The girls’ birthdays are only ten days apart and this year, both sets of grandparents were out of town on Kathryn’s birthday. So we had a family party celebrating them together once everyone was available.

On Madelynn’s actual birthday we took a kayaking trip down Yellow River. We have been in a season of drought and the river was very low. What should have been a 3 hour trip took 5 hours. We spent a lot of time dragging the kayaks over sand bars or around fallen trees. We all switched places and kayaks multiple times. But the weather was beautiful and we made memories!