On Friday, March 13, we began preparing for ways the Coronavirus might affect us. By Saturday, schools were closing for an “extended Spring Break” and closing dates moved from Wednesday to Tuesday to Monday. Gatherings were reduced from 500 to 250 to 50 to 10. Every news briefing issued new guidelines.

We decided to “quarantine together” with Pops and Gra-Gra, Mallory and Micah, and Hannah. We had been together every day pre-quarantine anyways, so we might as well do this thing together, too.

Scenes from Quarantine:

ALL THE HIKES. We are blessed to have room to roam and boy, have we roamed. We have hiked every square inch of the farm acreage, multiple times.

Fishing, fishing, and more fishing. If bad turns to worse, we have plenty of fish in the pond that can become dinner.

Missing my students and coworkers like crazy!

At-Home Church. In our pajamas and with coffee. Not such a bad part of quarantine 🙂

Snapchat caption says it all. Justin needed an escape 🙂

Taco Mama, Curbside Pick-Up.

Masks. AKA: new shopping attire. Disclaimer 1: Jase hasn’t been in any stores–he was just trying his mask on for fun. Disclaimer 2: Justin’s N95 mask is one that he has had for YEARS and uses when he mows.

Quarantine STINKS, but I keep reminding myself how blessed we are. I am able to teach virtually, and while it is zero fun, I’m still working and getting a paycheck. We are having more family dinners and family game nights and family time. We are safe and healthy. We can get through this, together.