Sugar Is A Wedding Planner

CONGRATULATIONS Sugar!

Sticks is 21

Happy Birthday Sticks! It was so fun to participate in this trendy way to celebrate a birthday! The car train is so popular and allows us to wish happy birthday but doesn't require a ton of time. We allowed Sugar and Possible to stay out and spend time with their guys, even though lockdown didn't lift for us for a few more days. These kids have been locked up at home or babysitting or teaching swimming. Same people small areas, they needed to social again. There were so many cars lined up, and the group was led by a fire engine. I was glad to talk to Sticks later and hear him say that this was one of the best birthdays he has ever had. 

Happy Birthday Sticks!

Happy 21st Possible

Happy Birthday Possible!  I hope the day was good. Not easy to plan or celebrate on lockdown. We told her that we would put beers in each room of the house and she could crawl from room to room pretending to have a "BUB CRAWL" but her siblings came up with better ideas. 

Decorations were up by the siblings and dad started cooking Possible's big huge breakfast. 

Possible's sisters wanted to make sure today was a good day for Possible, even though we were in lock down. They planned a big picnic but the parks were closed so they sat in the parking lot of one of the parks and enjoyed their lunch.

 Time was made to visit the store, just to make sure the ID would work. It did!

Boyfriend (un-named on blog so far . . . ) got permission from us and his parents to visit as long as he kept social distancing in place (meaning 6 feet away!).

The family then sung happy birthday to Possible with a cake.

Then the big party down stairs took place. The older siblings turned part of the basement into a bar area and set up a huge screen with a ZOOM call with all Possible's friends. What a cool day for Possible! Even on lockdown she knows she is very loved.

 This girl had a great day!

Cheers to Possible, happy birthday!

Changes at the Stores

Sugar and Bagel are still working. They are babysitting together because instead of one cute baby to keep their eye on they are now. They stopped by the store on their way home and could not believe all the changes that were being made.  

 There is no toilet paper to be found anywhere. There is no soap to be found.

The store has taped off marks that you must stand behind while keeping a distance from other people. Changes are coming every day, and our governor has hinted that we will not be in a volunteer lock down for long. It will soon be mandated that we have to stay in our homes. We must not gather in groups of more than 10. We can only leave the house for work and to shop for groceries. The world is changing.

Shower Prep is Full of Surprises.

 The dogs are ready. Thank you Adorable and Beautiful for always filling my camera roll with your pup pictures.

I walked into the room to see this. My heart sore. Twin Beautiful is the youngest, she has never had this bonding time with an unborn baby. I love all the teaching and learning that is happening with sisters in this picture.

J and I then headed to the store with or shopping list.  We had plans for big chicken wing dinner but needed supplies for the party the next day. While we were at the store we got a huge surprise. The T family arrived to attend the shower, and actually help like they always do. Larry even helped us prepare dinner.

We are beyond blessed to have the T family as our friends. They go out of their way to constantly love on us. They are part of the family and are always there for the big events. They decided to visit at the very last minute because the kids schools had closed so their trip to Dallas turned into a trip all the way to St. Louis.

So many schools are closing, I can't even think about all those things. We heard from Mary and SLU has closed for a few weeks so we would go get her when she returned. The kids would all be doing online schooling for their college classes. This was all for two weeks. But we idon'thave time tot talk about his because we are preparing for a party and thrilled that Larry, Kat and Troy used the school closings as an opportunity to visit. For now we feast and then prepare for the shower.

I added a ton of pictures because they all show the people I love. I missed Bear. The girls were all here. Their boy friends were there to help, or to eat ( not sure which). We did a huge family rosary at the end of the day to include The T family and the extra friends. You can't get better than that! We prayed for the "storm" that we all could feel was coming but no one could identitfy. We prayed for our health and we prayed for all those that would be effected by the Wuhan Virus. We prayed for those whose schools, especially the colleges that had closed or kicked the students out for the next few weeks. We prayed for those that were not with us, namely Bear and Mary. We prayed for that Grand Baby that got us all together today!