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Clara's 12th Birthday

We started off celebrating Clara's 12th birthday with her friends on Friday night.  Brynn made an amazing cake that fit right into the literature theme. Prepping for the nature-themed family party on Saturday. Sandwich Snake! Birthday baked oats on her actual day on Sunday. Micah was just returning from a family vacation during Clara's friend party, so he came over on Sunday to swim in Clara's pool with her and bring her a birthday gift. And then we all went out to eat at Olive Garden per Clara's request. Adding white chocolate, not cheese, onto the cake. ;-) We love you so much, Clara, and are so proud of you and everything you've accomplished, learned and tried this past year. 💜
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Outings

 Before we left on our Yellowstone trip, we went to the Trollwood production of Frozen at Bluestem with Micah and his mom. It was fantastic. Last week Farm in the Dell held Pizza in the Dell which featured one of our favs, Blackbird Pizza, in addition to live music, ice cream treats, tours of the farm, and build-your-own bouquets. It was a great time. Clara took her money from her 'donation cup' to give.

West Yellowstone Trip

After a bit of a rough situation with our van rental on Wednesday night, we were off to spend the night in Hurdsfield to begin our caravan to West Yellowstone at 5:00 AM sharp Thursday. Of course we packed all the western gear we owned.   Trying to stave off car sickness with a potato pal. That's a nope for Reagan getting her hands on bear spray after a small indicent during our Glacier trip. We made it to our airbnb late afternoon. It was a great set-up. Once we got settled, we went back into town for pizza and calzones. The massage chairs got quite a bit of use. Tessa arranged a van with a guide to take us through all the highlights of Yellowstone National Park. He picked us up right at the airbnb. We had placed our lunch order with the guide company prior to the trip and stopped and had our picnic lunch. This was a really cool lodge where we stopped to see Old Faithful. It had a nice gift shop inside. Mom and Dad decided to watch Old Faithtful from its rooftop while the rest of ...