March is always a good month for us.
Rebecah and Joseph joined the youth from church on a snowshoeing adventure. Rebecah was cold, but had a lot of fun. We had a very mild winter, but most of our snow fell in March this year. Our snow has all melted now and we are looking forward to spring.
Kimball was ordained to the office of Priest.
Rebecah was very busy this month with musical practice. The first three Fridays in March are long dress rehearsal days. The kids practice from 3:00-9:00. I volunteered one evening to help serve the kids dinner. Rebecah was disappointed that I was only needed one night. She wanted me to help at all three dinners. We took a picture with a few of her friends. I love getting to know Rebecah's friends.
This month when I volunteered at the school I helped the kids make two different crafts. One was a stained glass tulip. I love how they turned out. Eden is always so happy when I'm in her class.
We had a mini St. Patrick's Day celebration with gold wrapped candy and green sugar sprinkle cookies. Lincoln did this activity at school and I thought it was so sweet. Kimball was honored that Lincoln loves him so much. I believe Kimball's exact words were "That kid means the world to me!"
Joseph took Lincoln and Annika skiing again. Rebecah didn't want to go because she was too tired from musical practice.
We had another bout of Covid in our family. Rebecah started feeling sick on a Monday and we tested her on Tuesday and she was positive for Covid. She stayed home from school for four days. She was devastated because the first two performances of the musical were during her quarantine. The musical director emailed Rebecah and asked her to have me talk with the school nurse and see when Rebecah could leave quarantine. The hope was that Rebecah could leave quarantine for the closing night of the show. I talked with the school nurse and she was very kind and said Rebecah could end quarantine in time for the last show. There were cheers galore in our house after that phone call.
Joseph and Lincoln went to the opening night of the musical. Rebecah wasn't there, but we had already purchased our tickets, so we used them. Lincoln and Joseph enjoyed the show. Annika and I went the next night. I'm always amazed at how professional these shows are considering the cast and crew are 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students. Annika and I had third row center seats so we could see really well.
Our favorite night of the show was Saturday when Rebecah was in it. She gave it her all since it was her only chance to perform. I loved seeing her happy smiling face as she sang and danced. She wore a clear mask during the performance, but she didn't seem bothered by it in the least. She was just happy to be there.
Joseph and Kimball took a little road trip to Vermont. Kimball entered a gravel (biking) race. Unfortunately, Kimball suffered a mechanical malfunction on his bike and by the time he got it fixed and found the route again it was too late to continue with the race. It was very disappointing for him. He had followed a group of 10 riders thinking they knew the way....they didn't. After ten miles the group realized they were heading the wrong way. On the ride back to the actual route Kimball suffered his mechanical malfunction. By the time he fixed his bike the other ten riders were long gone and Kimball was uncertain how to get back to the race route. Cell phone service was spotty, so Kimball had a difficult time contacting Joseph and ended up calling ME for help even though I was 3 hours away. It all worked out and I was able to help Kimball and Joseph find each other.
Eden learned how to put her hair in a ponytail this month! One day she was in tears of frustration that she couldn't figure it out. A few days later she came to me smiling and showed me her hair in a ponytail. She was SO happy she figured it out.
Joseph and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary this month! Our anniversary was on a Sunday so our celebration was fairly quiet. We did enjoy some yummy ice cream sundaes!
