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Chris' 40th birthday fell on the Thursday before Memorial Day Weekend. I convinced him to take Friday off under the guise of extending our traditional Memorial Day plans in Yakima, but really I sent the kids away to Grandma and Grandpa's for Thursday and Friday nights so we could have a kid-free celebration for 36 hours. Here is a recap of those fun few days...  Wednesday night I sneaked post-it notes into his laptop with messages of love and admiration from all of the girls...they were a fun surprise for him on Thursday morning in his meetings.  Thursday afternoon I met my MIL over the pass and passed off the girls. Then came home and prepped for a fun 40th celebration that evening with good friends sans kids! He came home from work and I promptly got him back in the car and headed to South Center. We met some of our great friends at the Flying Circus where we had the place mostly to ourselves and we sweated it up nicely in defiance of our aging.  ...

A quick recap of noteworthy spring events: Hamilton. So so amazing to witness in person and so close to the stage. So many feelings, so many tears, I just loved it so much! (As I said...teary eyes below)   Daddy Daughter etiquette dinner  Chopped off the Meg Mullet Grandma was back to help the week after my surgery. And I didn't want to let her go home (as per usual...)  We got some splendid HOT days in April and May that make us think summer is closer than it actually is. In typical fashion we dropped everything (including school), and soaked up the fun by the water.  One day at Lake Sammamish and another day with the Pettingills at Lake Wilderness.  (Cousins on kayaks below) Meg prepped for summer by breaking in her googles  At the end of April my SILs and MIL got together in Tri Cities for Time Out for Women. It was my first time attending an event like that, and while I thought it was good and helpf...