Birthdays are always a little hard to believe, but this one is the HARDEST yet!

Of course it’s true what they say, and I never doubted it: the years go by in a blink. But TEN?!? That’s a number I just really can’t wrap my mind around.


For today (and for all the days), just know that I love you the most, more than you will ever understand. Now excuse me while I cry into a mid-morning bowl of ice cream while I look through memories of birthdays past… to help convince myself it’s actually true!

^^ Brand new and beautiful – Roseville, CA – 2011

^^ First birthday – Darwin, MN – 2012

^^ Two’s not so terrible! Litchfield, MN – 2013

^^ Three – Belle Plaine, MN – 2014

^^ Four || Pre-K3 – Chaska, MN – 2015

^^ Five || Pre-K4 – Jordan, MN – 2016 (Angie Schueren Photography)

^^ Silly six || Kindergarten – Belle Plaine, MN – 2017

^^ Seven || First Grade – Belle Plaine, MN – 2018 (Angie Schueren Photography)

^^ Eight || Second Grade – Belle Plaine, MN – 2019

^^ Nine || Third Grade – Watertown, WI – 2020

^^ TEN || Fourth Grade – Watertown, WI – 2021