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This is one of my favorite places to visit in the summer. We didn't make it there last summer, so when the girls asked this morning what we were going to do today this was the first place I thought about. Olivia was 2 the last time we
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We got it all in for our last day of camping... petting zoo, pool (all day!), mini golf, ice cream, candy bar bingo and s'mores. 2 PM every day is ice cream time. My favorite... a small twist cone. Both girls won at candy bar bingo! We finished
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It was forecast to thunderstorm all day. It was the perfect excuse to head home for a little while and get some kitten snuggles. Turns out the forecast was wrong. It was really overcast and chilly all day, but it barely rained. That meant more pool time. Not really a
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The morning started off with a visit to the petting zoo. The rest of the day was spent at the pool. The diving board was very popular with both girls. Olivia isn't usually a huge swimmer... but she lasted all day at the pool. 2 PM is ice
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This is one of my favorite camping destinations in Minnesota. The last 3 years we've stayed here a whole week. A whole week is really long and by the end we're all exhausted, grouchy and 5 pounds heavier. This year we shortened it to 4 days,
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We don't have much going on this week... except kittens. We're going to be fostering these kittens for a couple weeks until they can be adopted. I'm already realizing how hard it is going to be to say goodbye to them. Especially Lily and
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Yesterday our final monarch butterfly hatched. The other day I was checking on things in the yard when I saw a monarch laying eggs on some of the milkweed we have in our yard. We've never hatched a caterpillar from an egg, so Emma brought one of the
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And just like that my phone is full of adorable kitten photos... Gus reminded me of Ethel this morning. She always loved to sleep with her head hanging over the side of the tv receiver. I have no idea how that is comfortable.
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Months ago I signed up with an animal rescue for us to be cat fosters. I requested a couple kittens between then and now, but for one reason or another it didn't work out. Today we finally picked up our foster kittens! Meet Lily, Rosie, Gus and Sylvester.
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This is the first 4th of July in 4 years that we didn't celebrate with a pig roast. We had so many fireworks left over from the last couple years that I didn't even need to buy any. We found out last night that Olivia really
