Aftermath

 This week has been crazy.  We got home Sunday from our trip, put things away and got the house ready for daycare.  Started daycare Monday, visited with Jim, Judy, James(who's in town), Amy and some of the Hansen family, got sick Friday morning, Ada and I were diagnosed with Covid, shut down the daycare for the weekend, found a substitute for our musical number on Sunday, called everyone to let them know they were exposed to covid and found out that two of my daycare kids had also just gotten sick with strep and hand foot and mouth.  It's been quite the week.  We were registered to run the temple to temple run, but hung out at our house instead.  By Saturday/Sunday the rest of the family were all starting to show symptoms.  So far my helper, Beth, and one of the daycare kids have come down with covid.  Hopefully that's as far as it goes.  It's possible that we gave it to the Hansens and Grandparents, but we're praying that if we did.... it goes well.  I'm supposed to open the daycare Wed again, so tomorrow is sanitize the house and toys day.  The rest of my family is supposed to get out of quarantine Thursday, so they'll stay upstairs while my daycare is down.  My daycare partner is in Ecuador right now otherwise I'd have her take them for the rest of the week. Oh well. 

This is our second time with Covid.  This time it took about 3 really sick days and 2 kind of bleh days.  Ada and I have lost our sense of smell, but I prefer that to the tingly/itchy skin I had last time.

Sunday

Sunday, we cleaned up the cabin, packed, had a devotional in the morning and went hiking at Intermittent Springs on our drive home.  It's apparently the largest cold-water geyser in the US. There were lots of bugs, but especially lots of butterflies everywhere.  I don't do uphill quickly... so we took our time, but the water tasted good and it was fun to see.  There were even some little chipmunk friends around. I love that we got to hike with my parents (they are not big hikers), my brother and sister and my family.

I loved watching my parents hold hands the whole time.

The actual spring

 

Shopping in Afton

It was a hot hot day.... but we went window shopping.  One shop owner was super sweet and we bought some fun fossils for Sam.... the next door owner was so mean and grumpy.... even swearing at our preteens for touching things in the store.  We left that store pretty quick without buying the earrings we decided to put back.

 

Hanging out

Uncle Seth held another magic tournament.  I love that all the kids like to participate and that we can take breaks whenever we need to.

These two buddies were inseparable and adorable.

 

Jenny Lake

We made our way over to Jenny lake.  Parking was a pill, but we set up a base camp to have lunch.  Then we broke up in to a group that would stay, a group that would cross the lake on the boat and two hiking groups.

And a picture I missed on my last post... isn't my Daddy so cute.