Outdoor Moments Along the Water and Eating Pizza

March 2020

The pandemic had started. It quickly turned into chaos. Stores ran out of toilet paper, napkins, paper towels, disinfectant wipes, and bottled water, as well as canned goods and frozen food. Church cancelled in person services and had to watch online. 

Also, Jacob began working from home (just like everyone else), and school got shut down as well for the "supposedly" stay home order that they initially said would be two weeks, but it wasn't of course. Riley had school online which he didn't like and I noticed that it was hard for him to engage. Just an all around horrible situation.

A lot of people behaving just crazy. Being around all that makes one stay away from all that hysteria and seek peace, so we spent a lot of our weekends and outings doing things away from people, just how we like to live anyway. We usually opted to hang out in nature before the pandemic hit so continuing to do just that wasn't an adjustment. We love being out in nature. 

We got takeout from Pizza Hut and ate it at Owens Beach in Point Defiance in Tacoma. The parking lot was half full. I guess we all had the same idea (even though we didn't see many people walking around) of continuing to enjoy life even through the pandemic.

I'm one of those few people that love to add pineapple and pepperoni to my pizza. To most people, that's unthinkable and plain gross but to me well, I just love to combine the sweetness of the pineapple and the saltiness of the pepperoni. It just tastes so good to me. 

There's not a better feeling in the world

than a warm pizza on your lap.

Riley was taking a nap because he had just gotten a cold. We did save him some pizza though.

This sky right here is lovely to me. It really is.

Whenever we drive on this freeway I can't help but stare at the HUGE American flag. It is beautiful. 

Although we enjoyed our pizza from Pizza Hut a few weeks ago we just had to have pizza again, but this time from our favorite pizza place.

We drove to Snoqualmie just to enjoy a nice drive then got take out from Pagliacci. 

Found a park and ate our food. I believe we were the only ones at the park. Nice.

One of my favorite things out in nature are the trees, whether they're full of leaves or just bare branches.

A nap after being out on a cold day.

A perk about Jacob working from home is that once he gets off (at 3:30) we are able to go out and enjoy the day.

After dinner we went to hang out at Des Moines for some fresh air.

It was pretty cold so we didn't hang out for too long. It was nice just seeing the Puget Sound. I love it!

This trail is not that far from where we lived. I'm glad there are several trails that weren't far from our home which helped keep our spirits up during this crazy time of being told to stay home day after day and instilling fear. Being stuck at home days on end is not healthy either. That's no way to live. There has to be a balance.

It felt good to be walking out on this cold cloudy day. We walked about a mile. It always feels good to go home after being active outdoors. It makes coming home that much sweeter. I always look forward to getting cozy after an active day.

Peace. What a wonderful way to live, to experience 

harmony and order and live in an agreeable, calm atmosphere.