Me and My Boys

Carter and I celebrated our birthday during this Covid-19 mess. I woke up to meet a friend for a run; we run together every Monday and decided to continue even during social-distancing for our sanity. When I left the house, the front door and parts of the yard were covered with hearts, sweet notes and candy. I wish so much I would have thought to take a picture of it! :( Lots of love.

Carter's request for his birthday was swimming, so a friend let us use her pool for a few hours in the afternoon.

Clayton swung by with some cookies. Ariane wanted to take me to the movies to see Emma for my birthday, but since the theaters were closed, she purchased it for me to watch at home. I got lots of sweet texts and a gift card from friends. Carter got fishing gear for his birthday as well as some smaller things--gum, candy, and an expansion to Exploding Kittens. Grandma and Grandpa gave him a gift card to Academy to pick out more fishing gear as well as a new book. It was lonelier not to celebrate with family or friends, but still a nice day.

We chose lasagna for dinner and a Razzleberry pie for dessert.

We celebrated Matt's birthday a few days later by ordering take-out from Texas Roadhouse.

My boys have really been bonding with their dad over fishing during this quarantining phase. They go 3 to 4 times per week! It's a great motivator to make sure school work and piano is done for the day so they can be ready to go fishing as soon as Matt gets home from work. (Yes, his work is considered an essential business because it supports oil and gas so he still has his typical work days...except traffic is MUCH better!) The boys absolutely love fishing with their dad, and I enjoy the alone time at home after doing home school all day! It's a win-win. The weather is so gorgeous right now that I will typically be out rollerblading, listening to an audiobook, for a portion of the time they are gone.

Spring Break pictures. We didn't know then that this would be our last week with friends for a long time due to COVID-19, social distancing, and quarantining.