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Thanksgiving 2020

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Adam did an amazing job making his first Turkey EVER! It was so great! And the gravy turned out super well also. Don't tell grandma, but it was better than hers! 😏 It was a quiet Thanksgiving, but great nonetheless! Hoping that we can all go back to normal next year for our holidays, but happy to do our part to save the hospital system. (Side note-an after Thanksgiving Surge never happened in Wisconsin, in fact, cases went down quite drastically)  

Happy 40th Adam

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We did a Pandemic 40 beer drop on our porch. Adam got a variety of FUN beers to try over the next year or so!   

Halloween 2020

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This was actually one of the best Halloween's ever. We had a blast shooting candy out of our homemade shoot and visiting from afar (with masks) with neighbors. The kids had a great time walking around the  neighborhood trick or treating. And the best part...it was 50 degrees! Yahoo!   

Oh a hiking we will go...

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Back to School

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We resumed school on September 8th, 2020! Here is my teaching set up (for the first half of the year at least) and Charlie is virtual and Carrie and Colin are half days.   

Pandemic Pets

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 We caved and allowed 2 pandemic pets to enter our lives. Biscuit and Crystal are now "ours."   

Schools

 It's the beginning of August and alas, the pandemic is in not much better shape than it was back in March/April. Over 160,000 people have died from Covid-19.  Our society, so quickly to value money over life, decided to open up the economy faster than recommended. Well, you know what happened. Cases rose, death rose and here we are...deciding what to do with our children for fall.  Luckily, in Dane County, where we live, we've had a mask mandate in place since early July. This has help our numbers way down. In fact, I think we are doing a pretty stellar job. Bars are not allowed to have people sit inside them anymore and restaurants are down to 25% capacity indoors. Outdoor dining and drinking still allowed as long as distanced.  So, the ultimate conundrum that we never thought in a million years....what to do with the kids? Certainly throwing them in a room with 25 kids unmasked and a teacher is a bad idea. But what is the best idea? We shouldn't be having to make ...