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happy new year
We started 2020 off with a visit to the ER. While we were in Texas Olivia got hit in the toe with the hotel room door. I had a feeling it caught her nail and it would eventually fall off, but tonight she hit it for the 3rd time. This
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back home
We spent our New Year's Eve morning flying home from Texas. On our way to the airport we stopped at a mega Buc-ees. Just like Blue Bell, it's one of the things you can't miss when you go to Texas. The candied pecans are
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carmine, tx
After the birthday celebration wrapped up we headed to Braden's dad's house for a few days. On our way there we introduced Emma to Sonic's cherry limeade. About 20 minutes away is a farm that gives tours. The girls got to feed animals, go
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georgetown, tx
We had a 90th birthday party to attend in the evening, which gave us all day to do some exploring. First up... Inner Space Cavern. This place was cool. The tour was a little long for Emma and Olivia, but they made it to the end. You know what else
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off to texas
We're in Texas for a couple days to celebrate Braden's grandmother turning 90... plus I'm hoping to squeeze in a couple fun places while we're here.
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christmas lights
One of the Christmas traditions we started is driving around to look at Christmas lights with the girls. We bring hot chocolate and popcorn, which I think the girls love more than looking at lights. We even stopped by to see the Grinch. It was all over the news up
throwback thursday (december 26, 2018)
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merry christmas!
It's been a fun and exhausting couple of days. On Christmas Eve morning we hosted our annual cookie party. There were lots of kids and lots of cookies. On Christmas Eve evening we went to a friend's house for dinner. It was after 11 PM when
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water park fun
This morning we had to check out of our room, but we could use the water park all day. The rooms aren't anything special, but they have bunk beds. We spent most of the day swimming. Emma even tried out the boogie boarding. By far her favorite is
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surprise!
A couple weeks ago I booked a night at Great Wolf Lodge. We didn't tell the girls and wanted to surprise them when we got there. That was much harder than I thought it would be! I've been dying to tell them. This time we got
