So Many Cheese Curds

Scott and I have been taking advantage of getting out more, now that I'm fully vaxxed and he still has his antibodies in place from when he had COVID in March. I left my book club a little early last Saturday night (it's fine, it's fine...we were meeting outside and a storm was rolling in) and he and I went to a local bar. There was NO one there so we had the chance to sit at the bar and catch up after a long day. We also decided to order some cheese curds, and couldn't believe how many came in the order. We made a good indent, but to eat them all would have been a digestive accident waiting to happen. That's when we needed Ava and G with us to help eat them up!

This doesn't do the curd volume justice...

It was a little chilly this week so we had some good snuggle time with the kids. G had a pretty good week at school so we all went out for dinner on Friday night. G actually ran into a buddy from SAC there, so we made some new friends in the area. Hooray!

G's monster truck creation

Morning snuggles with Puppy

On Saturday, I was able to spend most of the day with my mom at the "Girls Day Away" hosted at the Cannon River Winery. It was so wonderful to have a chance to chat and shop, and then have a leisurely lunch in town before heading north back into the cities. It was a special opportunity to be able to see my mom for such a nice length of time on Mother's Day weekend!

On that note...Happy Mother's Day to both my mom and Scott's mom! We love you both and are so happy that you are such an integral part of our lives!

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