Impromptu stop at Tower Games and got this Penny trainer card. Like the art a lot.

Sadly Sunstreet Breads is closing — our last visit as a family to this great bakery!

Great cappuccino and Raspberry Cream Scone at Sunstreet Breads for birthday breakfast.

Lasagna assembly complete! Carreras, Domingo, and Pavarotti are done singing. See this delicious pan in 45 minutes!

Making my special homemade lasagna and “playing one of the most important ingredients” I use when making it: Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert. 🎶

We had a great time at Mt. Itasca today — cross country skiing, downhill skiing, and snowboarding for the first time!

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Very good lunch at Smoke on the Water in Coleraine today. Great view inside of Trout Lake.

Staying at the Doc House Suites in Grand Rapids and was impressed to see pour over setup was provided for coffee. ☕️

Happy New Year’s Eve! 🥂

Booked our spring break flights to Amsterdam, with train travel in the middle, then visiting Mazie in Barcelona on her semester abroad and returning from there. ✈️

It seems nearly every platform does a “wrapped” or year-in-review thing now. Only some of them are interesting to me. Sanebox did what these should do by explaining the value I’m getting from the service.

Family game time with Skittles.

This fox is a pretty frequent visitor around the lake.

Starting on my Christmas LEGO project: the Ferrari SF-24. 1,361 pieces in 455 steps.

Soak in the hot tub while the sauna heats up. ❄️🔥💦

Got my complete collection of Perrserker cards in my binder.

Tyler and I just opened a Mega Evolutions ETB and he hit with the gold Mega Lucario ex! Best pull he’s ever gotten. 🤩