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Normal and New Normal

Well, before I get into an update on life on the inside, here are some pics from back when things were 'normal.'  These were from two weekends ago now, I believe. Sort of a long story, but the short version is Dana and Clara went to Zorbaz for pizza and then on to Detroit Mountain for some snow tubing. Clara had a blast, of course, and it was such a beautiful day for it. Last Friday Brynn and I met my parents for dinner and then went bowling while Dana and Clara headed to Dead Lake to help with cabin reno. We had a great time at The Bowler. Saturday Brynn was surprised to find that she was going to be helping her friend celebrate her birthday with an overnight swim party at the Holiday Inn. Annabelle's stepmom said they swam for seven hours on Saturday! Clara was a good helper at the cabin. Brynn's strange tricks. Clara drew a spider crawling up an orange tree. :-)  Sunday evening we learned that Brynn would not be go...

Sledding + Haircuts, etc.

The wildlife continues to roam out in our neck of the woods. These tracks were from a gaggle (is that the correct term?) of wild turkeys wandering about the neighborhood. Last Sunday on our way home from church, they were making their way across University, not a care of the traffic they were holding up.  I saw this cute cake while I was grocery shopping at my all-time fav grocery store, Cash Wise. I picked up a couple of their woodfire pizzas for lunch while I was there. They're really yummy. The girls had both asked to get haircuts and Clara wanted hers pretty well chopped off. Sadly, our go-to hair gal, Ashley from Whipper Snippers, had to close her salon during her battle with cancer. :-(  So, I just made appointments at what I thought was the closest MJ Capelli location to us...but alas I had called the wrong one and we ended up over on 13th Ave. The stylist seemed hesitant cutting that much off of Clara's hair, but, she forged on. I was hopp...