Day 13- March 28, 2020

The weather was interesting today.  They had been talking about severe weather since yesterday and to be watching for storms.  This afternoon the weather was.... weird.  Warm, breezy, and that stuffy feeling when the sun peeked through the clouds.  Of course when the weather was near, I headed out with my camera because.... I'm from Iowa.  That's what we do!  The clouds were just amazing for like an hour during sunset and moving very quickly. 

We are lucky and the severe weather went west of here and moved north.  The last thing anyone needs right now is a severe storm.  Hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow because we have a lot to do outside during this nice weather stint!  Bring on spring!  Bring on summer!  At least the kids can get outside more during all this and we can work on projects on the mini-farm. 

Putting on the wrap

Window works!  Yeah!

Adam finished the first greenhouse today.  Pretty cool!  It is a lot bigger than it looks and was super easy to make with what we had on hand.  We didn't move it outside today due to the weather forecast.  I know..... it will have to weather all this eventually, but we want to make sure we have all the details finished before we stake it in out back.  Tomorrow we will hopefully be able to drag it out to the place it will be and we can start getting planter boxes ready.  Super excited!  We wanted to do this since summer but never had the time to get it done. 

The kids have been working on cleaning their rooms, going through all their clothes, and re-organizing all their stuff.  This might take all week!  (face palm).  Brad is insistent that if he moves back to his room, I move my air mattress in with him.  I agreed.... he always ends up with me anyway!  Brad has really struggled with all this and stay very close to me all day.  He even took a nap today because he knew I was laying down for a bit.  I try every hard to make him know that he is okay and safe.  He is trying to be positive, but we had a few tears today when the weather was sketchy.  :(  I just hope when this is over, we can build him back up to remember how brave he was during all this.  It's so hard on kids.  Even though we do have 2 hours of academic time everyday, my biggest goal is for the kids to be happy and feel safe throughout all this social distancing.  I can't imagine being a kid and having everything change in literally... one day.  He has started to like my collection of Christian music that plays constantly in the house.  He was singing like crazy earlier today when it was just him and I.  Music makes our house run!

We hope everyone is enjoying their week!  Hard to believe it's been almost two weeks since all our lives changed.  We continue to pray for everyone to stay safe and calm.  This storm will pass.

Love- The Ruley Family

Never miss a sunset!  Find joy in the little things........