May Happenings + More Birthday Celebration + Northern Lights + Mother's Day

 S'mores on the deck...

We got Brynn's team tennis pics back. They turned out great! I had to get a couple of pins and magnets. I should have taken a pic of Hubert and me spectating at one of her games last week as Hubert was sporting his pin. :-)

We three girls played last week during a nice evening.

Clara's class is doing an alphabet countdown to the last day of school. J was joke day. And Clara loves to share jokes with her teacher. She made her own joke book to bring.

Cindy took Dad and me out to lunch for our birthdays last Thursday. It was such a fun time and Dad and I each got a cookie skillet for being the birthday kids! So delish.

We went to Granite City. Always good!

Dana and I went to Sartell, MN on Thursday night and arrived late. We stopped over at the after party of the groom's dinner for our friends getting married on Friday. I snagged their kitty for a snuggle.

Roger and I were the photographers for the wedding which was beautiful. We had such a good time. (Roger was pulling double duty as a groomsman, so his son, Zander, stood in as another shooter when Rog had to do his groomsman duties.)

Zander was telling me how the Northern Lights were supposed to be very prominent and active that night. He had gotten some good photos of them in the past and so we hatched a plan to drive out of town to try and get some pics after the wedding dance. At around midnight, Roger, Jess, Zander and I headed out near Rice, MN, only about 10 minutes from their house in Sartell. We had pretty good luck there, but then Roger suggested we keep going near Little Falls which was probably another 20-30 minute drive. I'm glad we went the extra miles, because it was so worth it. I have wanted to see the Northern Lights for many years, and I was so glad to finally experience them. I just took these with my phone camera.

Zander was getting rid of a bunch of books that he had from when he was younger, so I loaded a pile of them that I thought Clara would like into my car. 

On Saturday we headed out and picked up Grandpa and Grandma Oberg on our way to Dead Lake. Clara stayed with Holly and Kevin while we were gone to the wedding. It was a gorgeous day outside.

Then we went on to my parents' lake to celebrate Dad's birthday with a fish fry, German chocolate cake made by Brynn and baseball.

Brynn's lake 'swim suit' outfit.

Fish fryin' duty! 

Dana called me out to the front yard on Saturday as the Northern Lights were supposed to be visible again that night. I was so surprised that we could see them at all from right in town. By the time I got out there, they had already lightened and I couldn't see much. He and Brynn got these with their phones.

We had brunch on Mother's Day with my parents, Tessa and her kids at Porter Creek.

We love all the mothers in our lives and are so thankful for them! Personally, I had a wonderful Mother's Day. The fam thought Mom needed a new tennis racquet, so we went across the street to Scheels after brunch and found me one. We played tennis and pickleball in the afternoon, after Dana detailed my car inside and out. I made it to my yoga class and came back to burgers for dinner and then cards and some football. I felt so loved.

Brynn bought me flowers!

Then I hopped over to Amanda's house to wish her a happy Mother's Day in person and we had a nice visit.