March to June 2020 Pamdemic

HI FRIENDS!  So...we sort of have not really seen many of you in person due to this SOCIAL DISTANCING THING
(Sign we found up in SLC while walking with our daughter)


And this DISINFECTED TIME of our lives.












But that does not mean we have not been thinking of  you!

So, here is an update about us and a couple of great RM interactions in person over the last couple of months.
So, March brought on a new world for us.  We made it back from a trip to New Jersey...barely.  This is me in a deserted airport in Newark.  Scott flew back the day of the SLC earthquake and got rerouted for a long time! HA!



Our relationships with our grandkids and most of our adult kids became totally online and a few trips were cancelled because we can not go see them or they cannot come see us. (WA and NJ and UT are not highly sought after places to travel about now)
We miss seeing them in person so much!

Scott started working from home and I had to quit teaching my Pre-K classes.

We started walking a LOT in our area and discovered the amazing wetlands just south of our new home.
This is Scott looking at a pelican flying.
We have become as our kids term it
BIRD NERDS!!!







Since I was not teaching, I organized tons of photos online and also became involved in the PROJECT PROTECT for Utah and helped sew masks for hospitals. 

I also sewed masks for pretty much all of our family including all my kids, grandkids, some siblings, nieces and nephews.

That was a very fulfilling project and I am so grateful that my Mom taught me to sew!

One of my favorite fabrics was this "TACO DOG" fabric that my nieces and nephews totally got dibs on!

So, back to the bird nerd thing...Scott and I had no weekend plans so we made a few trips to new places including the Bear River Bird and Wildlife Refuge up by Brigham City.

You can see we have become bird photographers as well!

Truly stunning to see so many cool birds up close and personal!





OK...up close and personal has moved outside for our local kids.  We meet outside and sometimes have MOVIE NIGHT in the backyard.  If anybody wants to schedule a movie night with us, that is an option!

This is random.  One day this little guy literally dive bombed us in our front yard.  We grabbed butterfly nets and Scott easily caught him and we used a Pre-K bird cage from our play pet store.

He is a noisy little bugger and gets taken to time out when Scott has online Church News meetings, which is often.

Another outing to ANTELOPE ISLAND.  We went hiking once there with some of you RMs, but went back to hike a different trail and I got a pic of the photographer in action taking shots of a buffalo.
It was a long but very lovely hike.

OK...this has got to be one of the BEST THINGS of our quarantine.
We got to attend a private sealing with Melissa Chord and Andrew Fairbanks in the Payson Temple.

It was one of the most spiritual feelings to be in that temple knowing you were one of only 15 people total there including the workers.  God does know "the one" and cares for their needs!
Made our YEAR to be there for that special day!

Our daughter Breanna is a wonderful activist for human rights and we got to invite her to come to a great rally held by BYU.

I had just "happened" to meet up with our friend Stacey Harkey at the gym the day before and he told me about this.

It was a WONDERFUL evening listening to and trying to understand better our brothers and sisters of color. 
We are trying hard to become better covenant keepers so that we can "bear one another's burdens that they may be light."


We encourage you all to become involved and educated on how to be a better ambassador to ALL for the Savior in real life.

More bird nerd outings, this time WAY OUT THERE to Fish Springs, UT.

Trying to do our part by donating blood!

And, our most wonderful outing last weekend to celebrate the wedding of cute HAILEY BEAZER to Kole Randall.
They did the cutest "Drive-In Movie" theme drive-by Open House and I forgot to snap a picture so this will have to do!  But they looked so happy! 

We love you all SO MUCH!  Please do not hesitate to reach out if we can be helpful, if you want to schedule a movie night or visit...and we will look forward to a BBQ and renewed dinner parties when this pandemic has lifted.
In the meantime, BE SAFE, WEAR A MASK and know you are VIRTUALLY HUGGED!