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My week at work was pretty intense.  I was involved in the hiring process for a position at ALMACO. Normally, this isn’t a huge deal, but the interviews were quite lengthy and required me to keep my schedule clear for most of the day. As a result, things were pretty slow in between interviews making the days arduous. I think they went well overall, and I’m glad I had an opportunity to contribute to the decision. This is just one of the many reasons I enjoy working where I do; I love wearing different hats.

Tuesday we did BW3s and haircuts after work. The kids and I were overdue. We’ve been going to SportClips and while they aren’t the best in the world it’s quick and not too expensive. We still are having trouble finding someone to cut Isaac’s hair well. This lady does better than anyone has to date, but there’s still room for improvement.

On Wednesday, we surprised Aaron with a new bike. He’s needed one for awhile now, and we’ve been holding off. With his most recent growth spurt it was unavoidable. Aaron now has a new Schwinn that he’s absolutely in love with. Convenient for us, because we recently told him he would have to curb his video game playing. Not because he’s been playing too much, but because he’s been asking to play too much. Anyway, immediately following our trip to Toys-R-Us, we met Jeff and Melissa at Chuck E. Cheese. Both of the boys played until well past their bed time and were still awake by the time we got home. It made for an interesting evening, but once they calmed down the

Thursday we put together the bike and played outside. We took pictures with Candice’s new camera to share with everyone.

Friday was fun for us boys, Candice was at a jewelry party so we ate pizza with Poppa and then played golf in the front yard. They have a toy set, and I got out my 60° wedge. We played until the sun started to set and called it a night.

Saturday was also quite the experience. Our neighbors have two little boys, and invited our kids to the oldest boy’s (Vincent) birthday party at the bowling alley. Aaron really tried to bowl like a big boy, and Isaac was just excited to see his ball make it down the lane. Come back in a day or so and I’ll have pictures from that event uploaded too. All of the kids had a lot of fun, and I think it might be fun for a birthday party for one of the boys in the future.

Sunday we went to Hope Lutheran in West Des Moines. We stopped by last weekend for Easter Sunday and really liked the pastor there. We wanted to see what a regular service was like since we’ve really not found a church that works for us since Cornerstone in Ames. Everyone seemed to enjoy the church. Isaac is in the nursery and has no trouble at all with leaving us behind for a room full of toys and babies. Aaron liked his class and even got to sing (that would be awesome to see). Candice and I enjoyed the service. The church is a little bigger than we are used to, but that’s not a big deal… as far as the rest goes, Candice loves the praise and worship (big deal to her) and I love the sermon (big deal to me). To top it off, it turns out they post their sermons on iTunes for download, these are my kind of people.    Time will only tell, but sounds like we may have a winner.

Anyway, this is probably a little wordy for an update of one week’s activities. It just seemed like so much happened this week that needed to be shared!