Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Our COVID Adventures- Week 8

Week 8 of Quarantine
May 3- May 9, 2020 

May 3rd 
After watching the church services for both Poppy and Bro Jerry from Mims online, we decided to have a picnic in the front yard. I went and got Whataburger for all of us and we set up the tent awning in the yard. Natalie, Luke and I took a long walk and Luke and I even rode our bikes around the neighborhood. Natalie tried my bike but struggle since it was just too big for her. Luke still had his small bike from Kindergarten and was using training wheels but we had such a great time. 

Oxford wanted to be a part of the picnic as well! 


I love spending time with my babies! They are growing up WAY TOO FAST! 



Luke and I got in over 2 miles on our bikes! I was very proud of him! 

I think he will be ready to take off the training wheels VERY SOON! 


Daddy tried to get Luke to do pull ups on the tree branch but it was just not working out! 


May 4th 
It was Teacher Appreciation Week and Chris and I were trying to prepare for the end of the school year. This was one of the last few weeks for zoom classes so I tried really hard to get some neat lessons for my kids. I had been working for nearly 3 weeks on a Beethoven Escape Room but it was not working for whatever reason. I was on hold with my campus media person for over an hour and it still was not working. I shed many tears and by the end of the day... I was done! I AM SO OVER THIS! 

This is what a typical school day looked like for us! EVERYONE was busy teaching/ learning! 

May 5th 
After a full day of school work for the kids and a long day of grading and making teaching videos, we decided a scenic drive was in order. We all, even Oxford, got in the car and headed west past Montgomery. It was a great escape for us all. 

This boy is living his best life! He is so spoiled now that Abbey is gone! 


Davis Family is ready for a road trip! 


May 6th 
After a morning of teaching and zoom meetings, we went to the Costco parking lot to see the Blue Angels fly over The Woodlands. I had no idea so many people would be out to see this spectacular event. There was NO SOCIAL DISTANCING going on as EVERY parking spot was taken BUT... Everyone stayed in their cars until the fly over so it was fine! This was SO COOL! But it was gone in an instant! 

We are getting ready for the Blue Angels! 

This flyover was SO COOL! 

May 7th 
Natalie and went to New Caney to go and pick up items from New Caney Elementary School. This included the Yearbook for which Natalie decorated the back cover in art class. It was neat to be able to see a few of her teachers. She will never see them again as in August she comes over to my school... MIDDLE SCHOOL! Where has the time gone? Since it was Teacher Appreciation Week, we decided to get those few staff members on campus to pass out stuff some SONIC drinks. It felt SO GOOD to give back and have even a little bit of normalcy! 

Luke got a goodie bag from Mrs. Wolf! Full of all kinds of stuff and even a "Flat Mrs. Wolf" to take with you on all your summer adventures! It was so cute! 


Time for Nerf Gun Wars... Doesn't everyone do this on Thursday nights? 


May 8th- FIELD DAY 
This week was National Field Day Week and we had been doing lots of different activities all week for the PE lessons but today it was all documented for points. All 4 of us got out there and did the activities. From Shoe Toss to Penguin Jump, we all did it! It was so much fun! 
We sat up camp as the cheerleaders but we DID do several of the activities! 


Luke's favorite event was the scavenger hunt!
It is amazing what all you can find around your house! 



It was so much fun to be a part of this as parent!
For the past 6 years I have been on the sidelines helping my co-teacher (Coach B and Coach S) RUN field day! 


After the field day activities, we started on Home Improvement project #2, the backyard leveling/ The dogs had dug MASSIVE holes near the back wall of our house to use as shade and it was time to fill those holes and level it out. We bought 15 bags of soil and filled in the holes before placing square deck bricks on top of the soil in hopes of Oxford not digging there again. It was an EXHAUSTING task and we learned we needed to pressure wash the back of our house but in the end it looked SO MUCH better than before. 

We were all working VERY hard to get the holes filled! 


The soil has filled the holes... Time to lay the pavers! 



The finished product did not look great but much better than before. Now we just need to pressure wash and spray Round-up! 



May 9th 
We went to the track to get in our miles. I planned on doing a 10K for the #CrushCorona virtual race I signed up for. The boys did some baseball practice and then joined us on the track. In the end, we did a FULL MARATHON as a family! Chris even got in a 5K. This included the miles to and from the house as well as "the long way" home just to get the 26.2 miles. It was such an accomplishment! 

This was such a big accomplishment! 26.9 miles from all of us! 


The rest of our Saturday was spent outside in our new inflatable pool from Walmart! Not bad for $25. While the kids were swimming, Chris was smoking chicken on his new grill! It was a PERFECT way to end the day! 


The kids were SO HAPPY! 



This chicken was AMAZING!



This was a busy week of teaching and schoolwork but we knew the end of the school year was near! We just need to hang on! 
"Just keep swimming... Just keep swimming... Just keep swimming!" 


But through it all, we know that GOD is still in CONTROL and HE IS STILL ON HIS THRONE! We will continue to look to HIM for answers and continue to pray for this situation and those it is effecting! 


Even in the midst of all of this... 


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