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| Lydia is 11! |
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| Dad took the entire day off to celebrate with us. These three spent most of the day painting ceramics at Paint Your World via Lydia's request. |
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| Ahh! That cap gun is sooo loud. Gabe still up to his old tricks. |
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| Took them all out in one blow. |
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| Good frosting. Who knew butter cream could be so simple and delicious? Butter, honey, raw melted cacao, and a bit of sea salt. |
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| Lydia chose, planned, and helped bake the cake. Against All Grain chocolate layer cake with improvised whipped cream/marscapone filling and butter cream frosting. |
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| Yum with some raw cream, egg yolks, and maple syrup ice cream on the side. |
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| Brother, with his creativity at work, created a treasure hunt with clues or more accurately, "blues." |
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| Dad helping to decipher the "blues." |
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| Reading a card from Grandma and Grandpa. |
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| From Grammy and Grandpa. |
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| Gabe knows what this gift is, although Lydia is not so sure. |
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| Strawberry hullers, otherwise used as chicken pin feather removal tools. She made herself scarce during the chicken plucking process a couple of weekends ago! |
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| Dad delighted with his gift. "All gifts from now on are going to be about work!" |
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| Can pluck chickens double time. |
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| Oh brother! He can be so exasperating with his fiddling fingers in the unwrapping process. See below. |
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| 11 years tall. |
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| Found these on sale at Coastal this summer. |
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| You can see Dad's theme is for real. No more excuse of not having a rake. |
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| Lydia was delighted with her labled rake. |
