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We now have another adult in the house...how did that happen?? 18 years ago, I remember holding Arya by her crib, wondering how I was going to survive the next 18 years with a screaming person attached to my hip. And yet, here we are. We made it!

We started her big day (Thursday) with some really fun appointments: renewing her driver's license and passport, and getting some legal docs notarized. After that, we hit up Caribou for a birthday treat, shopped at Savers, and headed to the MOA for some quality bonding time. When we got home, we had a bit of downtime, then had dinner at Olive Garden so she could get her fill of the chicken & gnocchi soup! To top off her golden birthday, we enjoyed some cake later that night, and she opened her gifts. Her bff had stopped by at midnight the night before to be the very first to wish her a HBD. She brought her flowers, a cake slice, and some gifts. These kids are so good to each other!




Taking a brief rest at the MOA


Opening gifts!


Wishing she could be the birthday girl


She picked out a caterpillar warmie as one of her gifts...this cuddly guy will be heading to UWRF with her


On Wednesday night, Arya and I took a pad thai cooking class with a local chef. It was held at G's middle school, and it turns out that we cooked in the station right next to where he cooked all last trimeseter in his FACS class. We were parterned with a very friendly older woman, and we all had a blast working together to make the pad thai - and it turned out pretty good!

After the class, Arya wanted a sweet treat, so off to DQ we went!


On Sunday, Deb hosted a small grad party for Arya. It was a lovely time catching up with a few family friends, in/out-of-state family, and Arya's BFF's family. A big thanks to Deb for hosting this for her!



Let's see...there are other people in this house. What did we do this week? G hung out at home, and played online games and chatted with his friends for most of the week. He's also really spreading his bike radius and is hitting up more shops with this friends. He's discovered the joy of going to a local gas station and buying candy lol. 

I had a really fun offiste work event on Tuesday, which included duckpin bowling, axe throwing, cornhole, an arcade, eating/drinking, and chatting it up. On Wednesday, I had to head back into the office for a 4-hour workshop on some changes that are team will be implementing. Now that we are officially the Digital team, we've got strong executive-level leadership (just for us!), and a clear vision for the future. It's an exciting time to be on the team!

Scott...worked! It's been a busy week for all of us, and he's been trying to keep cool with some of the warmer temps. Although yesterday, when a storm rolled through, he turned on the heater in the garage. Not too much to report for the two other adults in the house. We're too busy adulting to have too much fun. Haha!

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