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This week was a full week and blessed by sunshine at the end! 

It may have presented us with parenting challenges, but hopefully these challenges have us all heading down the right path.

...A path that will be fun, easy, lovely, challenging, frustrating, and sweet all at the same time. 

Another loose tooth that won't be around for long 

A night that had me laughing because you discovered some male parts and a few nights later you had a hole in your pajamas that needed to be put to the test.

A book that had you excited about reading! 

A girl who is ready for her trip to Florida

"Mom, can I get one of these? Prrrrettty please!"

A deal made in the pet store that would never warrant birds in our house

(You guys have to be nice to each other for a whole year) 

A couple minutes with Matt before his last UNI Panther game at home.

My little Julia and a batch of puppy chow that was gone in two days! 

The snow melted and we were able to play in our backyard and driveway! 

A little spring cleaning

Time playing at the rec. center after  an hour of time for me:) 

"Remember when I stood at the door and cried?" -Julia 

A trip to the park and some time on our driveway...

 

And finally...

Two nights for us to bring friends together and cook for them...one of my favorite things to do! Along with it, you both got to be a kid and play with other kids. 

As far as grilling on the Green Egg goes...your Dad will probably give me a hard time for eternity because I almost put his fire out. To my defense our food was on fire and when I close the grill on our gas grill the fire doesn't go out. So why would I want to 

risk it when we had 15 mouths to feed... After removing the chicken throwing water on a fire engulfing 30$ of ribs seemed like the right thing to do. 

I'd say our week went well and hopefully you appreciated all the time we spent together. Hopefully our path will be easy and familiar this next week...what fun would that be?!