Fourth of July 2023

Last Thursday night went to the OK Tire Car Show in the Walmart parking lot. We found Brynn's Jag. ;-)

Dana even had the '51 entered!'

Brynn was practicing driving and we pulled off onto a low maintenance road to watch the sunset and some fireworks.

Clara decided she still wasn't homesick yet when Grandpa was coming through Fargo to go to the lake last week, so she carried on with him to Lake Park. They didn't have very good luck fishing, unfortunately, but Clara still had a good time.

She was finally ready to come home on Saturday so I went out and visited with Dad a bit and brought Clara back home.

Sunday it seemed it was going to be a rainy day so we settled in with our books. Dana and Brynn had gone to Dead Lake.

But then the day turned around and we decided to go walk the trails in Lindenwood Park.

We were having a good time until we came out of the forest and thought we would be right near our car - like a loop around the river is what I had envisioned. Instead we popped right out into a residential neighborhood about a mile and a half from where we were supposed to be. :( It wouldn't have been so bad if we hadn't just walked the trail for over an hour. I was doing ok, but it was getting pretty warm and Clara's legs were tired. Thanks to Google maps, though, we pressed on. Clara was a trooper and we made it back to our car just fine.

This photo of Brynn nine years ago was my Facebook memory photo from today.

We spend the Fourth at Tamarac with the Weckerlys again this year. It was raining most of the morning so we visited and played games until it cleared up and the sun came out.

Brynn did a life jacket challenge and ended up wearing 20 life jackets. Ha - it was quite entertaining.

Due to the rain the boat parade was moved to the afternoon instead of the usual morning time. Elise was lady liberty, Brynn was Betsy Ross, Ben: Uncle Sam and Reagan was Rosie the Riveter. They were great and won one of the best float prizes.

The annual photo op. 💜

The team helping Oliver with his skis.

We had another super fun Fourth! Happy birthday, America.

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theweckerlys said…

Haha, oh my gosh so many good photos. We're so glad you guys came out so we could celebrate together!

July 6, 2023 at 12:09 AM

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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