have my Thyroid ultrasound.  We got home around 4:30 and Alice napped on the floor.  After dinner, we had ice cream and games at the Pugsley's.  It was so fun to chat and hold their baby Gilbert.  

Friday Bethany had dance in person to practice for her recital.  I went through Anna's clothes and she was excited about this dress!  After lunch we watched a Zoom meeting from Backstage announcing their Fall line-up.  McKenna had me take a picture of her $100 bill from Grandma and Grandpa last year before she spent it.

That evening, I took McKenna clothes shopping and to Charley Alexander's play, Seussical the Musical.  Dan got pizza and watcher "Spiderverse" with the other kids.  

Saturday we had lots of wind.  I exercised and Dan and I went to Lowe's to look at ceiling fans since Ben's room needed one.  Dan worked on moving the fan from the master bedroom to Ben's room, and we got a new fan in the master.  Ben went to Henry Alexander's BD party.  That night McKenna and Mickelle babysat while Dan and I went to Layton for an adult dinner and games for Dan's mom's birthday!  It was so fun to be with everyone!  There was a big rain storm that night too.  When we got home, we played with Sadie and talked with Mickelle on the porch for a while.  

Sunday was fast Sunday.  I got a lovely picture of Alice sucking on her toes and Anna talking for Olaf right before home church started.  So reverent.  ;)  I made empanadas for dinner with my family!  They turned out so good.  Sadie spent the evening tied up in the laundry room all evening and Alice was a little scared at first.  She gave grandpa Mike some good snuggles and my mom brought a patriotic craft.  We had a good discussion about racism with my parents.  

May 2020- Week 4- My Birthday, Memorial Day at Mantua, High School Grads, Sort School Papers, Last Day of School

Friday I exercised and then went to get a haircut.  Not a huge change, but my hair felt much healthier! I got caught up on Marco Polo and uploaded more pictures for Dan's Father's Day calendar.  After lunch, we took the whole family walking on Kay's Creek trail and it was overcast and cool thankfully.  

We had pizza dinner and then Dan and I went on another date to At Home too look for a couple more home decor things.  This was all I really wanted for my birthday and it was awesome! The kids had a sleepover that night in Bethany and Alice's room and we hung more things on walls and watched more MJ.  

Saturday was my birthday and I was woken up with lovely snuggles from all the children and these beautiful flowers!  Bethany attempted a family selfie at breakfast and it was pretty darn cute.  

Rachael Alexander came over to drop off some jam and I gave her a tour around the house.  We packed up, got Del Taco for lunch, and stopped by my mom and dad's house to see how my mom was recovering from her sinus surgery.  Then we headed up to Mantua for the Memorial Day weekend.  Dan left to go golfing as soon as we got there. The kids played with cousins and I chilled.  We played games and had an delicious tri-tip dinner and I blew out candles on cookies and ice cream.  That night was a rough night's sleep! 

Sunday Dan did some church interviews in the car and out on the deck so he could have some quiet.  We chilled and played games and got ready for church, and grandma made a fun obstacle course on the sidewalk around the pool.  After lunch we had a big Webster family Sacrament meeting.  I led the music, the primary sang, McKenna gave a talk, and Eli gave his testimony.  Grandpa also spoke, then we watched the Alma the Younger Book of Mormon video. Dan and I took our kids for a walk but it was kind of rainy and cold.  

The rest of the afternoon the kids played the Nintendo Switch and I prepped fruit for dinner.  We had S'mores and played outside.  After kids were in bed, we ate snacks and played more games in the game room.  

Monday Dan and Ben went on a chilly bike ride with Grandpa, Adam, Jake and Ellie.  After breakfast Grandma made a family history activity for us to do.  

Then we went and visited some cemeteries to visit some of our ancestors.  The Brigham City cemetery is also where the prophet Lorenzo Snow was buried...feet away from President Packer.  

Then we came back and the kids swam and we hung out by the pool.  Later, Dan took Ben and McKenna on a hike with grandpa and some others.  It was a little too cold for Alice to swim for very long, so she pretty much played in the yard and had free reign on people's left over soda and fell asleep in the swing, unfortunately with a poopy swim diaper.  Yuck!  I got a brothers mustache picture and it's a good thing, because Dan didn't keep the stache too much longer.  We cleaned and packed up and then had dinner and we left for home by 7 pm.  When we got home we sorted through all the donations left by ward members for our high school seniors.  Dan also put together a new bike rack.  

Tuesday I exercised and did lots of laundry.  We had a normal morning of homework and piano an Dan to Costco with Jasper.  We watched Relative Race after lunch and also participated in a family Zoom call talent show for Dave and Laurie's family who were being filmed as part of the BYU TV show "Family Rules."  The young women had a weeding service project in the Jarvis's yard.  Then we went to two high school senior's outdoor/open house graduation parties, one for Jaron Hamblin and one for Velda AhYen.  It was so fun to talk to neighbors again after not seeing them for a long time! 

Wednesday Dan and I worked on cleaning and pressure washing the back patio and grill.  It took a long time to clean the grill but it looked so good now! Then we could put our new patio cushions on the couch and chair.  Anna had dance and Ben and Dan went to the foster parents parades to honor the mother and father foster parents of the year.  Dan also bought a kayak with some of our stimulus money!  We had spaghetti night with Grandma and Grandpa and Adam and Mia.  After baths and bedtime, I watched the sunset with McKenna and Dan had church stuff.  

Thursday I woke up with a bad headache.  After breakfast we watched Ben's movie he made on iMovie.  I started to feel better and dusted the shutters.  Bethany had her last Zoom dance class.  Dan worked in Murray and Ben and Anna played at the Alexander's.  Cooper also came to play for a bit.  As I was making dinner, I accidentally dropped and shattered one of my new Corelle plates. It was pretty spectacular and actually cut me in two places.  We ate outside and McKenna went to the Winegar's for a movie night.  Dan and I finished the MJ documentary that night.  

Friday I exercised and all three older kids had their last Zoom meetings with their classes.  We watched videos and slide shows of the school year and I totally teared up.  I took the kids last day of school pictures and Henry and Desi came over to play after lunch.  We had a family Zoom meeting for Ben to show his iMovie to cousins.  We had a family pizza and movie night and started watching the "Parent Trap."  After kids were in bed, we hosted an adult game night with the Days, Nelsons, and Johnsons.  We mostly talked a got caught up on how Covid quarantine was treating everyone then we played "Spyfall."  It was so great to be social again!

Saturday Dan helped Chitty's girlfriend move into her new apartment in WX.  I worked on clearing off the computer desk and counter and sorting school papers.  My phone was acting weird so it was not a distraction for me.  ;)   After lunch we sorted more papers. Dan mowed the lawn.  After baths and dinner, Dan and I went on a date to walk around Deseret Book and then dinner at Mo Bettah's.  My stomach was a little uneasy after that.  That night Dan watched "Inception" and I blogged.  In downtown Salt Lake, there were crazy riots and protests for the "Black Lives Matter" movement in regards to George Floyd who died at the hands of police.  

Sunday we had our home Sacrament meeting and McKenna and Anna sang "I am a child of God."  After lunch we watched more "Relative Race" and then we played games on the back patio and the kids ran around the house.  We got word that night that Dan's dad went in for gallbladder surgery!

May Videos:

Ben Colonial Day, Teacher Parade, Salt Flats, McK and Ben bike show, Woodpecker, Obstacle Course Mantua, Ben and Anna Talents.