On Sunday, Dad and Ev and I drove to Herold, WI, to the fourth birthday party for Anders.
It was a great party.
Great Grandpa Wally and Great Grandma Ev
Great Aunt Wanda
Grandma Lolo, Grandpa Gus, Great Aunt Lois and Great Uncles Larry & Harry.
Uncle Kyle, Aunt Heather, Jack, Gage, Stella, Ruby & Jens
Aunt Angie and Uncle Aaron, Emily, Megan, Owen & Ivan
Aunt Lena, Uncle Mark and Zach
Grandma Lulu and Grandpa Larry
Friend Will and his sister Claire and their Mom and Dad.
Friends Ben & Jake and their Mom and Dad.
And maybe a few others.
Here are a few photos.
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Valdemar and Jens Henry Valdemar |
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Valdemar and Jens |
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Mark, Aaron, Lois, Jack, Harry |
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Grandma Lolo made the cake |
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Anders' birthday cake-He is 4 |
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Jens is walking |
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Jens loved the balloons |
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Having fun |
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Aaron and Larry |
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Jack and little brother Jens, Great Grandma Ev in the background |
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Ruby watching the kids play on the slip and slide |
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Anders and Stella on the Slip N Slide |
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Anders' friend Will, helping the Slip N Slide work |
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Valdemar, Angie's back, Emily, Ev with Ivan, Lois |
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Getting ready for candles and cake....
Will, Great Aunt Lois, Aunt Heather, Jens under wraps, Ruby, Angie's butt
(Sorry Ang) |
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Will and Anders getting it straight that Anders gets to blow out the candles. |
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Owen, Anders, Will |
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Anders getting the best part of cake off the decorations, yum chocolate frosting! |
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Anders enjoying his cake and ice cream. |
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Anders |
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Anders, yummy stuff |
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Larry, Zack, Lena, Mark |
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Mark, Bill, Ben, Claire, Harry and Jens |
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Anders and Owen |
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Anders and Owen, what a pair |
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Great Aunt Lois, Gage, Great Grandpa Valdemar, Aunt Angie, Jack, Emily, Megan, Will, Owen and Ruby |
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Where is the birthday boy behind all those gifts? |
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Opening the cards and gifts with Mom |
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Looking at a new toy |
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Lora, Anders, Kris and Owen...lots of gifts |
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Anders yelling "THANK YOU' to Grandma Lolo for his gift.
She didn't let him off the hook, she got a hug too. |
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More presents |
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Some assembly required for this Avengers tank |
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Figuring out how it all works |
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It was a nice family gathering |
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A little football broke out |
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Megan goes for the ball |
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Gage might be holding |
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Jack...his game face? |
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Lots of laughing |
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Megan, Emily, Jack, Gage
Aaron was tossing the ball for them. |
It was a fun summer birthday party.
The drive was uneventful and really pretty.
We were glad to pull in the driveway and we are all taking it easy on Monday.