Jonathan & Lindsey's Family Blog

Here’s the before and afters of our floors. I think they turned out great!

After – no more orange!

We replaced our drawer knobs with pulls for a more updated look

One of the “silver” linings of the water damage that occurred at our home was that we were forced to vacate the house while the floors were refinished. With the kids all doing remote school and Jonathan working remotely, we decided to rent a VRBO on a lake. What a coincidence that we ended up on Silver Lake. It’s a perfect little kayaking and paddle boarding lake in Everett. Unfortunately, the weather didn’t completely cooperate with our plans and we had a bit of rain and cool weather, but we still made it out on the water as much as possible. It was a great way to end the summer!

Charging station

We brought Barbies to keep Layla busy during school

The grey house is the one we stayed in.

Avery on the SUP

‘Sup, bros?

Avery went out one morning before school

One of the hardest thing about this pandemic is not getting to see grandparents as much or for as long as normal. At the end of summer when cases were at a low we decided we felt good about having Grammy come to spend a few days with us. Here are some pics from our visit.

Grammy school – in person!

We went boating on Lake Sammamish one afternoon.

While we were out we got paid Seeta and Phani a visit. I think we were all glad to see each other and catch up a little. That’s their house just above, and slightly to the right of Layla’s head.

Puzzling

Papa came to spend and afternoon and retrieve Grammy.

Papa and Silas played a serious game of Battleship

I used to love doing this puzzle when I was her age.

Our kids went back to school on August 31st. And by back to school, I mean they stayed home. Like most families, we started the school year remote. We are doing a hybrid of distance learning 2.0 through the district and some homeschool, and so far it is going pretty well – or as well as can be expected. I’m lucky that they all get along pretty well and they have good attitudes about learning. The hardest part for me is not having any free time, so a lot of things are falling though the cracks. Like this blog, for instance. I’m retro-publishing this as September 1st, but it’s actually October 18th. The kids each see a couple of friends in person, but they miss seeing everyone and having all those interactions. Avery misses sports. I am learning so much about my kids and their resilience from this experience. It is not what I would have wished for, but I feel fortunate that we can roll with the punches and make lemons into lemonade.   

Ms. McCann
 

Mr. Schaak

Here’s what our family was up to during the rest of August:

Beginning to look like Jonathan at work!

A visit from Grammy and Papa

Air hugs!

At Rattlesnake Lake

With Georgia

Swim lessons

Phoebe and Leo walking during swimming

Story time with Grammy

A little fence repair

At Claire’s

Someone decided to play hairdresser and give herself a trim!

Sort of the 80’s rocker look

Kieron loves his Raddish boxes

Pizza pockets!

Puzzlers

Making pom pom monsters from the Kiwi Crate

Someone outgrew me!

Pupacino from Starbucks for Phoebe

At Claire’s 5th birthday party

Doing an egg toss!

Dessert in the back yard

Making pancakes

She wanted to see our wedding album on our anniversary.

Phoebe trying to make friends

Hot dog knows how to cool off!

At Grammy and Papa’s – Maui & Whidbey

Lat time at Pier 1 – the end of an era

We watched Marshawn while the Lotts were out of town. Actually, he laid eggs so it’s Marsha now.

Layla loved this tent Grammy gave her.

We did a little kitchen update – changed out the knobs for drawer pulls.

Before

The boys built this at the woods one afternoon

A girl and her dog