Friday was a low key night- a nice salmon with peach and red pepper salsa dinner while watching the Olympics of course! Love these Olympics!
Saturday was the big annual Birthday Bash! My family has 8 birthdays within 4 weeks in our family so we do one big celebration!
The birthdays in order are...
Ryan, July 15
Kari, July 21
Odin (my cousin's son), July 25
Grandma, July 27
Jaxon (my nephew), July 31
Rose (my niece), August 1
Larua (my niece), August 9
Allison (my sister), August 14
Judy and my Mom.... me and Laura
My adorable husband and my even more adorable grandparents
My sister, Allison and my my mom with Gracie
Jaxon with Dupree and Olivia- our suddo niece and flower girl!
My dad grills up some hot dogs and brats, everyone brings a dish to share (so Minnesotan of us!) and then a HUGE birthday cake and ice cream are enjoyed later! The mound of presents looks similar to Christmas- it's sort of crazy! The kids were in the water either swimming or fishing most of the day and everyone just enjoyed another day at my parents house at the lake! What a wonderful place to call home!
Then later that evening I met my girl friends at Cafe Maude for a birthday dinner for Ms. Ally! It was a delicious dinner- Tracy and I shares some amazing mac and cheese, a steak, some asaparagus, and vino of course! And then topped it off with some birthday desserts to share!
The Birthday Girl and the Ladies... Jess, Ally, Tracy, Katie, Kari, Megan, Mallarie!
Sunday was a low key day around the house- I worked on more sanding of that dresser we are refurbishing. Ryan did some work, we worked out, and then I did some yard work- weed pulling- you know the fun stuff!
Sunday evening we went headed to St. Paul to hang out with the newlywed Hannays and the in-laws! We enjoyed homemade flatbread and some vino at their ADORABLE new apartment. And they have a 6 week old kitten! She is a cutie! She is currently nameless so I have a great suggestion- or at least I think it's funny. Ben & Becca already have a cat named Kitty so I thought they should call this one either Cat or Puppy. Funny right?! Anyways, look at how stinkin' cute she is!
The cutest new Hannay!
Puppy?!
We finished the evening with a trip to Tavern on Grand! Delish! Most everyone ordered walleye of some kind and no desserts here as everyone, well almost everyone, was counting calories after a very filling meal and weekend! It was a fabulous weekend full of family- we loved it!
Becca, Ben, Joanie, Dawn, Ross, Ryan and Kari
Toodles,
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