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April Little Things

Thursday, September 3, 2020


enjoying our last few brasilian popsicles


one of our absolute favorite restaurants, so glad covid has lessened just a little to allow for take-out


love this rainbow that appeared mid rainstorm


little one working away on her homework

thanks to my helpers we were able to make cloth masks to donate to the community and others in need. little did I know while working on this project how masks would evolve and become a daily part of our life for the foreseeable future


during one of our many afternoons at home Rob gave the girls a tutorial on car repair and maintenance


lunch helper hard at work


loving this egg coloring gang



trying to take in this city for the last few days we have left



legos living the camping life



stocked the bikes into the car and enjoyed a family bike ride through downtown; a few bike mishaps, rain and other adventures ended with smiles and fun except for maybe the little one 

loving my lunch date with this kiddo


our yard is always an adventure for animals, today we had a burrowing owl squawking at us every time we walked by


this is what family gatherings look like right now

a delayed and much loved birthday present, Dutch licorice

face painting quarantine fun

Rob adding adventure to our life with stiches in the nose and head

March Little Things

Friday, July 17, 2020

I'm backtracking, trying to catch up
remembering a time when the world was calm and we started to watch it 
slowly turn into something strange and unknown 

Prepping our van for sale

One of my last nights of "normal"
attending a packed stadium with Sam and enjoying one of our 
favorite Brasilian bands and Maroon 5

Slowly prepping for our grand move back to the USofA

Little one mastering her bike without training wheels, yahoo!

My surprise helper making my bed on random days

This picture just screams Brasilia


Hanging out at a swim meet for Jo
reminds me of the good ol' days in Maryland

beautiful cloudy day in Brasilia

Proud of the little one, passing off another Article of Faith to her primary leader

        
Little did I realize as the world was crashing down how valuable this pack of TP was in the US
Meanwhile stores in Brasil always and continued to remain fully stocked

Happy Birthday to this man! Love him so much. He happened to fly home from a 
trip in Florida the day of his birthday.

Enjoying endless summer days and all things came to a screeching halt
School cancelled, Rob working from home, no where to go, no where to be.
I had been anticipating March-May to be some of the most insane months of our families life. 
M&S wrapping up their senior year, Rob scheduled to travel 3 weeks out of each month and prepping for our family to move back to the US. We suddenly had time for afternoon swims, making and eating dinner together, morning bike rides, puzzle creating. It was nice and weird and stressful and strange. 

In the midst of all this Rob started to worry that he might have come in contact with coronavirus while traveling in Florida. We were both able to experience the Covid-19 test. Thankfully we both came back negative. 

let the sweet treats and baking begin

One of our first Sunday's with "home church". Jo & Gwen were building different temples for us to guess

Taking senior photos of Mad from a social distance

One of our morning PE classes

"Home School"

Corona didn't stop the leprechaun from visiting our home 

another morning PE class

school work for Jo

my girls love this game but it was a little close to home 



morning walks became my sanity

and yet another delicious baking morning

paying the kids for extra around the house chores
this assignment was fridge and freezer clean out

crepes became a Sunday morning tradition

more scenes from school

meal sign-ups

Portuguese homework for Jo

and yet another puzzle completed

My little Kinder hard at work


a rare drive in the car with Rob and I sneaking out for takeout from our favorite Thai place

and of course pizza night continued

the new normal :(

loving the backyard garden

and I started my own sourdough and started making artisan bread

    
and then March is gone and the first quarter of the year
and I wonder was the coming months and year will bring

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