June 7 – 13

This was a pretty ordinary week! Mark went to the bird refuge Monday through Thursday and did other research projects in town on Friday.

I went to the dentist on Tuesday. I was a little unsure about going to the dentist during a pandemic, but they had a lot of great precautions in place! I wore a mask in the waiting room and signed a paper saying I felt well and hadn’t been around anyone I knew had the virus. They also took my temperature before taking me to the examination room. There I used mouth wash and hand sanitizer. They even sanitized my credit card for me after I paid. I really appreciated all they are doing to prevent the spread of this illness.

My oldest sister, Marisa, came to Logan to visit for the weekend. Her son will be set apart as a missionary on July 1!!!! He’ll be our first nephew to serve a mission and we know he’s going to be great!! We spent Thursday and Friday evening playing badminton, playing in the sand, and visiting. The youngest nephew said Mark is his favorite uncle (and I sure can’t blame him). I also made them the Brazilian cheese bread the Brazilian sister in my ward taught me to make. They didn’t turn out exactly right but were pretty yummy. I wanted to make them because our nephew has been called to serve his mission in Salvador, Brazil. He’ll be doing home-MTC for six weeks.

On Saturday morning, Mark picked up the two oldest boys to hike Crimson trail. We all couldn’t believe how quickly they got home! They must have done the 6 mile hike in an hour and a half or so. They had a lot of fun!! That afternoon Marisa ordered Morty’s as a thank you to Mark and a birthday present to me! Then we made frozen yogurt in our ice cream maker. I’ve never done that before but will definitely have to try it again this summer!

We have been picking more strawberries from our garden and picked our first pepper!