In February, the state slowly started to open back up. I had been stocking all the sports websites waiting for announcements and as soon as sports opened up, I signed the kids up. They need more social interaction and just to get out of the house. Home school doesn't provide much socializing so I was excited for the kids to be with other kids and to learn new skills.
Kimball did a speed and agility class which was only 5 weeks long. They worked a lot on foot coordination, jumping high and far, "jaw/pocket" for speed, and getting those arms going. He really enjoyed it.
Daddy playing house with Cora. Within a few minutes, everyone was playing house. Daddy has the best sound affects and humor for that kind of thing.
Making Valentine cookies with his #1 girl.
In February Jeff and Penny announced their date for receiving their endowments and getting sealed to each other. We were so blessed when mom came to spend time with the kids so Lance and I could fly to Las Vegas. That night we left in a blizzard and arrived to clear skies and palm trees, it was a really nice transition.
It was HEAVENLY to be back in the temple after such a long absence!! I had a really neat spiritual experience there and was SOOO blessed to be invited to go. The temple allowed 16 people only to ensure safe social distancing and sanitizing protocols. Everybody in their ward asked them if they could go, haha. We were able to meet Courtney and her husband who have been teaching them the new member discussions (we've been joining those discussions via Zoom) and been instrumental in their retention. They had a lovely lunch after the sealing and had a special cake that was shared with everyone, including Penny's two girls and their families. What a special weekend! It was just so good to be in warmer weather, be around people, able to worship in the temple, visit and eat with friends, and have good gospel discussions. Thank you, Mom, for enabling us to go!
Love notes from Grandma we found after she left to go back home.
For Cora's sentences at school she wrote, "My favorite part of my grandma visiting is cuking together. I luv my grandma!"
At the end of February Cora started reading therapy twice a week, one through Zoom and one in person. It has helped her tremendously but we still have a lot of work to do! I'm thankful to sit in on the sessions because there are concepts I didn't recognize Cora wasn't getting. For example, they're working on auditory processing because she isn't able to hear every letter in a word, especially a word with two consonants together. Like the word TRIP, she can't hear the R which makes it harder for her to read the word and even harder to spell the word. She also can't grasp rhyming and is still a bit confused on vowels. But this year I'll continue her speech and reading therapies through the summer so she can try to get caught up to her peers. I'm so thankful for her therapists!
Happy Sunday!
