March-ness

We celebrated Brandon's 19th birthday a week early when he was in town for Spring Break. Living in Cedar City makes it so we don't see Brandon as much as we saw the girls when they were in college. Logan to the north and Provo to the south are still only a little over an hour drive away. Brandon's drive is 3.5 hours which means he's less likely to want to make the seven hour round trip for just a short weekend. It was nice to gather...the first time we'd all been together since Christmas and since the coronavirus hit. The temperatures were up in the 50's and since we'd all been staying mostly indoors at home due everything being shut down, closed and cancelled, and the no-gatherings-over-ten rule it felt incredibly nice to go to the nearby park together to play some games. (Yay for being a family of less than ten!)

In other March-ness...

A few days before school shut down Lilian had an orchestra concert. She auditioned for and made first chair in the cello section this semester. 

This was our last Young Women activity before church shut down. Spending Wednesday nights with these amazing girls is such a delight. 

When you are doing online school and the weather is somewhat decent, it makes it possible to do your work from the backyard.

Yoga is always a good idea to alleviate stress...

When each day kind of looks the same in terms of errands (none), school (online), girls nights (unsafe), rehearsals (cancelled), church (at home)...you tend to find your wardrobe changing up a bit. Sweats are the new norm. I'm kind of looking at it as a healthy re-set for my hair and skin as I'm realizing what's the point of make-up and hairspray? And bras? Don't even get me started. It's all about comfort. 

But when you do have to go to the grocery store...

Ha! Not really. But we did get a laugh when Bryan came in from his man cave to model his new pandemic wear. 

For some odd reason there has been a run on toilet paper. It's been the strangest thing. It's become so hard to obtain that people are standing in long lines first thing in the morning at Costco and various grocery stores to try to score some. I understand the idea having a bit of extra food on hand in case you get sick and can't get to the store is wise. I get that TP is one of those essential items you want to make sure you have. But why in the world are people hoarding it? Once toilet paper became scarce people snatched up all the kleenex and paper towels in its place. We are lucky that we had some extra in our basement already. But little by little we've been going through it and I'd been hoping that when we did indeed run out, this TP craziness would be over and the shelves would be stocked again. I was starting to worry that might not be the case. Bryan happened to be picking up some groceries on a Sunday morning when a shipment of the precious stuff was brought in. He grabbed two packages and then sent this text to his siblings and parents...

Someone posted this on instagram and it seemed spot on.