Go, Go, Goers!

This past Friday, Scott and I battled a snowstorm and had a lovely dinner out for Valentine's Day. It was really nice to get away for a few hours, although I kept checking in on Ava because she and Aaron were also out, battling the snowstorm for their Valentine's Day dinner. Everyone ended up being safe, and had a wonderful evening! (Note: G and Pria hung out at home, so they were the most safe!) Last weekend, Ava and my mom helped me clean out my closet and dresser, and they both went home with some new (to them) clothes. In fact, Ava wore an entire outfit made up of my clothes on Friday! Do you see G peeking around in the background? Every school day, Ava asks me for a pic of Pria, just to see how she's doing. Here are a few cute ones from this week. Tiny beagle! Wait a minute, this isn't Pria. You're right, it's not! This is Tucker and he was a rep from the Can Do Canines event that I participated in at my work on Wednesday. We packaged up doggie care bags, a...

For most of us (sorry, Scott!), this was a shorter week. G had conferences on Wednesday night (he's doing great!) and then he had Thurs & Fri off of school. Ava had Friday off of school for a staff development day, so I took Friday off in solidarity. The things we do for our kids...ha! I had a great day off - I think I need to take more! Not sure what he was doing here...watching YouTube probably! Morning snuggs with the Pria...we should all be so cozy Ava had a few crafty crates that she was never going to do, so I confiscated this one. I made this all, by hand! Wire sculpting is not as easy as I thought, but I am very pleased with how this turned out. Must capture moments of peace when they appear! My friend, Emilie, and I went to the Minnesota Ice Festival on Friday night. We spent most of the time trying to get out of the ice maze, and then warmed up by a bonfire. We topped it off with a really good dinner out at an Indian restaurant in the area. It fills my heart to spend ...

This past Thursday, we all went to G's first band concert! It seems like such a long time ago that we were at Ava's first band concert at Red Pine, and yet...one of the songs that they played on Thursday night was one that she played in 5th grade as well (Let's Go Band!) After they played their songs, Ava admitted that it gave her goosebumps. Not too shabby for a first year band! G and I went to see the new Dog Man movie on Friday after school/work...and it was National Hot Chocolate Day, so we each got a free hot chocolate, as well!  Not too many exciting things happened this week...there was taekwondo, dinner with a friend, dentist appointments, pep band for basketball, school, lots of work, LifeTime classes, and Pria and I managed to get out for a walk over lunch on one of the days that it was almost 50 degrees. We had both forgotten what it was like to be outside with the sun shining, and not freezing!  It's very blustery and cold right now, and we even had a light ...