Easter 2020 (Shelter-in-Place-Style)

This post will be heavy on photos and light on words (the girls are cute enough on their own).

This is Manny's egg

Mommy and Amber did a great job dying eggs Saturday afternoon

Easter morning: cuddly Taryn, her blanket, my coffee: I could do this all day

breakfast!

Amber enjoying her cinnamon roll

Taryn stealing Daddy's frosting (I mean Taryn just wants to hang out with Daddy)

Taryn's grapefruit

Easter baskets!

My Little Princess with her My Little Pony

My other Little Princess

Both little princesses

Amber sporting her tat's

Beautiful girls!

Happy Easter (from a distance)

Sheltering in Place

While sheltering in place and social-distancing during the Covid-19 Pandemic, we try to maintain a somewhat normal lifestyle.  Taryn is obviously the least affected; Amber kind of misses pre-school (but not really); I work upstairs in the guest bedroom and Sandi tries to keep her patients from catching the virus. 

On the weekends, we try to get out of the house for at least one adventure.  Pictured above is our bike ride along a Beaverton trail.  The amount of time we actually spent on the bike was minuscule compared to the effort to actually do it, but the girls had fun and they ran around a soccer field for quite a while (plus it got us out of the house).

Another weekend, we drove to the Portland waterfront to walk around.  

Taryn probably pointing to a 'daddy duck'

Amber playing

beautiful (empty) downtown Portland

this only works because Taryn hasn't discovered we are here

Since our guestroom can't possibly be used for guests right now, it has become our home office.  Sandi recently joined me in the morning to take care of charting before visits.  We keep is simple with card table, chairs, laptops, coffee, tea, and every computer cable that we could possibly ever need.

Also on our 'To do' / 'This is how we cope' list during this season:

• make a drive to Joe's Doughnuts in Sandy, OR
• watch our online church service Sunday afternoons
• make fun meals for dinner and weekend breakfasts 
• give more screen time to Amber and Taryn than we ever thought we would
• limit the intake of daily news

Sandi Got Her Hours!

Big smiles celebrating Mommy!

Tonight we celebrated!  Ever since Sandi left Providence to stay at home with Amber, the specter of licensing hours loomed over her.  Many concerned friends would ask about Sandi's nursing license.  Her plan was to get a part-time job about 9 - 12 months away from her license expiration (9/24/2020).  As God would have it, He provided the perfect nursing career in hospice with six-months to spare.

Pictured above is our celebration take-out dinner of Lebanese cuisine.  This is more of a 'placeholder' occasion until her first choice of a Japanese restaurant reopens after the Covid-19 shelter-in-place order is lifted. 

I am so proud of you, Babe!  You put your priority of raising our daughters before your career.  Now, you have an ideal situation of working in a job you love and staying home with Amber and Taryn.