This Week

There were times this week that I could forget that a virus is swirling around us. The fact that the news has turned to racial injustice and riots has helped that feeling, I’m sure. 

Helping turned out to be a theme this week. We helped Laura with some yard work. Aliza used a push mower for the first time. It was fun to make a big visual impact and encourage my sister. This is an after picture. 

Anna couldn’t wait for me to start her blanket after finishing the top of Aliza’s. The second one came together more quickly then the first. Anna did a lot of sewing. I even walked away a few times. 

Anna couldn’t keep her hands off of it. She used it right away. Currently it is right beside her pillow, along with the backing, waiting to be finished. 

We spent a day with my mom and Janell. In the morning we picked strawberries. It was great timing. The berries were delicious. Then Janell and I used Grandads garden to plant pumpkins. We also planted squash and green onion for him. Aliza was sure to point out that Janell was digging the holes, Josiah put the seeds in and covered them and I basically did nothing. It was an accurate assessment. 

Then Aliza went shopping with Janell for the rest of the blessing bag supplies and Josiah and I helped put the bags together. That was a fun project. I delivered one bag on my way home and the recipient was so grateful. There’s not much more fulfilling that doing something kind for someone else. 

I got a little obsessed with the space shuttle launch to the International Space Station. The launch was amazing. We watched 11 minutes and by the time all of the rocket boosters had detached and they were in orbit, my eyes were a little misty. Something about it was moving. 

Then today we missed the docking by 15 minutes but I ended up watching it off and on for a couple hours until the men entered the ISS. The attention to minute detail, the communication and watching them work in space in real time just captured me. The girls were about to strangle me when I wanted to watch the welcome ceremony too! I assured them that *someday* they would be so glad that their mom made them watch history. Lol. 

We ended the weekend with s’mores. The children were LOUD and crazy but in the end (they were still really loud) they were laying on the blanket looking at stars and watching bats fly.