Happy Easter 2023

Easter dinner with the extended family was a great way to wrap up a very busy weekend. We enjoyed a yummy ham dinner, and chatted with the grandparents for a few hours. The kids had a blast doing an egg hunt earlier in the day, and also partaking in some of their Easter basket goodies.

The big, fluffy pink bunny is so dang cute!

G loves his Peep Bunny!

Pria snuggled in while the kids were doing the Easter Egg hunt

The rest of the week was a blur with swimming, taekwondo, work, school, happy hours with a few different friends, and finally a quiet night at home on Friday. Ava is at a sleepover for a friend's birthday on Saturday night, so Scott and I get to hang out with just G. I think we're all looking forward to another quiet night because Sunday is going to get busy! G and I are going to Brick Convention (LEGOS) and then I have book club later that night. Non-stop fun!

Statue props courtesy of LEGO and G's creativity!

The weather got into the 80's this past week, so most of the snow has melted...but not all! It's weird to be so hot, and still see snow piles around town. Temps will normalize a bit this week, so we'll get back to a drizzly April...chances are very good that it will rain, and maybe even snow, on my birthday next week!

We have another very busy week coming up...besides the normal during/after-school activities, we're also adding in a work deployment for me, a happy hour with a coworker, a college prep course for Ava, a field trip for G (with me as a chaperone), and a stargazing event at G's school. Hope the weather holds out for that one!

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