Snow Days

This week reminds me of Elastagirl—the need to be “flexible.”

The weather looked questionable Sunday night but when we woke up to clear roads Sariah and Hyrum headed off to school in the car.  Well, of course, the snow started and we didn’t want Sariah to drive home in it.  I made arrangements for Damon to take the car to Specht’s building and for the kids to ride the bus home.  After school activities were cancelled that day and there was a two-hour delay on Tuesday, so I took them to the bus stop that morning.  By the time Sariah’s game rolled around on Tuesday afternoon she hadn’t touched a basketball for two weeks.  She did well though (played 3 quarters of JV and sat the bench for varsity) and we brought the car home after the game on Tuesday.  She rode with Dad in the car and Hyrum rode with me in the van.  By the time we got home the hood was crusted with freezing rain.  The rest of the week two-hour delays turned into cancellations.  Pasco had school on Friday but that was the day of the Chinook wind and NFSD cancelled because the country roads were a mess with the fast thaw and all the slush.

That would have been enough excitement.  However, Sariah woke up not feeling too great on Wednesday morning.  That evening she used one of our at-home COVID tests and tested positive for COVID.  That night we turned the flood light on in the back and watched the snow come down and anticipated a cancellation the next day.  The next morning Rex and Lyle were out in the snow before Dad and I were out of bed.  Thursday night Sariah tested positive again.  I called and talked to her coach because her team was supposed to play Friday and Saturday.  Then the fiasco began.  With all the different rules we knew that it would complicate things for the whole team.  Home COVID tests are not counted so when the team had to be tested Friday for the game, of course she tested positive.  Long story short, the whole team is out through the 14^th and Sariah can’t go to school until the 14^th.  It’s finals week so it should be interesting. 

Dad started with a sore throat right when Sariah tested positive the first time.  It wasn’t just sympathy pains though.  He started going hoarse last night and tested positive and it has moved to his chest today.  Dad is still Dad, doing dishes and feeding chickens.  He is the rock of our family.  Yesterday he spent a long time outside having an airsoft war with the boys.  Sariah even got in on it, and Dad walked away with a few welts.  At the moment, the boys are in the backyard trying to retrieve airsoft BBs.  Rex is in basketball shorts and snow boots.

On Wednesday when all the other schools were cancelled, Glory Academy played in the snow.

Thursday, Glory Academy had its first snow day.  This is Rex on his zoom LA lesson.

Throw, Throw Burrito--gets pretty crazy sometimes!

The Chinook wind started blowing Friday morning so the kids made the most of it.  It was a good thing too, by Friday evening, the snow was gone.

After the Chinook wind on Friday these guys spent a few hours playing airsoft.
It was warm enough to be in shirt sleeves but they needed the padding.

Home for church with COVID.

This Jedi is trying to save the world before he heads off on his mission.