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I've made it my summer mission to do all the things we missed out on last summer. Today it was music in the park and the splash pad. The splash pad is at the same park where the music is, so Olivia wore her swimsuit under her dress.
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Olivia got invited to celebrate her friend's birthday at the princess spa at the Mall of America. This place was fancy... right down to the kids champagne during their pedicures. Afterward we joined them for lunch at the Sugar Factory. These milkshakes were insane! Surprisingly the food was
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With our busy camping schedule we are taking a break from fostering for the summer. I've been keeping my eye out for anyone who needs a temp foster during the time we're not camping. This week we got to take care of Cortando (orange) and Cappuccino
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Braden turned the big 4-0 on Friday. To celebrate, I booked us a weekend at his favorite MN state park. Our first stop as soon as the bus was parked... the beach. Last year the girls had so much fun catching tadpoles in the lake. This time it was a
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This was quite a year. Despite all the changes there have been lots of tears about the last day of school. Emma had the most amazing teacher this year. I've loved all her teachers, but this one was really something special. Now we're looking forward to
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We had a ridiculously hot weekend. At one point my car said it was 102 degrees. Even with the crazy heat we decided last minute to go kayaking. This year we upped our game and added a tube. It was a huge hit. If the girls could have spent the
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Oh yes... the day I found 5,132,364,560 of these selfies on my phone. 😂
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While we were in Duluth the neighborhood pool opened. The girls were ready to go as soon as we got home. I was actually surprised when Olivia asked to go today while Emma was at school. She has never been the big swimmer, but it seems like that may be
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We're heading home after our annual visit to Duluth, MN for Memorial Day Weekend. This year was much different than last year when everything was closed. As much as I hate crowds, it was so nice to see so many people coming back to all the restaurants and
