Time for a Pause

 

Liam's final game last weekend before his team went into quarantine

Hockey Moms on Liam's team watching the final game for awhile

We hope to be back in a few weeks!

Final Practice for Aiden's Squirt A team

We are decorating for Christmas earlier than we ever have before!

Pumpkin and Apple pies courtesy of Luke for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Dinner

Colorado Monopoly (thanks Jane from a few summers ago)

It has been an interesting couple of weeks for us since my last post.  Starting with the picture of Liam's team in their tournament on November 15th where they finished second place.  It was a great weekend and we are thankful that we ended on such a good note.  I say "ended" because the next day, there were two kids on Liam's team who tested positive for COVID.  And then four more players after that, plus a coach, and 6+ parents.  Liam was among those positive tests for COVID and John and I were two of the parents!  

By Thursday evening, John and I started feeling a little "off" and just overall tired while Liam developed a slight runny nose.  Luke had no symptoms at all, but we opted to get all four of us tested the following day because Luke had one kid on his team who was positive as well.  By Friday, Nov. 20th, the governor of MN had also decided that all youth sports would be put on "pause" while we attempt to lower the COVID numbers in our area which continue to rise.

Fast forward to a couple days before Thanksgiving, we received the results from our COVID tests on Tuesday, Nov 24.  All four of us tested positive which meant that we were all in quarantine for the several days.  We had already been in quarantine since Friday, Nov 20th when we initially had symptoms.  We are thankfully all recovering now.  John prepared the entire Thanksgiving dinner for us.  He went down first with symptoms and felt good enough to cook by Thanksgiving.  Luke never had any symptoms and Liam, thankfully, had only minor symptoms including loss of smell, fatigue, and a runny nose.  Aiden had flu-like symptoms and a headache for 24 hours, but is doing well now.  John had some fever, loss of smell, and flu like symptoms.  My biggest issue is complete loss of taste and smell and I am still hoping to recover soon from that!  It's a very odd feeling to have.  

We will start back to school next week in full distance learning for all four boys without any sports after school.  Needless to say, the sooner the backyard ice rink is ready...the better (for the sake of all of us, that is).