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The kids were back to a 5-day school week, and by Friday, I could tell. Everyone just looked tired or grumpy. G had a stuffy nose, Ava looked drained, and both Scott and I were just...tired. We all had long days, so we were happy to see Friday roll around.

Ava's prepping for her first track meet next week. She's been working with the other sprinters, and is definitely feeling a bit of soreness. On Thursday she went from school, to track practice, to the city library (for fun and to kill some time), and then back to the school for Taekwondo. Ava realized that she had been away from home for almost 12 hours, and couldn't get over that. Scott and I think this is giving her a glimpse into what the next several months will be with marching band and other high school activities! She will be starting the first of the marching band spring training sessions next week. Let the schedule chaos begin! We're excited for her to meet the other trumpets in her group and start building those relationships.

G had TWO movie days in the before-school program this week, so he's a lucky guy! The weather has been pretty dreary lately, so he hasn't been able to play much with his friends, but he's been busy on his new Kindle playing games, reading lots of books, and building some pretty amazing Lego creations.

I was able to have a long lunch with a friend this week (she's a teacher and isn't usually available during the day,) and the family and I were also able to get together for dinner with our friends from outside of the Cities. It was so nice to be able to end the week with good friends, and lots of great conversation.

My parents hosted us for a belated birthday dinner last weekend, and it was awesome to be able to spend the time with them. A bad storm rolled in right as we were finishing things up, so we had to speed out of there to get home. We got caught in a torrential downpour, and saw an amazing lightning strike on the drive home. I was a little worried about how Pria was going to do with thunder, and I'm happy to report that it doesn't bother her...not even a bit! I'm sure she experienced plenty of bad weather from her previous location in Missouri.

We've been working on training every day with Pria, using a free, 30-day online program through Zak George (he's great!) and Pupford. We're still practicing the Leave It command, which is very tricky for a food-motivated scent hound. But, she's getting there. She's able to resist up until the point that the treat is dropped on the ground, and then all bets are off. Once she is able to resist, we can move on to the next training item (I'm not sure what it is, but I'm looking forward to it!)

I didn't even take any fun pics this week to share...too tired to pick up the phone and snap the events, I guess. Here's to hoping that next week is a bit less exhausting!

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