Last Day of School

Well, it was an interesting end to the school year for 19/20. Schools have been closed here since March so all remaining education was via online classroom and self guided practice. This is actually the second year in a row that Abigail didn't get to have her last day of school. Last year all the Fort Smith schools closed a week early because of the historic flooding here and now COVID-19! Ahh the memories she'll have. In lieu of the traditional in person awards ceremonies, the third grade teachers had a Zoom to hand out awards to the students. Abigail received the "Optimist Award" for maintaining positive spirits and a smiling face throughout the difficulties for the last quarter. After the awards were over, Daddy and the girls drew silly faces on one another. Silly ones they are.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Memorial Day/Pool Open

Memorial Day celebration kicked off with the opening of our pool. Now, it has been very cold here for May. We're talking fifties at night/high sixties during the day, so we already told the girls that there was no way we were going to be swimming. The girls didn't mind, however, and they jumped in and swam for most of the day. Dad grilled out some chicken, hot dogs and hamburgers while they were swimming. By the time we pulled them both out of the pool, their teeth were chattering from the cold!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Birthday Celebration

Cousin D.C. IV turned 25 and D.C. V turned 1 this week. As part of their birthday celebration D.C.'s wife pulled together a parade to celebrate the milestones. The girls decided to make special posters for both of them with their happy birthday wishes. We arrived a bit early for the parade so we decided to stop by for a quick chat, all while maintaining social distancing. It was fun to see both those boys and it's hard to believe that D.C. IV is already 25 celebrating his son's first birthday. It was a special day.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all those special women in our lives. Daddy and the girls made Mother's Day extra special. It started out with breakfast in bed, followed by lots of snuggles, a great lunch and then we headed over to BB's to spend some special time with her. It all wrapped up with a cozy evening at home. Quarantine life made it a bit different this year, but thanks to Daddy, Abby and Allie it was super great day for Mommy.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

May Flowers

This is the first weekend that our state is easing restrictions during the pandemic. We decided to let the girls come to the Home Depot with us to pick out flowers for our front yard. For the last couple weeks anytime one of us goes to a large store we wear face masks, but it was the girls first time to go out to a store since all this began. Dad made them make shift face masks out of bandannas to wear and both of them complained about how hot it made them. After picking up the flowers Abigail and Mom planted them in the front garden, while dad cleared the beds of weeds. Allison had injured herself when she fell while playing with a ball so she stayed inside. 

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Walkabout

We're entering the 7th week of homeschooling/quarantine. Daddy is still doing a great job at homeschooling and for a bit of scenery change on the weekends we take walks around our neighborhood. It's a good time for us to spend time outside the house and get some fresh air. Allison does not enjoy the walks too much because she gets too sweaty! Abigail loves them because she likes to race dad!

Much Love

Moises & Jennifer

Easter 2020

Easter this year was a bit different than past years. There were no visits with family or friends or even an Easter brunch. We spent the weekend coloring Easter eggs. Mom made the mistake of choosing a very intricate "unicorn gel" color kit and quickly regretted how involved and messy it was! The good news was that that they turned out beautifully. The whole weekend was very rainy too, so we ended up staying inside the whole weekend doing various projects. Sunday we had to hide the Easter eggs inside the house because it was so yucky. We'll definitely remember this Easter for many years.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer