We had plans to celebrate Marie's birthday on Sunday at the same time as Rachel's birthday, but she had been exposed to a patient who had tested positive for COVID at work so she opted to stay home and asked us if we could keep the girls here longer than normal, at least until she got tested Monday. We said of course.
This is the nightly view after personal scripture reading. The 3 girls reading on their own for 20-30 minutes every night.
Marie's test on Monday came back negative so we made plans to bring the girls home Tuesday to do school, but thankfully Marie changed her mind sometime overnight as they got a couple more cases of COVID showing up where she works. She got tested again on Tuesday and this time it came back positive. Because the girls hadn't been in close quarters with her since the previous Friday we felt pretty confident that she was not contagious at that point (I think I've read that people can be contagious a couple days before symptoms start). She started to feel tired on Tuesday, and by Wednesday had a cough and couldn't taste or smell. She mostly slept for a couple days straight and by Friday was feeling a lot better. We took the girls in a few times to talk to her through the window while she stayed inside and they stayed outside. They miss her, but Facetime and in person visits have helped.
It's unfortunate that it was precisely over Thanksgiving break that Marie was sick and had to miss out on the traditions.
We did our 3rd annual turkey trot. Grandma and Grandpa Campbell came down to join us for Thanksgiving, and Grandma joined in on the turkey trot, too.
The kids are troopers and B and Megan came in first (since they were both on scooters), and Ryan was the first kid to make it running the whole way. He is quite a runner. He was on a very fast pace for a kid with legs that short. I don't remember what Savannah said his pace was, but I'm thinking maybe under 9 minutes per mile?
After the turkey trot the participants got these turkey cupcakes some of the kids helped Grandma Knight decorate the day before.
Just before Thanksgiving dinner was served we had a piano recital. Since Ryan, Annie and Rachel all take piano from Sister Bauer, and we couldn't do a regular recital with all her students at the same time because of COVID, she asked us to pick a time when the kids could play for an audience. It turned out well. I don't think they were quite as nervous as they would have been in front of non-relatives, and maybe didn't practice quite as much as they would have otherwise, but they still did a good job and it was nice to hear their lovely performances.
Thanksgiving dinner was an outdoor affair with lovely weather. Afterwards the kids enjoyed classic Donald Duck cartoons for quite a while. It was a great Thanksgiving.
The following day Grandma and Grandpa Campbell headed back to Utah, and we pulled out the Christmas decorations to begin transforming the house for the season.
Rachel topped the tree with hardly any help since she has gotten so stinking tall.
For lunch we headed to Reid Park for a picnic and some outdoor playtime.
The Knights joined us at the park. After playing and eating I took Peyton and McKenzie up the street a bit to visit Marie again for a while before we came back and picked everyone up to head back home.
Saturday was Ben's baptism. After the baptism the kids headed to Grandma's to decorate some Christmas ornaments from Color Me Mine.
They enjoyed painting, then Savannah took them on a walk to play in the tunnels underneath the car bridge to Mesquite Elementary, then back to her house to watch a movie. With all the kid-free time I went to a couple stores, then Jacob and I put up some outdoor Christmas decorations. Now Christmas has come to our house and we are done decorating and ready to just enjoy the season. :)
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