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Celebrating 33

As most of you know, my birthday follows Abigail's by 5 days (and Kevin's 6 days after mine!), so this past weekend was spent celebrating my special day (wahoo!)

We spent Friday on the boat with Steph and Reid; playing around in the water and going to Kid Valley for dinner.  Abigail had a great time counting to three as the guys jumped off the boat and even got a bit overconfident at times, leaning off the back.



She loves playing with the prop lever

Saturday was Schwingfest (an annual Swiss festival / family reunion) where we spent a fun afternoon at the park, and an evening full of family time at Aunt Lucy's.

It's one of my favorite days of the year!

watching the boys wrestle at the park

Telling secrets with Daddy (while gagging herself?...)

Then came Sunday- my birthday!

Kevin and Kirk were asked by the Nature Consortium to play at their annual festival, so we spent the morning there.  Highlights include a fairy parade, watching Kevin and Kirk perform in the meadow, and our very own cabin concert with Caspar Babypants  (this was a huge highlight for both us and the kids!)

After the festival Kevin and I left Abigail with Kirk and Amy for an evening downtown and dinner at Marrakesh (my favorite!)



Hangin' with Caspar!

It was a great way to spend my birthday- a low key, ready to pop, family style celebration.

This week we're gearing up for Kevin's birthday weekend in Lake Wenatchee. We've rented a cabin on the lake and look forward to relaxing Thursday through Sunday.

Fun times!  (but I'm sure looking forward to some downtime once "birthday day/week/month" ends...)



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