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Father's Day + Other Goings-on

Grandma Holly had kindly given Clara her old digital camera. I didn't realize Clara took it to the zoo when she and Izabell went together. Clara let me download the pics off the camera.





She said her favorite was the bald eagle.

I found some other random pics on the card as well, so I thought I'd include a couple here.




Last weekend we road tripped down to Sartell to celebrate our friend Jessica's birthday.


We stopped by Dead Lake on our way home on Sunday for Father's Day. We had gone to my parents' lake earlier in the week and gave my dad his gift then, but I didn't get any pics, sadly.





Clara stayed overnight at the lake and we continued on back home.



Once Brynn got off work, we had some Rhombus Guys and Dana opened his gifts. He's holding a little torch that came in the cocktail smoker kit we gave him.









Happy Father's Day to all the dads! We are so blessed to have Dana and the grandpas. 💙

It was a gorgeous day so we went out for an ATV ride with Hubert and Brynn.








We had a busy day on Wednesday with Clara attending a pickleball clinic in the morning and then she and I took in yoga in the park which was at Rheault Farm. It was a perfect evening to be outside.




Then we met Grandpa and Dad at the RedHawks game. Unfortunately they lost, but we still had a good time.








I was reading The Forum on Thursday morning and saw someone familiar. Haha. She really enjoyed the clinic and learned a lot.


Thursday night Grandpa came back to Fargo and we went to the West Fargo Cruise Night. Dana brought his truck. It was super packed there, but nice to see a good turnout for it. We saw quite a few nice cars.









Comments

theweckerlys said…
It's so nice to take advantage of the nice days out! Happy Father's Day to Dana! That was so cool that Clara's picture ended up in the paper! I'll have to ask her if she has any pickleball tips for me.

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