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happy day
I've been waiting a long time for this day! Olivia is finally old enough for the 3s class at gymnastics, which means I don't have to do it with her. She was soooo excited to be able to do the class all by herself! She was
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horseback riding
Emma is pretty much a professional pony rider. If we're somewhere that has pony rides it's the first thing she wants to do. I have no idea how many pony rides she's done... but it's a lot. She's been wanting
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spring in january
We've been having some unusually high temperatures for January. We made the most of it with smoked meat and a bike ride this weekend.
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two in a row
Olivia and I met some friends at the zoo this afternoon. It was the second day in a row that we got out of the house. That doesn't happen often with this homebody.
crayola
Emma always wants to go somewhere or do something. Olivia would rather just spend her days at home.... unless it's going to the Crayola Experience. I try to do all the same things with Olivia that I did with Emma - indoor playgrounds, zoo, mall, etc. She usually
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throwback thursday (january 3, 2018)
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getting off the boat
Bad weather in Galveston closed the port, so the ship wasn't able to dock at its scheduled time for us to get off. We took advantage of some extra hours on the ship. When Braden and I first started dating (all the way back in 2000!) he went
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christmas cruise - day 6
On the last day of the cruise (Wednesday, December 26) there was a little something for everyone. The adults attended an adults only brunch. In the afternoon I took the girls to a royal tea party. We also got to see Mickey! After all that fun in one day we
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christmas cruise - day 5
Merry Christmas (Tuesday, December 25)! Our first event of the day was decorating gingerbread cookies. We followed it up with more characters, an adult chocolate and liquor tasting followed by naps. Naps meant Braden and I could enjoy a really late martini tasting while the girls played in the kids
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christmas cruise - day 4
On day 4 (Monday, December 24) we stopped in Grand Cayman. The four of us spent the afternoon with the dolphins. Clearly Olivia has been having tons of fun on this vacation because she didn't make it the 20 minute car ride from the ship to the dolphin
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christmas cruise - day 3
On day 3 (Sunday, December 23) we stopped in Cozumel, Mexico. Olivia stayed on the ship with Braden's family, while Braden, Emma and I went swimming with stingrays. That night it was pirate night. We all dressed up for dinner in our pirate attire. After dinner we went
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christmas cruise - day 2
We started the morning of day 2 (Saturday, December 22) off with seeing Ariel, Cinderella, Tiana, Belle, Anna and Elsa. We also squeezed in a visit with Minnie Mouse. Emma spent a little time in the kids club and got her face painted. The weather was not as nice as