Easter and the Day After....

Easter was different this year, but the reason for it didn't change.  We rejoice and are so thankful that Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us and died on the cross, but on the 3rd day He was no longer in the Tomb!!  We were able to enjoy some outside time, a walk, and our church service before the rain set in.  We were able to FaceTime and call several family members and worked together to make Easter Dinner.  We went to Mrs. Debra's for dinner and social distance ate dinner together.  The rain held off and we were on her porch and she ate inside.  It was SO nice to enjoy each other's company.  The next day however, things took a different turn.  The storm was terrible, but thankfully we didn't have damage, however our power went out at 5:30 in the morning.  We waited the ENTIRE day for it to come back.  We waited and went for a walk, waited and did some school work, waited and Matt had to go into work, waited and ate lunch out, waited and played some games, waited and went to the church to ride bikes, waited and ate dinner out again, waited and waited, and finally went to bed.  The power FINALLY came back on at 4:17 that morning.  We had to completely empty the fridge, but by God's grace the freezer was spared.  I woke up at 3 and I was really not pleased, then imagine my guilt when the power came on, meaning the power people had worked all through the night while I was pitching a fit in my head in my safe, cozy bed.  It definitely taught me a lot and while we were inconvenienced, we truly had so much to be thankful for.  With all of the tornadoes, we were safe and still had shelter over us, and it was a beautiful day so we could be outside and still see!  So here are our Easter adventures and 23 hour no electricity day pictures:

Easter Basket Treasures

Pretty Girl

Chalk art before the rain

Making macaroni and cheese.  Which we only got to eat once because we lost all our Easter leftovers....

Zooming with the Hirschmanns

Social Distance Easter Dinner

Bike riding at the church.  Becca took to the no training wheels instantly!

Scrubbing the empty fridge...

Sarah Anne's Easter Picture

Wonder Woman

I love her snail!!

Preparing for Easter

This month continues to be strange, but we are finally getting into the groove of new things.  The girls met their 180 days of school a few days ago, so I had to come up with a new plan and agenda to keep us from watching TV all day!  We have 3 different sets of ways to have activities, we either draw activities out of a bowl and complete them, I set up a Scavenger Hunt to find the activities, or I have bags with activities in them and the girls choose one.  Some things are just fun, some are school/review related, some are chores as we try and tackle an area or two everyday, and some include exercise.  It's been different, but it really has been fun.  Matt continues to work while we complete the activities.  So here are our activities from last week with lots of different Easter activities. 

Becca had sweet friends deliver a package (They stayed 6 feet apart)

This is how Sarah Anne goes for Corona Walks

Becca's Easter Egg

Becca's name design

Sarah Anne's birdhouse sketch

SA's favorite dessert

SA's Easter Egg

Sarah Anne's name sketch

The girls LOVE riding bikes right now

Easter Egg exercise hunt

Making Easter Treats

They were so cute!

Bike riding at church

Kindle/TV time

Chalk art

We let the girls stay up late one night and put glow sticks in Easter Eggs and had flashlights!

It was so much fun!!

Waiting for our turn!

COVID-19 The First 3 Weeks

Ok, so if we are honest I don't know how long this new "normal" has been going on.  Each day kind of blurs into the next, but I am thankful for the extra time we get to slow down and enjoy being the family of 4 that God intended us to be.  Sadly, we have had to cancel a lot of fun plans, but it really has been nice to slow down.  Sarah Anne said the other day, "I haven't been in a store in over 2 weeks".  We are really trying to take this time seriously and while Matt and I have gone out, we come straight home and wash everything and shower.  So, I realized I have not taken a ton of pictures during our time, but we will do better in the future.  Both girls hit 180 days of school this week so we are officially done with school, however I have developed new plans that will make school look different, and hopefully the girls won't notice.  We have played lots of games, gone on tons of walks, and have made lots of FaceTime calls to friends.  Here are just a few pictures:

Love this girl!

Washing cars with Bubby!

Bubby's sermon

Playing baseball

Basketball

Becca's art sketches for Grounded

Sarah Anne's

The girls went for their first swim.  It didn't last long

Found a chicken on our walk

We've been watching old Duke games since March Madness was cancelled!

A sneak peek at our "Easter pictures" for surprises soon!

Matt and I were not dressed for Easter pictures!

I love these girls and this church we are so blessed to be a part of.  It was so peaceful and amazing to be there even alone.  Although there is so much unknown right now, the peace that God has given us and the precious gift of salvation is something that outweighs it all and where we are trying to keep our focus!