{THREE.20}

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Good Golly! 
Well life got away from me and I haven't updated in a few months. SORRY! 
Life has kinda changed in the last 2.5 months. Covid-19 started spreading heavily through the USA in March and our lives quickly went into quarantine mode. Right before the country went into lock down, Poppy & Nanny came for a fun visit! Sadly their time with us got cut short, but we enjoyed the time while we had it. Poppy and the boys even built a little fort for all the kids to play in. 
We spent the remainder of the month pretty much at home. Keeping busy with gardening, schoolwork, documentaries, Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems, and all sorts of fun. 
We've learned to get creative. And we've enjoyed the slow down, just to be home with one another. We also discovered an incredible trial(s) behind our neighborhood that leads to a larger trail head called Forney Creek Trail. It's gorgeous and we have enjoyed quit a few picnics and read alouds in the woods! 



Math with Manipulatives! So much easier  
a little lightsaber dualing before dinner...


soaking in all the warm rays! 

little did we know how much we would enjoy this trip to South Mnt.
it would be our last for quite a LONG time.....

happiest in the mountains, under the trees, near the creek watching spring come to life! 

allergy testing!
the next step in my medical process...
This was just a few - my back was littered with them!

thankful for Milo to begin some basic lessons with Mr Moody on the guitar
 
school is so much better at the table in the sun!

a little reading the in the shade 

our last HUGE social night before the world closed down...
Thankful to enjoy a yard full of like minded missionaries from around the globe
during a 4 day intensive thru No Place Left!
So grateful to have met new friends and enjoy an evening grill out and fellowship

just a shot from the intensive Tim was able to attend :) 

so grateful for the time we had with nanny and poppy 

they are getting so good at these math blocks!

one happy kid with his bottle rocket!

the new fort... the kid's have named it Fort Rockbomb 

our final lunch before their early departure 

LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems!
we were so excited to share lunches with Mo through the month of March 

even tho the world is chaotic,
there is still order and beauty! 

this guy has learned to make cookies! YUMMMM

during the first weeks of isolation, we also had the joy of battling some mice!
but alas WE WON! 

a shot from the trials we found behind the neighborhood 

because the school yard is now empty, we got to field trip it to their gorgeous trees |
and enjoy a school day under their shade 

we introduced the kids to Little Women ...
N is kinda obsessed! she even made these little women puppets! 

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