March

Nate and I ran a 10k with Heaton and Laila the beginning of March. It was chilly and I wasn't as prepared as I'd hoped. The course was poorly marked so Nate missed a turn and didn't make it the full 6.2 miles. Heaton ran with me the whole way. And Laila smoked all of us since Nate DQ'd ;)

After the race I went to an event hosted by a family friend. The event was about positive thinking and daily habits. It was insightful. I even won a prize which was neat! I don't consider myself lucky but I do feel like this started a nice streak for me :)

We went all out and got to work painting the entire downstairs. My dad and Heaton came and helped one night and we finally felt like we made some progress.

The beginning of March things got real crazy because of COVID-19, coronavirus. A word we know all to well and it only brings up anxiety and negative emotions. First, school got cancelled, then church, then we were asked to shelter in place for 14 days, then we had to cancel our trip to Tucson that was planned for spring break, then Nate had to start working from home, then the state shut down, then masks...what a crazy time to be alive! So we killed some time by writing letters to people we love!

We had some nice days so the boys and I went out to Jump Creek with Opa, Katie, and the boys.

We also went on many nature walks around the ponds to collect rocks for painting, sticks, and leaves. These took a while because Mr. Independent wouldn't stay in the stroller.

Nate turned 35 on the 22nd! I made him a big breakfast and then we had family over for cake later on. I even made his favorite, ugly duckling cake (not my favorite). I must love him.

Nate cut his hair into a mohawk since he'd be teleworking and knew he wouldn't be seeing anyone for a while. Kade thought it was awesome and asked for one too.

Lastly, Nate got the boys model rockets to launch and they had fun building them and they we all had fun going to the park and launching them and chasing them down!

And more fun that was had.

February

Almost every Saturday since November, my mom took Spencer and some of his cousins to Bogus to ski. He started really enjoying it and getting good. In January, Kade started asking to go skiing. We finally worked out a night to take him and Spencer, got a babysitter for Gar and headed up the mountain. Kade LOVED it. He was adorable and just kept shrieking with joy! He even talked up into letting him do the chairlift. And is there anything cuter than a little tyke trying to walk in ski boots for the first time?! He definitely has an adventurous side!

We decided to tackle the boys bedroom with a new coat of paint next. Kade wanted to help any time we got the bucket of paint out. 

Nate and my dad signed up to ride the JDRF bike ride in November since it was going to be the Tour de Tucson, which Nate's always wanted to do.

We took the bike trailer out a few times. The little boys loved it, they even fell asleep in there a time or two.

Garrett had his second baby crawl contest! He started walking the week before for good. We tried anyway and he was adorable but stood up and walked about halfway through. He got to us first but the rules clearly stated that if the baby walked they'd be disqualified. But then the announcer announced his name as the winner! We were confused so we waited after and they did give the prize to the true winner but the people in charge were so nice and said they'd email us something as consolation (they never did). Still a fun opportunity and still the cutest baby there!

I took the little boys to a block building activity at the library. There were different stations with different types of blocks. They had fun stacking and building, and even tasting, the different types.

Our ward did another date night to the hockey game. We decided to do dinner with a group of friends and then everywhere had crazy waits so we ended up at Buffalo Wild Wings and were a little late to the game. Then of course we had to get overpriced dessert from the waitresses at the suite!

We made an almost weekly habit of going to the church gym and letting the kids run around. We invited friends and they played their hearts out for many nights!

My dad built this beautiful coat rack for me because I was tired of the pile of jackets and backpacks/bags! Since we'd been slowly painting one room at a time, I knew we'd eventually want to paint the wall behind where I wanted to hang the rack so I thought it made more sense to paint the wall first so we didn't have to hang everything twice. Turns out I can't just paint one wall and we went crazy and started painting the entire downstairs! What a feat!

Other cute pictures from the month.