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Day 2 got us from North Dakota into Montana. We didn’t do any sight seeing today, but we did stop at a Cracker Barrel for lunch. Olivia slept through most of lunch... We originally planned to stop for the night in Bozeman, but every campground was full. We ended
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Our first day was a looooong one. Our first stop in North Dakota was the Fargo-Moorhead Visitors Center. At the visitors center we learned these North Dakota fun facts. The girls found this painted rock while we were walking around outside. After the quick stop to stretch our legs we
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Almost a year ago we were road tripping through South Dakota and Wyoming. This year it’s North Dakota and Montana. Braden had two work calls this morning, so we got on the road early and stopped at a fun community center while he called in to his meetings. After
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It was time for hair cuts. Both girls decided they wanted it much shorter this time around. There was a lot of hair on the floor by the time they were done. I wasn’t too crazy about the short hair... but they look really adorable. Emma especially. After hair
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throwback thursday ( august 16, 2017 )
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Emma has been asking all summer to do a lemonade stand. Luckily we already had a stand that my mom and I painted for Emma’s birthday party last year. She also decided that she wanted to sell brownies at her lemonade stand. Emma was too busy playing with her
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School doesn’t start until after Labor Day, but this week kindergarteners could participate in Bridge to School. They ride the school bus to school, meet other kindergarteners or see old friends, learn about the school routine and find out where everything is at the school. Parents had to go
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The first full week of August is our county fair. It’s pretty much the girls dream day - pony rides, petting zoo, corn pit, rides, games, cheese curds, lemonade and snow cones. Emma picked the biggest pony of them all. This was the first time I let Olivia go
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Braden is working on a special project in Miami, which means he’s back to traveling every week. This week we dropped him off at the airport and had to pick him up. Emma has really been missing him this time around, so I suggested we make signs and go
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throwback thursday ( august 9, 2017)
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After we dropped Emma at My Little Pony camp we came home to take down Emma’s unicorn party decorations. Funny how all those decorations took two adults a week to put up... and me three minutes to take down. Olivia cried when I started taking it all down... until
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Emma is at My Little Pony musical theater camp this week. She went home with her friend after camp, which gave me and Olivia most of the day together. We spent the morning at the zoo. We had lunch at Chick-fil-a. We spent the rainy afternoon snuggling on the couch
