Happy Birthday #12 Bryn!

 Our youngest Fish granddaughter turned 12 on 07/02/2021. She REALLY wanted a dog for her birthday (they already have 2) but that was out of the question!  Her parents would have disowned us 😀. 




This is the closest we could get. She loved the card but wasn’t impressed!

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