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Fourteen!

It was a good week! G is trying his very best to have green days at school, and Ava's doing an awesome job at completing her homework right after school each day - plus she has all A's in her classes right now, including math, which has always been a challenge for her.

This school thing is tiring G out...


I spent a full day/evening in downtown Minneapolis this past Wednesday, for the first Digital Product Summit for my company. We had fantastic speakers from Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and a variety of other large business in the local area. I learned a lot, met many new people at Patterson, and enjoyed the change of pace from being in the office. Can't wait for next year's event!

Scott and I also celebrated our anniversary this week...fourteen years of marriage - wow! Just like any marriage, we've had both high and low points, but are grateful that we are together. Since our anniversary was on a Tuesday, we weren't able to get out for a nice dinner, but we had a chance to enjoy an adult-dinner out last night. We both had a great meal and enjoyed the atmosphere at Hazelwood by the MoA. Yum! A big thanks to my mom and dad for taking the kids out to dinner and keeping them entertained for a few hours!

Hello, 2005!


Lovely flowers from Scott for our special day!


Full from our great dinner at Hazelwood


We had wanted to head to an apple orchard today, but it's gray, drizzly, and messy outside, so...instead we went out for a family breakfast and spent some time shopping. We found a new bike for Ava, which she's excited about. She's at that age where she's moving into the adult version of items...shoes, clothes, etc. No more little kid bike for her!

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