this week (in instagram pictures)...

I do not have too much to document from this week.  Life was all school, work, and activities as usual.  Caden and Laica stayed the night with their Mimi and Papa Friday night, to allow Cody and me to go to a retirement party for a family friend.  The kids were thrilled to spend time with my parents, we miss them since we don't see them every day, like we used to when we lived in Marshfield.  

Laica asked Patty if they could do something fun, to which Patty responded, "What would you like to do?"  Laica's response, "Maybe we could go to the library."  :))  Is this my child, or what?  I didn't know about this conversation until this morning, but little miss got her library time in, we went on Saturday.  I love that my kids enjoy the library to the extent that they do.  They would stay hours if I would let them.  We do quite a bit of stuff with the kids, but it is really nice that they have fun doing things that do not cost a lot of money. I am trying to create memories, while teaching them to enjoy the more simple things in life.  I want them to know how much fun reading can be (and in today's technological world, I want them to know what actual books are). I hope that the park, library, and museums are things that they do with their own kids one day. 

The library branch that we went to has a puppet show in the kids area.  This was the deciding factor in choosing which library to go to. 

Somehow, Caden managed to stay out of most of my pictures this week.  Here is another of Laica, we were picking up Caden from school.

These two guys have my heart.  I love sights like this, and lucky for me, they are abundant.  Cody sure does love those kids.  Shout out to my future father in law, Phil, who came by Friday and cut the grass for us!  Cody has been working a lot of overtime since getting his new position, and we certainly appreciated the nice gesture!

I took this picture at a client's house on Thursday.  Tulips are my favorite, and these were gorgeous.  Pictures like this are good reminders of how happy I am with my current work situation.  Most days I do not really have to talk to anyone (I usually do, because I like all of my clients, but a lot of times I am working in and around an empty house) unless I choose to.  Thursday was a quiet day, and it was awesome.  Really loving the fact that I get to spend more time outside when I choose to as well, the weather has been amazing--it could totally stay this way for most of the summer.  

The kids got home from their dad's a couple of hours ago.  I love hearing them happily playing together upstairs.  Laica has been singing Frozen songs all week, especially while we are in the car.  It is absolutely adorable. 


I am looking forward to another busy week, with tons of studying to do--finals are coming up soon.  Saturday night, I registered for the fall semester.  It feels good to have been successful this semester, after being out of school for so long.  Summer will be a nice break, but I don't feel like school is a burden at this point.  I am mostly enjoying it, and I think that next semester will be even better.  

Have a great week!!