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Easter + Oliver's Birthday Party
The girls dyed eggs on Saturday after Brynn had come back.
Clara sang in church on Palm Sunday. I should have reversed the two video clips because I zoomed in on the second one and you can see where she is better, but she is in the middle, slightly to the right, in a green dress. I love the songs that they sang.
The girls were off of school on (Good) Friday and Dana and I had taken off work, so we headed out to my sister's in the afternoon.
The best pizza in all of North Dakota!
On Saturday we celebrated this guy's 6th birthday with an epic Mario Kart cake and festivities. Happy birthday, Ollie Man! We were so glad to celebrate with you.
"Cut the cake and say 'hi-ya!'"
😍😍😍
The older kids held an impromptu bake-off. I was lucky enough to be a judge!
We had such a fun and relaxing stay, spending time with the Weckerlys in their hot tub, hanging out and visiting and learning shuffleboard. Thank you for having us! Love you guys.
Turns out the Dietz Girls shouldn't be allowed to team up for ANY games, not just Pictionary. :-D
It was no surprise that Ollie and Clara were the first ones up, but they so nicely and patiently waited for the other kids before searching for their Easter baskets. The weather hadn't improved much come Sunday, and Easter service ended up being cancelled. It was so strange not to attend church on Easter morning.
The boys got these cool light saber chopsticks.
Clara didn't waste much time getting into her candy.
Unfortunately Clara wasn't feeling well and spent most of the rest of the day resting after her Easter basket. So, she was missing from our family pic.
We were most certainly missing our special Easter Bunny this year. Thankfully her successor did show up though. Clara was really sad once she realized the Easter Bunny paid a visit, but she had missed out. :-(
Thank you, Weckerlys, for hosting another wonderful Easter holiday. He is risen! 🕇
Clara and I walked over to the high school for a boys' soccer game. They were pretty impressive to watch. Elise and Clara had fun raking leaves and Grandpa and Grandma's lake. Well, I know Clara had a great time for sure. I can't remember if I had posted that Dana did away with the garden and planted grass where it once was. So, Clara mowed that section. It was a perfect size for her to tackle. She might have found herself a summer job already. An amazing double rainbow! Thank you to those who donated for Clara's school walk-a-thon which took place last Monday. Dana and I were able to go watch and then joined in for some laps as well. Benny the Eagle was out there cheering the kids on too. Dana was busy making monster cookies for his annual hunting trip up north with his Dad and family friends. He kindly left some behind for us...which are long since gone now. :-) Grandma Holly came up while the guys were gone and took Clara shopping and the girls for lunch on Saturday
The kids rolled out and baked sugar cookies for Thanksgiving. We finished our thankful pumpkin. I saw this in the store and given the season, it took me right back to my Grandma D's house on Thanksgiving and the bowl of walnuts she'd have on her table with the nutcracker. I wanted to buy it just for nostalgia purposes. Cora and Clara made these adorable turkey crafts at the crafternoon at the library. On Tuesday we went downtown for the tree lighting at Broadway Square. Abby, Hubert's sister, joined us as well. She just turned 10, so she got along pretty well with Clara. They had s'mores kits so we had to toast some mallows right away. I love how Clara's marshmallow is completely ablaze and she's still posing for the photo. Hahaha. We had to visit the reindeer too. I made them do jazz hands. And then, of course, we had to hit up Blackbird afterward. Our Wednesday morning XaBeat class. We were feelin' pretty festive. The girls had Wednesday off from school,
Brynn put together our May Day baskets and did a fantastic job. Clara and I did the deliveries... And we received one as well with these beautiful flowers. It was from Clara's friend, Cora, and her fam. We went out to dinner as a family to celebrate my birthday on Wednesday to best accommodate schedules this week. I got to open my cards and gifts when we got home. I had picked up a slice of puppy chow cake at Sonder Bakehouse so we all shared that. Then Brynn and I went out to play a little tennis. It was a beautiful day outside. I had taken Friday (my actual birthday) off of work and Tessa came up to have brunch with me. We had Black Coffee + Waffle Bar. It was so fun. Then May did my hair as it was overdue for a cut and color. Dana and I were able to go out just us two while Brynn took Clara to her school fun night...not only that, but Brynn also volunteered to sell tickets/wristbands (I was originally going to do it) so that I didn't have to and could go out. 💜 I had a coup
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