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old barn resort
Our summer of camping is sadly coming to an end. This weekend we're at a campground I've been wanting to go to for a long time. It is always highly recommended in all the camping groups I'm in, but Braden wasn't convinced
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throwback thursday (august 19, 2020)
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all i want for christmas...
When Emma lost her front tooth on Saturday I joked that it would be funny if she would be missing both front teeth before Christmas. Just yesterday she showed me how loose her other front tooth was. Today it came out. That tooth fairy is one busy lady.
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day pass
We wanted to try some new campgrounds this summer. To do that we had to free up some weekends by ditching the girls absolute favorite campground of all time. Since we couldn't do our usual week there we got a day pass and spent the day doing all
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county fair
Felt good to be back at the county fair. Only 10 more days until the big one!
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another one bites the dust
Emma has been working on this one for a while. She loves the new tricks she can do now that she has a big gap.
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raspberry bay to madeline island to duluth
The boat had to be turned in on Wednesday afternoon. We headed back to the marina a little early since we knew it would take a while to unload everything. Since it was still early in the day we hopped on the ferry over to Madeline Island - the biggest
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throwback thursday (august 12, 2020)
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rocky to stockton to raspberry bay
Tuesday morning we moved one island over to Rocky Island because we heard the beach had sea glass. Olivia had been begging to go to a beach, so she was very excited to get to play in the sand. After spending an hour walking the beach we headed to our
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apostle islands 2021
We always plan at least one summer road trip on the bus. Last year we wanted to go to Michigan, but everything was shut down. This year we wanted to go to Yellowstone, but campsites are booking a year out with all the pandemic RV owners on the road. We
rides, rides, rides
One of the most exhausting places on my summer activities list... the amusement park. The amusement park also has a water park section. It wasn't as good as I remember, and it was packed. It was a nice break to cool off, but next year I think we
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plan b
Rain in the forecast today cancelled our water park plans. Time for plan B... aquarium.