October--usually one of my favorite months of the year. This October ended up being one for the books.
Gracie still lived her best life.
We noticed bands practicing outside to still be able to play without passing on Covid.
Brian and I went on a double date with Dustin and Serene. Right after we got to our table, I went to find a bathroom and Brian sat at our table all alone waiting for me to come back and Dustin and Serene to arrive.
We went to more soccer games (Gabe is #3).
I participated in a Halloween themed styled shoot up by Squaw Peak and the fall colors were GORGEOUS!
We watched General Conference, held 100% virtually for the second time in history.
Taryn came on the Sunday of conference so I could take her family pictures. Elijah has been having health concerns, and she was going to be meeting with a neural surgeon in the week or so following. A lot of things were uncertain, and it was a big priority for Taryn to get pictures, just in case the unthinkable happened.
Here's some Conference Selfies:
The primary sent these questionnaires out for the Primary Program. Gabe's the only one who did it because Brian was the one who filled it in.
Is this when Michael started taking care of our neighbors' dogs? I don't remember. Regardless, he loves dogs.
I feel like this is Rachel resting, no Rachel feeling ill. The one good side of the pandemic is that there has been a lot less sickness hitting us.
I made mango avocado salsa one day, and I thought it made a pretty flat lay photo.
We discovered that Danny's team has the same color as Michael's team for soccer. Too bad they're a year apart...they could have been playing on the same team!
Michael worked on homework.
And we continued to tuck Rachel and Gabe in every night.
I got to take pictures for a sealing in Payson for our former Bishop's daughter. I shot her wedding back in May, so it was really special to finish it out.
We continued having church at home.
Brian and I played games together, and one of us got this horribly dealt hand.
Gabe got even better at coloring.
We did a little research for storing crafting supplies in the kids' craft room.
Michael obsessed over and built this airplane.
And Rachel made this.
All the while, Gracie continued to live her best life.
Gabe kept diligently working on Upstart five days a week, and attended preschool 3 times a week.
We looked through Rachel's backpack and found these funny things:
Seriously? Why does she need football trading cards from the high school? This was such a strange thing to find. Oh boy!
And this...what?
The kids loved having a swing-set and lights to see by.
Brian and I found this collection of books at DI and couldn't resist bringing the entire set home for our airplane enthusiast.
We got our first snowfall not long after returning from our trip to Yellowstone. We absolutely timed that perfectly. Most of the roads in the park closed the very next weekend due to snow.
The Wednesday after we got back from Yellowstone, Brian got a massive headache and started not feeling well. He immediately jumped to "I should go get tested for Covid." I thought that was a little extreme. Nobody else from the trip was sick. There was nobody that we had been around that had tested positive. Our heat had kicked on for the first time that year, and I told Brian, "This always happens when the heat first kicks on. We get sore throats and colds. Every. Year." He felt better the next day other than cold symptoms.
Then, on Sunday, I taught a lesson to my Young Women's class, and then came down to watch our church Sacrament Meeting broadcast. While I was sitting there, I noticed that my chest ached similar with an ache that results from lots and lots of coughing. Only, I hadn't been coughing. I told Brian about it, and we both decided we should get tested for Covid. Thankfully, they had the spit test available.
We paused our lives while we waited for test results. Well, paused as in we put ourselves in quarantine, but resumed life as usual. The kids did school online, and I kept sewing Halloween costumes. Gracie kept me company.
Monday night, I noticed that my test results were in, and I mine came back negative. I knew it! I'd over-reacted.
Then Brian looked at his, and his came back positive.
Well crap.
He did a virtual doctor's visit, but he was feeling pretty decent, other than feeling really tired. Meanwhile, I started going downhill--mostly just feeling completely worn out. I was really concerned about my lungs though since I'd fairly recently had pneumonia and my lungs were still in really bad shape. Brian set up an online appointment with a doctor, and she said that based on my symptoms and the fact that Brian tested positive, I definitely had the virus, even though the test hadn't detected it. She prescribed me a steroid inhaler and an albuterol inhaler. The steroid inhaler made all the difference. There was one night where I was really struggling to breath, and the virus had triggered my heart arrhythmia, and I freaked out. I thought, "And this is how it kills people." I didn't voice any of my panic to Brian, but he must have sensed that things weren't good, and he gave me a blessing.
Meanwhile, during the day, I kept right on going to the craft room every day to push through making costumes for our kids. They were so disappointed that they couldn't go to any Halloween parties or go trick-or-treating, and I was determined that they would AT LEAST have their costumes to wear. My eyes were tired with sickness, and all I wanted to do was sleep, but I kept sewing. My kids were counting on me!
Since the neighborhood kids are super friendly and Gabe is irresponsible, we texted all our neighbors to let them know we had Covid and to let their kids know to avoid us for a few weeks. Their outpouring of love and support blew us away.
My friend (and ministering sister) dropped off this goody basket:
Another neighbor brought over this puzzle and treats.
Someone else brought us donuts.
My other ministering sister and friend brought us soup.
Another neighbor brought over this:
I loved her note:
Her husband also went to the store to pick up my prescription, so he was literally a life saver! Someone else picked us up something that we had forgotten in our grocery order. Brian's boss sent us a chicken pot pie and bought us all dinner on release night because I was pretty much out of commission. We were so well taken care or, and we were overwhelmed with gratitude.
The kids had extra time to work on things, like this plane.
Gabe and Rachel had a few sniffles, and we thought surely they had caught it, but all of their tests came back negative. That didn't affect how long they stayed out of public school, but the negative tests meant that they could come back to dance and preschool. Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself. That happened in November. We ended the month of October quarantined for reals because we caught the Rona. Best we can figure? Brian caught it from someone at the gas station in Ogden where we made a pit stop on the way home from Idaho.
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