Day 396: 4-13-21 (Tuesday)
Today was a pretty chill day. Not much to report. Both girls are home and busily engaged in their homework. Bryn had track practice and is beyond thrilled to be back! She has her first meet on Saturday. Just adding sports back into her life has improved her countenance by A LOT! There is much less sad tortoise around here. LOL.
Day 397: 4-14-21 (Wednesday)
We found out that Bryn will go back to school FULL TIME on April 28th. Good! Tyler also got a very cryptic phone call from our friend Chris who also happens to be a counselor in the Stake Presidency. He wants to come over tomorrow afternoon to talk to Tyler. Are we nervous? Oh heck yes.
Day 398: 4-15-21 (Thursday)
Tyler found out that he won't be going back to the office now until SEPTEMBER!! That seems absolutely ridiculous especially with vaccines available. At least try a hybrid schedule or something.
So...our friend Chris came over this afternoon. He extended a call to Tyler to be the first counselor in the bishopric. I don't think the word SHOCK describes it adequately. Tyler hasn't even been at church in almost 400 days. Next Sunday was going to be his first Sunday back at church and now he's rolling in as the 1st counselor!?! Craziness. You know how I keep saying that I feel like I am in a parallel universe? Yeah. Further proof! He will be great though and I think it is such an incredible growth opportunity for him.
Tonight was also vendor night. My booth was down to bare bones. I have sold so much. I am grateful and stressed. But I got it all filled back up again with furniture and smalls and it's looking pretty. Whew.
Day 399: 4-16-21 (Friday)
I finally got notified that I qualify to be vaccinated in WA State. Good grief.
Today we went suit shopping and bought Tyler his first suit since his mission. LOL. That was a pretty hilarious event! We found him a very nice gray suit and even were able to scheduled an appointment to get it tailored in time for church on Sunday. Miraculous! The store where we bought the suit hemmed the pants but suits look SO MUCH nicer when they are tailored. We have a guy near us who does a fantastic job! We were grateful that he could squeeze Tyler in!
Ailey took her driving test and passed! She is official! Unfortunately, I have no photo. But... this has been LONG in coming!! She requested dinner from Zips to celebrate. It is so nice to have a third driver in the house again!! Especially as Bryn has track practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays and we are in CDA on Thursdays.
Tyler and I did a dark park walk for our date night. It was so pretty. Lots of stars.
Day 400: 4-17-21 (Saturday)
Today is Day 400 of COVID quarantine. Let that sink in. 400 DAYS.
I woke up early to watch the funeral of Prince Philip. I really miss my mom. The royals were one of our "things." We loved watching all of their special events and talking about them. She would have totally been up early watching this while on the phone with me. :(
Tyler got his suit back from the tailor and it looks fantastic!
Bryn had her first track meet and she did awesome! It is really exciting being back in the stands and cheering her on aka screaming my lungs out
Her relay team got 1st place in the 4x400 and she came in 2nd in the 200. So fun!
Day 401: 4-18-21 (Sunday)
The Johnsons are officially out of quarantine. Life still isn't normal. Ailey and Bryn still aren't in school full-time. Tyler still isn't back in the office. None of our children have been vaccinated yet. But...we are back in the world. Tyler is back in the world. That is HUGE. He went back to church today. He was also sustained and set apart as a member of our new bishopric. He spent all day hugging people and shaking hands so let's hope Moderna does its thing.
Today was a really special day for our family. Reilly and Hunter came to church with us and were there for Tyler's setting apart. Kameron, Judie, and Joel watched the livestream. The whole day was very emotional and spiritual. The outgoing bishop and bishopric (who we absolutely loved) all spoke and then the new incoming bishopric spoke. Tyler did a great job of just speaking off the cuff...nothing prepared. This is going to be such a great experience for him. Challenging but a really good one. Plus I don't think you could find anyone in that meeting who was more grateful to be there that day than Tyler.
Also being a part of the meeting (after sacrament meeting) where the Stake Presidency sets apart the new bishopric was an extremely neat experience. It is definitely one that I will never forget. I know that Kameron really missed being a part of it. Tyler stayed late as he was being trained and meeting with people.
Kam made a modification to our family picture. Ha ha!
The girls and I came home from church and we made a special dinner. We recreated yet another Joanna Gaines meal to celebrate Tyler's special day. On her show she did a big brunch episode and Tyler requested that we try a few of those recipes. We made the Hash Brown Casserole and the French Toast Crunch. It was fun cooking in the kitchen with my girls. Both recipes were good! (We also made buttermilk syrup and had strawberries and cream.) The Hash Brown Casserole is like a cross between Quiche Lorraine and Funeral Potatoes. In our family we are big quiche fans and (in our humble opinion) we have perfected it and we have also perfected our version of Funeral Potatoes. So we came to the conclusion that we like them separate. But we still liked the casserole. We really liked the French Toast Crunch. It requires a lot of steps, which was time consuming, but this was a really good recipe that we will definitely make again for special occasions. It is like next level French Toast.
After dinner the girls and I headed out to the Youth Emotional Resiliency Class at the stake center. Tonight's class was: Real Life Finances. This time the youth split up but didn't break into small groups so I didn't need to moderate my group of kids. The older kids met in the cultural hall and listened to a guest speaker and I got to stay in the chapel with Bryn and listen to the guest speaker for the younger kids. It was once again a packed house.
While the kids were eating their refreshments another crazy windstorm hit. Tyler said that the power flickered at our house but didn't go out. They sent the kids home ASAP. The power did end up going out at the stake center later that night. There were some trees down again but the storm wasn't as destructive as previous storms. What is even happening? Why are we constantly having all of these destructive windstorms? We are already at 3 just this year!!
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