Hangin' Around

The baby is officially a week past due. I feel pretty good for 41 weeks and not impatient enough to get induced, but I am getting kind of stir crazy and ready for a change of pace. 

Meanwhile in Schulz family news...

We're still hangin' around!

Matt has found time to start plugging away at the landscape project again!

Lemonade break!

Progress photo...

A couple weeks ago, Matt and I helped butcher pigs from Phil and Kelli at Andrew and Hannah's place. Their boys' fair pigs originally didn't have a place to go due to Covid canceling the fair, so we got one of the hogs to stock up our freezer with meat. Later, a modified version of the fair ended up going on and they probably could have found a place for the pigs, but it worked out well for us! Our kids got to spend the day with the Schulz cousins at Grandma's house.

They might as well be professionals.

Other highlights of the past few weeks were an outdoor singing at church, "attending" the virtual church conference, and a family night with the Massners after Mom and Dad got home from vacation.

One beautiful 65 degree day, the kids went outside and thought it was SO cold...they had to get all bundled up!

Matt fixed the handle bar on this swing and turned it into a horse!

On Saturday the 8th, we learned that Matt's Grandma Schulz passed away at hospice house after being in the hospital with pneumonia for a few days. We are thankful she is free from the trials of life and has finally won her heavenly crown. The visitation and funeral were Tuesday and Wednesday. The funeral was pretty small due to gathering restrictions and was mainly attended by the immediate family (which is still a pretty good sized crowd). It was good to be together and reflect on memories of Grandma. It is hard to believe she is gone now. 

The boys gave Joanna a rose from the casket and she couldn't have been more thrilled!

Steve and Julie's family came to Iowa for a few days so we got to spend some time with them and the Schulz family a couple nights last week. Sunday, Burlington church moved into another "phase" of reopening and added in a cafeteria style lunch, extended noon hour, and the return to separate seating. I was so excited to not have to make Sunday lunch for my family for the first time since March! It was also the first day of the new Sunday School term...which meant Levi got to go to preschool! He was thrilled!

First day of Sunday School!

Levi won a new bike from the Summer Reading Program this year...how exciting! Now each of the kids has their own bike!

The past couple days with nothing to do have been a good opportunity to spend time with the children...playing, reading, and watching them play. Joanna's potty skills have taken a turn for the better and the boys might be learning how to play peacefully again. Just in time for their lives to turn upside down!

Please pray with us for a safe and healthy delivery, a happy baby, and a smooth transition to a family of six!