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back to school
Thursday was the first day back to in person learning for Emma! This was an after school picture since I forgot to get one in the morning.
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throwback thursday (january 21, 2020)
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settled in
These girls have settled right in. They've also apparently taken quite a liking to Braden.
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skiing
I've never been skiing because I was pretty sure it wouldn't be my thing. But Emma has been begging to try skiing for the last 2 years. Emma had 3 days off this week before school starts back up in person on Thursday, so we took
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shiva and samantha
It has been almost a month since we sent Oreo off to his new home. It was time for some new foster kittens. These girls had a 4 hour drive from their shelter to our house. Here are Shiva and Samantha. They are jumpers.
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horseback riding lessons
Emma started horseback riding lessons tonight! It was difficult to tell by her serious face the whole time whether she liked it or not. As we were leaving she said "can we come back tomorrow?". I guess I got my answer.
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throwback thursday (january 14, 2020)
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tubing round 2
A month ago when I found out Emma didn't have school today I bought tickets for tubing. Fun fact: this is the Buck Hill where Lindsey Vonn got her start. I heard our usual tubing hill was better than this one, but I had never been here and
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ice skating
We've been having some warmer weather which is perfect for outdoor ice skating. It took Emma a little while to figure out how to get going, but once she did there was no stopping her. I thought maybe we'd stay 30 minutes. Of course I was
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tubing
Tubing is my absolute favorite winter activity! Yesterday we met a group of our friends at our favorite tubing hill for 3 hours of fun. By the smile on Olivia's face you would think it was hers too. It is not. She went down once and begged to
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throwback thursday (january 7, 2020)
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princess crowns
Olivia had some teeth that didn't develop enamel. This led to her having a tooth pulled in August, and needing 2 crowns, a spacer and a couple fillings. We tried to get her first crown at the dentist office... but that didn't go well and we