I'm backtracking, trying to catch up
remembering a time when the world was calm and we started to watch it
slowly turn into something strange and unknown
Prepping our van for sale
One of my last nights of "normal"
attending a packed stadium with Sam and enjoying one of our
favorite Brasilian bands and Maroon 5
Slowly prepping for our grand move back to the USofA
Little one mastering her bike without training wheels, yahoo!
My surprise helper making my bed on random days
This picture just screams Brasilia
Hanging out at a swim meet for Jo
reminds me of the good ol' days in Maryland
beautiful cloudy day in Brasilia
Proud of the little one, passing off another Article of Faith to her primary leader
Little did I realize as the world was crashing down how valuable this pack of TP was in the US
Meanwhile stores in Brasil always and continued to remain fully stocked
Happy Birthday to this man! Love him so much. He happened to fly home from a
trip in Florida the day of his birthday.
Enjoying endless summer days and all things came to a screeching halt
School cancelled, Rob working from home, no where to go, no where to be.
I had been anticipating March-May to be some of the most insane months of our families life.
M&S wrapping up their senior year, Rob scheduled to travel 3 weeks out of each month and prepping for our family to move back to the US. We suddenly had time for afternoon swims, making and eating dinner together, morning bike rides, puzzle creating. It was nice and weird and stressful and strange.
In the midst of all this Rob started to worry that he might have come in contact with coronavirus while traveling in Florida. We were both able to experience the Covid-19 test. Thankfully we both came back negative.
let the sweet treats and baking begin
One of our first Sunday's with "home church". Jo & Gwen were building different temples for us to guess
Taking senior photos of Mad from a social distance
One of our morning PE classes
"Home School"
Corona didn't stop the leprechaun from visiting our home
another morning PE class
school work for Jo
my girls love this game but it was a little close to home
morning walks became my sanity
and yet another delicious baking morning
paying the kids for extra around the house chores
this assignment was fridge and freezer clean out
crepes became a Sunday morning tradition
more scenes from school
meal sign-ups
Portuguese homework for Jo
and yet another puzzle completed
My little Kinder hard at work
a rare drive in the car with Rob and I sneaking out for takeout from our favorite Thai place
and of course pizza night continued
the new normal :(
loving the backyard garden
and I started my own sourdough and started making artisan bread
and then March is gone and the first quarter of the year
and I wonder was the coming months and year will bring