Stay At Home

We have literally been told to stay home to SAVE LIVES!  How crazy is that? 

I love being at home.  LOVE it!  But, it is challenging to stay inside.  Luckily for us, our county hasn't issued a "shelter in place" order yet.  So, we can still get outside as long as we keep a social distance from others.  Mike and I get outside daily to exercise but we stay away from other people and try not to touch... anything! 

We did have to do a quick grocery run but we chose to do a pickup order and tried to get enough food for 2 weeks to minimize our exposure by having to run out frequently to the store. 

Other than that, here's how we're making the best of this strange situation:

We went sledding at Boulder Lodge (Heavenly Ski Resort): 

WE POSED FOR A PICTURE ON BOULDER CHAIR

We bought Clayton a little tent recently... thinking we could use it on the beach in Hawaii (we had a trip to Maui booked for April 9th but that will be getting cancelled unfortunately).  Anyway, he has LOVED playing in his little tent: 

EXPLORING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
DARKNESS AND LIGHT

THIS KID LOVES TO BE IN A BOX

We have gone for lots of walks in the neighborhood:

We have done lots of reading... 

We tamed some wild bedhead: 

LOVE HOW HE'S SMILING AT DAD

We played dress up in dad's hat... 

And Mike and I have taken turns getting outside for some exercise: 

SKINNING UP STAGECOACH RUN...
KEEPING MY SOCIAL DISTANCE FROM
THE OTHERS

GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
PLACE... BUT ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME
AND HEALTH TO GET OUT AND ENJOY IT! 

THE ANTS GO MARCHING UP THE HILL...
LOTS OF PEOPLE OUT GETTING SOME FRESH
AIR AND EXERCISE!
UNFORTUNATELY LOTS OF THEM WEREN'T
KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE AND THAT IS WHY THIS
WILL LAST MONTHS!!! 

MY REST STOP BEFORE SKIING DOWN

Ironically, we have had the best snowfall AFTER the mountain closed because of Coronavirus.  I've skied some awesome powder but you have to earn your turns and you only get one run down the hill (unless you want to hike back up).  It's hard but more rewarding.  And... it's an AWESOME workout. 

The saddest part of staying home has been watching Zephyr mope around the house because he wants so badly to go to work.  He doesn't understand that the mountain is closed.  So, Mike has been getting him out occasionally to do some searching.  It keeps him happy and he doesn't lose his skills.  

I hope that if you're reading this, you are staying home and staying well!  Staying home has its challenges but try to savor this time!  It will be over before we know it (I hope)!