The Corona virus -the COVID life

 Shortly after Josh's birthday actually scratch that-it was about the week before Josh's birthday the world was sent into a tail spin. We panicked. Not Bend, not Oregon, not the United States-the world. Introducing 🎺🎺 COVID- 19 - a new virus. School was cancelled, church was cancelled, and gathering in any number was cancelled.
It was odd then. (It's still odd now) It hit me most when church was cancelled. It suddenly felt like we should be taking this more seriously. I would watch the numbers daily increase.  Oregon, Utah, Idaho, New York, and Colorado. Those were the states I would eye ball.
 Toilet paper became really hard to come by. Weird, right? I recall walking through the stores in a mind set that I refused to dooms day shop. I refused to get caught up in the frenzy but my mind would teasingly remind me then why are you here? Getting toilet paper if it was there was any, getting canned food that I would likely never get on a normal occasion. No joke. I bought the most humungous size possible of canned chili. Humungous. Canned Chili. I make my own chili. Needless to say, it was a little apocalyptic.
 So, to cope, we spent many many days going to the canal and exploring the area. We found crawdads underneath the rocks and would daily check to see how many more we could
find.

 At the time we thought perhaps schools would begin again, but now know that did not happen. It was ok though, because by the time that was announced there was more than a sneaking suspicion that that is how it would be. I became my kids teacher and boy that is quite the hat I get to wear! A fancy hat that I get to wear with sweatpants and no make up. Some days are better than others, and really we are now in a groove. We have zoom meetings now. Zoom meetings for my kids. 😳
Sam has been home though. Which has been a great thing. He was only going to Portland one day a week meaning he was home every night. That is a nice feature. Another nice feature is Rowan learned to ride his pedal bike. And also for that sometimes introverted part of my personality it has been wonderful. "I'm not supposed to talk to you" rather than "I feel awkward when I talk to you" feels a lot safer. 😂

shevlin park

So to take inventory right now parks are still closed, some medical offices are starting to open up- but were closed till just this week for us, group gatherings more than 25 people are cancelled, retail has been closed, restaurants closed, schools, churches..It's a strange time and it will be interesting to see what happens. We are now in the process of planning Josh's baptism. His baptism ended up being cancelled the afternoon before it was supposed to take place. My parents and sister Megan were here, and Mary Jo and Dale had already driven about 10 hours and ended up turning around. It was a really disappointing thing to have happen, honestly. Josh was so sad, and had already been rolling with all the changes that happened quite maturely. He knew it was going to be such a small group that could attend, he knew we wouldn't even be able to have the program at the church, and he was fine with all of it, just as long as he was still getting baptized so, of course, he felt sad and disappointed. We are excited to be able to have a take 2. 

seems appropriate this was the only picture I took when family came in for Josh's "baptism" 😂