Memorial Weekend

Clara's teacher sent me this picture of Clara reading to her classmates one day this past week. 💜

I surprised Clara for lunch on Friday.

We got to Dead Lake Friday night and Brynn, Dana and I headed out for an ATV ride to the access.

Saturday morning Dana and I got up and going to Longville where my college friends were getting together at Jackie's house. We left the girls to hang out with Grandpa and Grandma since we were just going for a day trip. All the others did bring their kids, though, as they were camping out for the weekend.

They stayed busy with some face paints...or what turned into body paint, I guess. What a good sport Katie was.

They got out the guns and did some target shooting.

Dana joined the kids' meditation circle.

A rousing game of hammerschlagen.

When I saw the above photo (cred goes to Dana), I immediately thought of this pic of us from 2007. :-)

The girls stayed busy and had a great day. Thanks, Grandpa and Grandma!

We had Dana's cousin's son's graduation party on Sunday and then headed home to Fargo afterward. They had a food truck there serving corn dogs, cheese curds and funnel cakes and then this spread of candy.

It was a nice evening out when we got back.

Today we tried to get caught up on stuff around the house and Clara and I did some baking for end-of-the-year bus driver gifts.

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theweckerlys said…

Great throwback pic and I see you reppin' with your Dragon hoodie on the ATV! Looks like a good Memorial Day weekend was had!

May 31, 2023 at 2:09 PM

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