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January

Well, there went January! Here is a recap of last month with one post. :)

Brynn came to XaBeat again with me one Saturday morning. (It's a dance-type class similar to Zumba, if you're familiar with that). It was just our group in the pic (Lana in the pink is the instructor) plus one other lady. The other girls are my boss and her girls, so we snapped a pic of our 'mother/daughter' class.

Dana trying his darnedest to hack his way through the snow on the sidewalk. The girls were trying to make their way over to him to offer their help.

Brynn had an appointment and the day off of school a couple of Mondays ago, so I took the day off of work and we had lunch at her restaurant of choice, Village Inn.
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We picked Clara up early from school and they shoveled the deck off so that I could get to the grill to make dinner. Good helpers!


Dana took off work a couple of Fridays ago to help paint at his parents' cabin. He took Clara to Fergus with him, but not before they stopped at Space Aliens for lunch.

Brynn and I joined everyone at Grandpa and Grandma's on Saturday. It was a nice day to play outside for a bit in the afternoon.

Mid-song. :-)

She had just hurled that snowball you see coming right for me.

We went out to Mable Murphy's to celebrate Holly's birthday before they headed down to Florida for a few weeks.

Happy birthday, Grandma!

Last Friday evening Brynn and I helped pack food for Feed My Starving Children. We had a good time doing it after they cranked the tunes in the Scheels arena and we got going in our assembly line. Turns out we were working at the same table as one of Dana's old co-workers, so we caught up with him a bit.


Saturday we met up with my parents and Weckerlys (sans Tessa) at Detroit Mountain. It was a great day for tubing and we had so much fun.



Clara in the middle of a hallway performance.

Dana and I went to parent-teacher conferences for Brynn this past Thursday and were greeted by these guys, modeling some lost and found items. They really cracked us up.

All of Brynn's teachers were really nice to chat with again and it was nice to hear some updates on how her teachers feel she's doing. She's having a better second semester it seems now that she's had a chance to get into the groove of middle school a bit more. Summer will be here before we know it....well, at least that's what I tell myself on days that it's below freezing.


Clara paid Brynn $10 to take this Our Generation doll off of Brynn's hands. I think everyone was satisfied with their transaction.

We have just been bummin around this weekend, getting caught up on some thing around the house. We mixed up sugar cookie dough yesterday to bake Valentines cut-out cookies, but have yet to do that today. Instead the girls went outside to play and then Brynn tagged out and I had to make my way out there so Clara had someone to be with her outside. We did some sledding and did have a good time until we couldn't feel our hands anymore.

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theweckerlys said…
Wow that OG doll's hair is in great condition! Fun winter times!

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