It Took Exactly Two Years For Rona to Catch Us

According to internet sources the first US case of C-19 was confirmed on January 20th, 2020.  This was from samples taken from a patient on around January 18th.  

Turns out, our household started showing symptoms of the Rona on January 18th, exactly 2 years from this first case.  (Found in Washington State!)  

Thankfully, our symptoms were much more mild than the original strains.  We felt very tired, achy, etc. for a few days and off-and-on other various symptoms ongoing for about a week and a half so far.  The week has felt very strange as we slept a lot and woke up every day wondering if we would feel different . . .either for better or worse. The week was kind of a blur and felt like we were in a fog . . . and actually, we were!  This is how much of the week literally looked outside our windows as we quarantined at home for that first week. 

A Few of the Special Guests We've had This Weekend!

Loved having the Smith family, as always! 

And we were very blessed to have one of Joseph's sisters join us!  And even on her birthday!  

Happy 20th birthday, Teresa!

 

Joseph's Wedding Proposal to Caroline!

Saturday, January 15th! 

We went to check out a local, potential wedding venue with Joseph and Caroline, 

and this is where Joseph popped the big question! 

He also invited John & Valerie along, and had John play a couple love songs for the background music! 

It was very quiet and romantic! 

(I was so happy to be able to take pictures! Valerie video-taped the special moment & then she also took many photos!  So they had just about every moment documented, I think!) 

These are all from my camera.  Some aren't the best quality, but I sure enjoyed trying to capture all the emotions and facial expressions in all the special moments! And then I had a hard time choosing which ones to post here, so went with lots of them! ;-) ) 

These couples pictures Valerie took! Love them! 

After the proposal, they spent some more time with John and Valerie out town, while Dad and I came home and decorated the house and prepare dinner for a celebration/party! 

And then all the siblings gathered for some shooting just before sunset! 

(Pictures courtesy of Caroline's phone! :-) )

Then, back at the "homestead" we all gathered for dinner and dessert!