2020 Broke Me

Somehow I was still able to accomplish most of my goals I set for 2020 and we actually had a pretty good year. These are my Top 9 favorites though. 

Visiting Josh and Marissa in Arizona, our monthly temple dates that turned into family temple walks and picnics, we hiked to the Y while I was 22 weeks pregnant, planted our first garden, Kohen was born and then on the news, Kyle finished the basement and Kasen and Tai moved downstairs where Tai got a new big girl bed, they got to go to 2 sessions of swimming lessons for the first time over the summer and this year Kasen went to Kindergarten and Tai started Preschool! I'm surprised they haven't had to miss a single day of school yet.

Other highlights were camping at both Jordanelle and Pine View, getting Kiwi, Kasen playing quickball, watching butterflies grow and I read 16 new books this year. The kids and I also finished listening to the Book of Mormon (for the 3rd time?) together again this year and I finished reading it again. As far as pandemic Bingo cards go: we never ran out of toilet paper, still haven't caught the Rona, but have been tested, didn't lose a job (essential worker), still got a stimulus check, Zoomed lots of meetings, cancelled a trip, I refuse to buy a facemask so I just steal Kyle's, did join a car parade, voted, never watched Tiger King, Hamilton or downloaded TikTok.

I think that 2020 has broken me though.

For as long as I can remember I have always had new year's resolutions that I want to work towards and look forward to during the year, but this year I got nothin. Usually I'm a super goal oriented person and I'm the type that once I decide to do something, I just do it. I have to finish what I start. Even if I don't like the book I'm reading or the TV series I'm watching, I will still finish it.

But we still can't go to the temple, I still can't sign up for 5K races, I still can't go to TOFW, I still don't know if I want to register Kasen for soccer because they won't refund any money if that gets cancelled and I still don't know if I can/should plan a 10 year anniversary trip. Cause there ain't no way I am spending money on virtual anything! 

 

So I guess here is to my first year of zero new years resolutions! We'll see what happens. 

Aaaannnd the following are just 47 of the crazy things I learned during the EPIC year of 2020:

1. Even when Arizona is hot, the pools are still too cold to swim in
2. The deliciousness of eating an orange straight off the tree
   
3. NEVER eat raw bat. EVER
   
4. Always keep extra toilet paper on hand in case of a national health crisis
5. Being quarantined with young children 24/7 is the new best birth control
6. The joy of finally building a life size, 3 snowball snowman
   
7. What a 5.7 earthquake feels like
8. If you think you might have mice in your house then you definitely have mice in your house
9. It is possible to catch 2 mice in one trap
10. It takes about 4 months to completely eliminate over 30 mice both inside and outside of a house
    
11. It takes me and Kyle 5 hours to do a 500 piece puzzle
12. I can do level 4 Sudoku puzzles now, without any help 
    
13. Gold kiwis are a thing
14. "Bathtub" crayons actually do not come off the bathtub without EXTREME effort and are no longer allowed in my house. Along with chocolate puddings and slime.
    
15. How to tape and mud dry wall
16. Just cover the furniture when you paint
    
17. How fast cooking with a insta pot is
    
18. How to make homemade lemonade
19. How to make Disney dole whips
20. The perfect combination of Cascade and Lemi Shine is what gets dishes clean even with a brand new dishwasher
    
21. Only 17 people are allowed in the pool area, not just in the pool! We can't read and we can't count 
22. What year the PG pool opened apparently is the world's biggest secret
    
23. Planting things in "mounds" in the garden is 0% effective at growing anything
24. Broccoli starts growing yellow flowers if you don't pick it soon enough
25. Bunches of onion starts are supposed to be separated before planting them...
    
26. Peeka is very capable of digging holes deep enough and big enough for her to fit underneath the fence
27. More people hate police officers and want to defund the police than I could have ever imagined
    
28. What it's like to have gestational diabetes and test my blood and how to count carbs 
29. You can paint in ventilated areas while pregnant 
30. It takes about $9,000 and about 5 months for Kyle to finish the unfinished half of our basement
    
31. What a Covid test up the nose feels like
32. American Fork hospital will not give you an induction time until literally 30 minutes before you need to be at the hospital. It takes longer than 30 minutes for us to drive to the hospital
    
33. When you have a baby the same week as your sister, at the same hospital, during Covid-19 then you get to be on the news
    
34. How my phone camera can scan QR codes
35. Baby #3 costs more to bring home from the hospital than the other 2 babies combined
36. The first 2 weeks of nursing hurts a million times worse than having a clogged milk duct 
37. It takes more than 3 afternoons of bike riding for Kasen to learn to ride on two wheels, but he can do a back flip off the ladder in Knox's pool 
38. Riding a bike for the first time in 12 years makes your bum sore
    
39. The experience of doing sacrament at home for a solid 3 months
    
40. Kasen is a sleep walker, just like his dad
    
41. Porch swings only last 3 years in Eagle Mountain's wind
42. Meeko, who disappeared July of 2019 has been hanging out at my neighbor's house this whole time
    
43. Making a cat and dog like each other literally scares the poop out of the cat
44. Soaking barbie doll hair in warm water then conditioner and brushing it out will fix it
45. Being home alone on Thanksgiving, when nobody is even sick, is a special kind of miserable
46. The pediatrician is open after hours and the instacare has no idea how to staple a head wound shut
47. How yummy homemade pasta is
48. The only perk of being a police officer is free rapid COVID testing

Welcome 2021