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This morning started off with a parade and Halloween party at Olivia's school. She really wanted this Queen Bee LOL Doll costume. I signed up to volunteer, so I got to stick around for the party. Tonight was a chilly one. We started early and the girls managed
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Braden had to be in Florida this weekend and I was worried what we were going to do all weekend without him. Good thing we have lots of barn projects! The girls did tons of exploring and playing. There is a lot to see on 5 acres. The property hasn&
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Our trees are almost completely bare. I came outside to find the girls trying to make a leaf pile, so I grabbed a rake and helped them out. Those smiles! 💕
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We recently bought a barn... on 5 acres. Every winter we move our bus to some guys barn and pay him a lot of money to store it for the winter. Now we have our own barn all year round. It's in need of a lot of work,
Today we squeezed in 3 fall activities all into one day. First up... Server's. We visit every year for the corn pit and amazing petting zoo. Practicing for snow angels. This petting zoo... 💕 Somehow Olivia always ends up with animals on her head. I really wanted to bring
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Emma really wanted to get her nails painted on her second day off from school... so that's what we did. Emma wanted to grow her nails long, so they haven't been cut in a long time.
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There is no school today and tomorrow for a statewide teacher conference. We spent the afternoon park hopping (see previous post), but we spent the morning baking Halloween cookies. The girls have pretty impressive cookie decorating skills. Yum!
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I've been trying for 3 years to visit all 20 parks in our city. Despite my best efforts this summer we were 5 short. Then we were given the most amazing fall day today... AND there was no school! The girls and I (plus some friends) made it
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A couple months ago some friends of ours asked if we wanted to do a fall camping trip. We tried to camp in September last year, but cancelled both those trips. We really didn't want to this weekend... but we gave it a go. Despite the awful, cold,
