Mariah left us Monday morning and we are all so sad! We are happy for her and that helps. It also helps that she got to call us twice last week! Missionaries in quarantine get to call twice in a week. I love that rule! She is in a trio in Harlem and she says her companions are really nice. She says they are teaching a lot and one day did six lessons in a row! She is adjusting to being inside all day. The only time they go out is to sit on the fire escape while they do companion study which is an image I kind of love. It seems just right for New York City! Plus, while she is "confined to quarters," I don't worry about her safety, so that is nice. She seems to be doing really well.

Cali and Chey finished tennis season last week, as you may recall, so this week they also had to adjust to life without the tennis team. Cali started going to group tennis workouts twice a week in Spanish Fork with our old teacher, Craig, and that helps a bit with the loss of tennis. She is driving there herself! At the same hour, Chey is doing open gyms for basketball twice a week. Other than that, they are trying to keep up in their Physics and Math classes and have also found that they have time to practice piano again! That's a nice perk.

Bethany continues to enjoy junior high and the cross country team. She keeps getting better in her races! She likes to experiment with makeup and watch her favorite YouTube shows. I guess those two things make her pretty typical pre-teen, huh? We can't believe how tall she is getting.

Benjamin and his new buddy, Max, built a fort this week in the wilderness between our two houses. (Yes! That's the kind of play I want to see!) They even worked into the night with flashlights a couple of nights. They also do Minecraft together, but I suppose I can take a compromise of a little of both.

I tried to keep myself busy with projects around the house on Monday and Tuesday, to keep my mind off Mariah. Wednesday, I had a wisdom tooth removed and I replaced Mariah-absence-pain to tooth-absence-pain. Ouch! It is still hurting but seems to be healing up without infection. I was supposed to go walking with Robin on Friday but she woke up sick, so I went anyway. It was beautiful!

Kevin played in a tennis tournament that started last Saturday and finished this Saturday. He can hang with some pretty good tennis players! Yesterday he won one and lost one. He is sore today but he had a lot of fun!