On May 2, we had a cookout and party for Madison’s birthday.
The kids had fun playing badminton, volleyball, and roasting marshmallows. We
were excited to see Kenzie and Ryker. Kenzie was coming up on her due date for
her baby and was keeping away from most gatherings to avoid the COVID virus.
On May 4, we honored Star Wars day by watching the original
Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back.
Since so many people were working from home, Austin and Leah
decided to come up for a few weeks from Arizona. Everyone was excited to see
them!
We were also excited to have LaRell back from St. George for
the summer. We had a nice fire with s’mores at Josh and Kasey’s. We were
blessed with some really nice weather in May.
On May 10, we invited my parents over for Mother’s Day. We
had sacrament and Come Follow Me together and then Kory cooked a great pork
chop dinner for everyone. It was fun to spend some time with my parents.
On May 11, Kenzie had her second son (our fifth grandbaby)
Aiden Thomas Brown. She had a c-section and everything went smoothly. We were
excited to meet him in-person a couple of days later when she was able to come
home.
Austin and Leah brought a 1500-piece Disney villain puzzle
for us to work on it took most of the week of May 11-17. Kory and Phoebe were
the ones who pushed through on May 15 and finished it around midnight.
On May
16, Kory and I got new bikes so that we’d have enough bikes to take the kids on
bike rides. We celebrated by riding down to Snake River Landing with Phoebe and
Caleb.
Chloe finished her home-schooling on May 15. Caleb had to
retake a geometry test and then he was done, and Morgan finished on May 22. They
were all excited to be done, sad that they never got to say good-bye to their
teachers and friend, and they are hoping that school will be somewhat normal in
the fall. Kory also finished teaching and is now on his summer schedule. He
still works, but he is doing preparation for next school year, so summers are
pretty relaxed. I’m the only one who is still “teaching” and it has gotten a
little bit harder to get work done at home with everyone else on vacation. I
head to my office in Rexburg when things get too crazy.
On Sunday the 17th, the morning was beautiful, so
Kory and I went for a walk on the Green Belt with Austin and Leah and the
girls. Then we got everyone up for church and had our meeting. Then we
celebrated Isaac’s birthday with pizza, cake, and his presents—a record player
and records. I guess record players are now cool again. Go figure. Isaac was
also happy that his girlfriend Carlie came from San Diego for his birthday to
stay for a week. The kids played games, watched movies, and then we went for
another walk along the Green Belt that night.
On May 19, Shane, Josh’s son, got baptized. They were only
allowed to have their family and LaRell there, but afterward we had a get
together at Josh and Kasey’s with pizza. After that, we went to Reed’s Dairy
for ice-cream so that Carlie could try it.
On the 23rd, we had a big snowstorm. Austin and
Leah came over and made omelets for everyone and Kory went outside and built a
snowman with Andy. Kory could only find a straight stick for the mouth, so the
snowman does not look very excited—about as excited as we were to have snow at
the end of May.
On the 24th we had our home church again. We had fun
having the kids act out the Alma the Younger story. We went for a walk as a
family, enjoying the lack of snow.
May 25th was Memorial Day and we went to Victor
for the day. The kids enjoyed riding four-wheelers, visiting the cemetery and
we had a cookout with Josh and Jared’s families.
On May 27th, Madi and Quinton brought over their
new Corgi dog and the kids had fun playing with it. That was also Stevie’s
first birthday and so we had cake and ice-cream and presents that night at our
house.
On the 28th, after work, Kory and I took Morgan
to Jensen Grove Park in Blackfoot and we rode our bikes around the lake. We
followed the bike path down by the Snake River and were having a fun ride until
Kory’s front tire went flat from a Goat’s Head thorn. Morgan and I waited on a
bench while Kory rode my bike back to the car, then came and picked us up. We
celebrated our efforts by eating at Arby’s and getting pie at the Homestead.
Things are slowly getting back to normal in Idaho, but things
will probably still be different when school starts up in the Fall. I have
actually enjoyed everyone being at home doing things together during the
quarantine. Hopefully we can keep up some of those activities even now we are
free! Phoebe and Isaac have headed back to work at the Olive Garden and Texas
Roadhouse.
On May 31, Grandpa Kunz and the missionaries joined us for
our church service. After church and lunch, we went to Kenzie’s so that Grandpa
could hold baby Aiden.
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