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When you're in Colorado Springs you have to go to the top of Pikes Peak, so we did. Emma is adventurous, like Braden. Olivia is not, like me. We did make it a couple steps down into the rocks, then Olivia said "this is not safe. let&
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We debated what to do today... then it turned out to be a hang out at the campsite all day kind of day. We went hiking. The girls looked for critters. We watched a HUGE snake go by. We saw a rainbow. We had pizza. The girls roasted marshmallows and
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One of the reasons I wanted to leave on Thursday was to make it to Donkey Derby Days. Donkey races. Food. Petting zoo. Donkey rides. Pretty much sounds like something we'd love... and did. Doesn't matter where we are or what state we're in.
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We made it! After getting checked in at the campground we went to a BBQ restaurant for lunch. All that food and Olivia had 1 bite of rib and 3 corn on the cob. 🤷🏼♀️ We promised the girls we'd get ice cream to celebrate getting to Colorado Springs.
Our two big stops today were in cities starting with O. Omaha and Ogallala. I've heard so many great things about the zoo in Omaha. It was at the top of my list to see on this trip. We were going to skip it today and do it
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It's that time of year again! It's our annual big road trip. This year we're headed to Colorado! It's not a road trip unless we stop along the way for an Icee. Right after we stopped for Icees our 6th butterfly hatched!
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A couple weeks ago I ordered a cup of caterpillars. I wasn't sure the teeny, tiny caterpillars we got were going to turn into butterflies. This was a couple days after we got them, and they had already grown a lot. They kept growing and growing in their
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Olivia and I have been to this park a couple times, but it doesn't count unless Emma is there too. Emma's two favorite things to do at the park are the monkey bars and the swings. She was not very happy that she couldn't
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For the last 2 years I've tried to go to all the parks in our city. Both years I've come up short. 🤷🏼♀️ This year we started early and have already crossed off a lot of parks. Today was the perfect, overcast day for park hopping. We
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It's been a while since we've had one of these. Tonight we tried a new Mexican restaurant. We followed up with dessert at a local ice cream shop.
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This week Olivia started Sports of All Sorts. It's the first summer she's old enough to do a parks and rec activity. She has a couple friends in it too, and she loved it. It was also Emma's first parks and rec activity 2
