Not much happens in life these days. We are still pretty much hanging out at home. Julian's school did reopen for him to attend 2 days a week, for 4 hours a day. Not exactly the "back to school" I was hoping for my kids. I am really frustrated that my boys have been doing this online learning for more than a year now. My twins especially have totally checked out of even trying to do their classes. They accomplish the bare minimum needed to maintain an "A" grade but they really aren't engaged in learning AT ALL. Julian isn't too happy with having to go back to school. It turns out he is just siting at his desk doing work on his laptop. So it's really no different than him being at home, BUT at least he has to get up and get dressed and out of the house 2 times a week. I'm going to loose my mind if they aren't allowed back in school full time in the fall!! That's for future Rachelle to worry about...but to catch up on the last few months:
Happy Valentines Day cookies. This is one of my favorite days of the year because Katrina makes these delicious cookies and delivers them right to our house!
Hey look, it snowed a bit in February and actually stuck on the ground for a few hours for the kids to play in! It was all melted by the next day but I'm glad it was more than just a "slushy" snow to play in!
Birthday boy enjoying some birthday donuts for breakfast:)
My 12 year old Julian. I'm so happy he is part of our family. He plays so well with both brothers and brings joy to his mom and dad:)
I had a basal cell skin cancer removed. The procedure was not fun but I'm glad I got it taken care of. The worst part was all the shots I had to get so they could numb up the area! After two attempts the doctor told me the area was all clear of cancer cells. I'm really happy to have caught this problem at an early stage and I have healed up just fine.
Green dinner for St. Patricks Day! I thought Hyrum was super creative with all the green food items:)
We took a little break from being at home and headed to Mt. Hood for a few nights. Hyrum and the twins skiing.
Julian showing how deep the snow had gotten over the winter...good thing we had our snow shoes!!
Snowshoe fun near Trillium Lake on Mt. Hood
Look at those blossoms! Spring time in Oregon is so wonderful!
The Easter Bunny stopped by our house on Easter morning:)
The weather the last few weeks of April have been fantastic! We spent a Sunday afternoon hiking around Washington Park near Portland. We walked along the old railway tracks they no longer use in the park. It was a gorgeous day and a fun walk.
A rare moment of my three boys playing a game together on their computers. They are usually all playing different games with friends online so I thought it was great they were playing a game together:)
I'm fully vaccinated and ready to enjoy life again...now if the world would just open up travel I could finally use my passport again!
The twins ran Cross Country for their high school for a few weeks. The entire "season" only lasted about 6 weeks because they condensed it so the coaches could have time to do track season as well. It was great for them to get out of the house each day to run practice with their team. We went to all of their track meets (even though we were told we weren't allowed to because of COVID...we didn't care. We were outside the entire time and away from other people...give me a break!) It was fun to see how Emerson and Townsend stayed right next to each other the whole time. Emerson came in just behind Townsend for each of the races. I was so proud of them!
Baby Josh and I took advantage of a sunny day to go feed the ducks. He doesn't really get the concept of feeding the ducks the bread I hand him. He eats a few bites of the bread himself and then just tosses the entire slice into the water:)
