2022, January 17-23

We had a week of injury recovery and sunny if cold weather. Plus we had our anniversary! 

Fergus seems to know which one of us is ailing, and he will lie down with them (maybe because they're lying down and are warm?). Eliza was in pain from her injured toe on Monday, and Fergus was there for her. Hallie found him laying above her like this two mornings in a row. 

We had the day off Monday for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, and after Mom came home from a blood donation, Ferg found her too. It has been a long time since Hallie donated blood. The last time she tried to donate blood, the workers could not find a vein and she stopped donating blood for a bit.

Mike found that some houses in the neighborhood have the most interesting (intentional and not) art installations. 

Due to an upswing in COVID cases, Hallie had the week off from work while her school's students did at-home instruction. This meant she got to work as Eliza's main teacher for the week! Hallie took Eliza to some school testing in the morning, then the girls ran by Grandpa and Grandma M's to run a load of laundry which kept getting stuck in our machine. While doing the laundry, Eliza had a Zoom meeting. After everything was finished, the girls drove to Park City to get Landon a new sweatshirt. The boy is growing so fast that the last one we bought him less than a year ago is now too small. On the way home, they went to the library and learned how to make woven parachute cord bracelets (Mike helped once they got home. It was a little complicated). 

On Wednesday Eliza enjoyed some time on horseback. 

Landon learned about the framing of the Constitution. 

Landon keeps letting the top of his hair grow long, so he had to get it braided for his meet. 

Despite an injured hand, he participated in two events. 

As part of celebrating our anniversary and supporting a local business, we went out to the birthday party for Feminessence. 

Hallie got a new piercing in her ear. Mike declined the opportunity for himself. We love "Coach" Megan who let Hallie hold her hand in the process. Megan is a great sport!

The lady who did the piercings could still see where Halie had her cartilage pierced over 23 years ago and pierced it in the same spot. This time it was pierced with a hollow needle. Then she puts the earring in and the backing. It did hurt a bit more than getting it pierced with a gun, but Hallie has toughened up in her old age and made it through.

For our anniversary proper, we went to TRUreligion Pancake and Steakhouse. Our server even brought us a cinnamon roll. Many thanks! Mike got a mixed berry Dutch baby and some incredible bacon, and Hallie got a breakfast burrito the size of a small car. 

In the evening, Eliza made a blanket bed as we watched A Wrinkle in Time. Hallie went to our neighbor's Shelly's for dinner, and then they watched the quite exciting Rams vs Buccaneers NFL game.

Landon decided to style his hair. We told him he looked like Ed Grimley of SCTV fame.