January to February

We stayed busy in January with some good outside time, friends, family and losing teeth!

The girls and I went out to my parents' lake for a visit and Grandpa did some sledding with us.

Clara getting ready for church. 💚

Out for a walk. Clara likes to climb on all the boulevard snow piles.

Clara's class took a field trip to the Plains Art Museum. They got to make clay cupcakes.

Brynn is really enjoying her graphic design class that she started in this new semester at school. This was the first thing she made. So cute!

Guess who?

Clara finally lost her front tooth that had been hanging on for dear life for what seemed like forever.

The tooth fairy brought her $2.25.

Vesties besties!

Clara played over at Adria's house last Saturday and then Adria came over to play on Sunday.

Clara had two of this same headband so they could be twinning.

Brynn switched over to digital art for our prayer journaling. So beautiful.

Adria was back at our house for an overnight and Clara's other front tooth fell out. haha. I think Clara was even surprised - we didn't realize it was so loose. I was chuckling at this picture of them because there isn't many teeth left between these two.

Second note to the tooth fairy.

Finally we had some nice weather yesterday after bitter cold for at least a week straight. Clara had been wanting to go back to our church near the back parking lot where they have pushed up massive hills of snow to do some sledding and Brynn wanted to go find a big hill somewhere near home, so this was a perfect spot.

Brynn baby-sat Clara last night while Dana and I went out for a little date night. We found ourselves at Scheels looking at cowboy boots for Dana. I'm surprised as you are. haha. I guess he had been wanting a nicer boot or something that he could wear in the winter as all he had was some summery loafer type shoes that weren't cutting it in the snow.

He did find a pair, which was neither of these that are shown above, but he's very happy with his purchase!

Then we stopped at Frank's for long island teas on our way home.

Comments

Tessa said…

I'm glad Dana found some boots that he liked :) The toothless picture of Adria & Clara is truly great. I love Brynn's designs. The braces on the Popsicle - so cute. Is Dad wearing your hat in the sledding photos? Haha.

February 5, 2023 at 12:49 PM

Fall Things + Dana's Hunting Trip

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

Thanksgiving 2023

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,

May Day + My Birthday + Star Wars Day

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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