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April Birthdays

 Brynn attended a surprise birthday party for one of her friend's sweet sixteen.


Tessa turned 40! I dug up a few nostalgic photos of the two of us to reminisce. 

Happy 40th, sister! Welcome to the club. She and Chad hosted their friends for a fun night of bunco at their house and were able to come and celebrate as well. She had ordered these adorable cupcake toppers.

I had brought some balloons from Fargo, but they suffered during the trip from the car into their house. :(

We celebrated Dana's birthday last week with lots of good food, starting out at Texas Roadhouse with his parents on Monday.

We tried out a new barbeque place (Jay's Smokin' BBQ) that we hadn't been to before on his actual birthday. I think it's now one of our fam favorites. 


He opened up his gifts at home.



Our friends Roger and Aaron were in town for work, so they were able to stop by and hang out which was fun for Dana to be able to see them on his birthday.

We celebrated Oliver's 8th birthday this past weekend. He had an awesome car-themed cake. Happy birthday, Ollie Man!





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theweckerlys said…
Aww, April was a good month! Love the pic from Brynn's friend's party. Happy bday to Dana! That decorated cardboard box is amazing :) Along with the accurate coffee mug! Oh the flashback photos are precious! Thank you so, so much for coming to celebrate with me! And for coming to celebrate Ollie Man as well. Love you!
April 23, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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