David and Kris's Blog

Sunday, March 20, 2022

February 2022

February got away from me. It is the middle of March. I have been going over the edit of the first draft of my personal history, and it has taken LOTS of time. But here you go: February. The remodel of the main bathroom at our house got underway with demolition, electrical, and rough plumbing. We attended a delightful performance of Over the River and through the Woods at Hale Center. We had a lovely Valentines dinner with SKT and Annie, a fun Group dinner at the Ostergars, and cousins' breakfast with Kreg. Oliver David opened his mission call at our house, and brother Hank celebrated his 91st birthday with the extended family. The month raced by!

Demolition

Ready for the next step

I don't know where they find all these fun plays

Flowers for Kris, candy for David

Delicious dinner with the Taylor/Woodburys

Electrician on the job

Valentine portrait by Nano

North-east corner

Southwest corner

Beautiful February storm, but we are still very dry

Plumbers next

Dickie, Kreg, and SKT

Ollie reading his call on Zoom

Tall lad, good lad

BRAZIL!

Happy birthday to Hank

He is amazing at 91!

That's a wrap.

OXO

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

January 2022 COVID!

January began with the usual New Years festivities, the Greek Dinner, and in addition, exposure to the Omicron strain of COVID. Initial PCR tests showed a negative result for Dickie and a positive result for Krisy. The results took several days, and by the time Kris's arrived, I was feeling poorly. So we did antigen tests and we were both positive. The symptoms were not bad, but the protocols are so unclear that we were unsure what to do. So we isolated for a couple of weeks until the symptoms were gone. We performed another round of antigen tests and Kris was negative, but I was still positive. A few days later I finally tested negative and we were back in the game. Isolating was fine: Annie brought us our online order of groceries from Harmons and some odds and ends from Costco. We also cleaned out several items from the freezer. Life is back to normal and February (next post) is underway.

New Years Eve nosh

So much good cousin game time

Gavin came through, as always, with sparklers

The traditional Greek dinner was delicious

At the Bright Building this year

Good time

The younger cousins

Could this have been the last good snow of the year?

The Soelberg cousins "running with them"

Good-bye Youngsters

Opa's birthday lunch on 6 January

That's my negative PCR result when I was already feeling poorly

There's my positive result on the antigen test

Woohoo! Finally a negative result after several weeks of isolation

The front bathroom remodel gets underway in February, so there will be more. But this is all for now.

OXO

Friday, January 7, 2022

December 2021

December included the Timpview Christmas concert, a new dishwasher, La Casita with brothers and their wives, new counter tops, Sunday dinner with Colton and Millie when the Youngs arrived, Group Christmas party at the Millers, and of course, Christmas itself. More new counters in the bathroom, and tile in the kitchen and bath. Lots of young cousins in and out, games, puzzles and New Years Eve.