Birthdays Celebration

On Tuesday Brynn had her first guitar lesson using my mom's guitar that she gave to Brynn. I got such a kick out of the instructor's wall o' posters, I had to take a pic of it. Colin seems like he'll be a great teacher. We told Brynn to see how she feels after a few more lessons to make sure she wants to continue.

Daddy and the girls toiled for two nights this week making my favorite cupcakes for my birthday.

They turned out so good!

Tessa came all the way up to Fargo to have lunch with me for my birthday! We tried out Rosey's downtown which had excellent sandwiches. I would definitely go back there again. We played the 90s trivia game that Tessa gave me for my birthday whilst we were there. It's a super fun game and probably one of the few trivia games that I have any sort of chance at.

We had time for a quick trip to Scoop N Dough after lunch. Sooo good.

The girls looked to pretty to go out to eat.

Photo Cred: Holly

Later on Friday Dana's family came for the weekend to celebrate both of our birthdays together. After dinner we got together in the yard for some pics.

Finally digging into those cupcakes! Very tasty!

We opened our gifts before cupcakes and I received this sweet apron from Christel and John and my meowgical face mask from Holly and Kevin.

On Saturday night my parents had us and Cindy and Carey out to the lake for a nice dinner and cake. Here we come 38!

Dana and I sure felt the love this birthday. Thank you to everyone who sent us cards, gave us gifts, love, food and more! Love you all.

It was chilly out today, but Dana and the girls spent most of the day outside as Dana was working on some landscaping projects and the girls were playing. They also got the potatoes and onions planted in the garden.

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theweckerlys said…

I was so glad to be able to see you on your birthday! Happy 38!

May 6, 2019 at 7:23 AM

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