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I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do on the blog here. 

I'll start with the Chris Stapleton concert we went to in Grand Forks with Tessa, Chad, Cody (Chad's brother) and Tia. Tessa had made a dinner reservation for us at the Blue Moose. It was really good.

I do like Chris Stapleton's music so I enjoyed the concert. He sounded great.


I will cover all the April birthday festivities in a separate post, but Clara went to stay at Duck Lake with Grandpa and Grandma Dietz while Dana and I went to Tessa's birthday Bunco party. Of course she stayed pretty busy between card games, the library and sewing.






Doing homework...

 I love that Brynn still enjoys drawing and doing art.



It's Pascal from the Disney Tangled movie.


Clara tagged along to Dead Lake with Dana to get our jet skiis into the water. It was a beautiful weekend for weather and now this week we've barely made it through this wind and colder temps.

Our first deck date of the season. No bugs yet!

While Dana and Clara were at the lake, I took Brynn and her friend out for dinner at one of my fav downtown places: 46 North Pints & Provisions.

Having a cookie on my walk.

I got Brynn out on the deck with me for a bit.

Hahaha - oops!

I keep seeing this shirt on Facebook and it cracks me up every time. I think Brynn thinks it to be lame. Don't care.

Sunday night we did DIY pizza and some of us chose calzones.

...including me. They turned out so good.

Hubert went the traditional route.


Brynn came home early from school one day not feeling well and Hubert brought over some flowers and a Squishmallow. The gifts definitely lifted her spirits!

A scene from Friday (April 19th). :-(

Brynn's tennis season has started, and she is playing this year, instead of managing. Unfortunately they've already cancelled the first two matches due to weather.








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theweckerlys said…
That pic of Clara doing her homework is great - so grown up! I spy your Wells Co Bears sweatshirt! I have seen that saying but not the t-shirt and I think it is great as well :) Yummy calzones!! Good luck in tennis Brynn! I hope the weather pans out for some matches.
April 23, 2024 at 12:05 PM
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