2020 Mid-February thru Leap Day

Most of the year so far consisted of meets and school. Mike taught on Saturday, February 8, and by the end of the day he had a sore throat. He figured part of it might have been that he had been chatting with students all day, but it turned out to be a month-long bout with a series of ailments. By this point, we were aware of the coronavirus, but Mike was told by three different doctors that he had 1) a sinus infection, then 2) strep throat, then 3) allergies. Hey, whatever. We still had gym, meets, and school.

Hallie can get to sleep in the car often and it is so precious to see her napping.

We love watching Nile Wilson on YouTube and this is a shirt Hallie got Landon for Christmas.

  

After hanging out at the AirTime Preschool Landon wanted Lincoln Logs for Christmas. Here he is not even changing out of his pommel plants playing with his Lincoln Logs.

Shortly before Valentine's Day Alicia and Hallie went to a great chocolate tasting class at the library. We had a lot of funny and it was super yummy!

It was time to head to another meet and the girls headed out super early and Eliza pulled off looking cute while wearing her unicorn jammies. Seattle was where we were headed this time and we were excited to go somewhere new and to see some family.

Landon missed the heraldry lesson his teacher gave him at school. He drew arms later. While the other kids made stuff up, Landon went with what he knew.

For Valentine's Day, Dad helped out in Landon's classroom with some math and reading games.

We found a nice 5 mile drive along the water and saw some wildlife along the way.

Hallie is not much of a hairstylist for gym meets and so Hallie got Eliza an appointment at a beauty college and it turned out awesome!

Umbrellas were the theme at the meet and it was really cute. Here is Eliza and Morgan (Level 4) posing before the meet started.

Grandma and Grandpa sent some building toys. Landon indulged on a lazy Sunday at home building his.

On our last day in Seattle we had a quite a bit of time before we caught our airplane so we decided to take in the sights of the area.

Why not wear your hair different once in a while. Eliza thought Hallie looked like Elvis. Another 3rd grader thought she didn't look so much like boy.

Landon and Eliza both had meets over the weekend of February 21-24, so Dad took Landon to Vegas, and Hallie stayed with Eliza in town for her meet.

Right near the Palace Station Hotel where Landon and Mike were staying there was a restaurant called Tomi Ramen. Mike took Landon, and Landon was in love! At this point, Mike was finishing up his first round (of what became three) of antibiotics and was feeling pretty good. The kimchi provided lots of good probiotics!

Eliza's meet was in Park City and it was nice to take a drive out of town.

Eliza did quite well at this meet. It was fun to see her so successful. We are grateful for all of her hard work and Coach Morgan's dedication.

After Landon's tech series, we went with Gavin and his dad to Hoover Dam. We had heard that the dam would be closed, but nope!

We had to go back and get some more of that savory ramen after Landon finished his meet the next day too.

 (and go to Fremont Street.)

The kids got it into their heads that they wanted to make armor, so we did.

Mike commissioned an emblazon of his arms by Tyler Corbett. He was very pleased with the result.

Mike accompanied Eliza on a class field trip to the aquarium while Hallie took Landon to another meet in Phoenix.

On our way to Phoenix (we drove) we stopped in St. George to stay with Hallie's relatives and for Landon to meet some 2nd cousins. Landon loves staying in St. George because Hallie's Aunt and Uncle have dogs that are a blast to walk.