Mark's garden is growing really well. He seems pretty positive about it and Lydia and Jared enjoy checking on it with him.
Zucchini
3 tomatoes!
Making ice cream with our Blendtec was on our Summer fun list so this week we made Strawberry and then Peach ice cream. Our kids were not as impressed with the strawberry (not sweet enough) but seemed to like the peach. They both tasted really fresh and turned out pretty well. We combined the leftover strawberry and peach ice cream to make a milkshake which was the favorite treat of the three. Peaches were on sale at Kroger for .67 cents a pound which is such a good deal. Mark is getting excited to stock up on preaches in the next few weeks.
We met some friends at Baker Butler for another morning picnic. We had a coupon for Duck Donuts so we picked up a dozen of those and made some breakfast burritos. It was fun to meet up and play but it got hot quick. The picnic was my favorite part, I love breakfast foods. Mark played poison with Jared and his friend Parker. He is so good at playing with kids and making it fun. We love that he is home in the Summer and can join us on our outings.
We gave Jared a haircut this week using clippers on the sides and scissors on top and when it is styled with gel it looks pretty good but his hair really does not hold gel and water well especially in the Summer. Wearing a helmet didn't help either. Point being I can't really decide if I like his hair or not but he definitely wants it longer on top. It looks nice when styled but other times not so much.
Sundays: our stake got instructions this week to begin phasing back into regular church services. It is not required that you go, you can still have the Sacrament in your home but they are encouraging those who feel comfortable to attend. Meeting attendance is limited to 25 people at a time, masks are strongly encouraged (but the church has not said they will not allow people there without them), there will be no singing and the chapel and any other spaces used will need to be cleaned thoroughly after groups meet. Mark has had quite a few Zoom meetings this week to try to figure out a plan. Three wards meet in our building under normal circumstances but one of them will now meet in the other building in town. Our ward and the other ward will rotate Sundays so we will be meeting the 2nd and 4th Sundays. Mark and his counselors sent out a survey for families to complete to gauge who was comfortable attending church and then they will make up groups of people who will attend church together on a rotating schedule. It's a lot of logistics and trying to balance peoples needs and anxieties but still get people back to church has been challenging. We are attending this Sunday with members of the ward council for a trial run. We have really enjoyed home church and could happily keep doing that but Mark will need to be at the church fairly regularly. He is not sure yet how many "sessions" will be held on our Sundays but it does not look like they will be longer than 30 -40 minutes. It will be interesting.
Speaking of Sundays, we have a loose schedule we follow and on that schedule we have a lot of Sunday activities we can do together or individually. One item that has been on the list forever is read family blog and the last two weeks Lydia has asked to read our blog and it makes me really happy. There are definite times when I want to stop updating this blog but I just keep going and reading old posts with her has reminded me of lots of cute stories from when they were little. So even if I do stop someday I will always be happy for what I have.
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