the o's
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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road trippin' to colorado
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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butterflies
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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throwback thursday (june 20, 2018)
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and another one
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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park hopping
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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parents night out
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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then and now
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
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throwback thursday (june 13, 2018)
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summertime!
Summertime is in full swing! We packed a lot of fun into one day. Caterpillars 🐛 Cooking class 👩🏼🍳 Bike rides 🚲 Animals 🐍 Carnival 🎡 Pony rides 🐴 Ice cream 🍦 Princesses 👸🏼 Bounce houses 🏠 Plus we squeezed in some pool time before calling it a night! 🏊
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show time!
Nine months of dance classes end with a busy dance recital weekend! Emma did amazing in all 3 of her dances - tap, jazz and ballet. 💕 Her two biggest fans got to watch from the second row, while Olivia stayed with a friend. We're super proud at how
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last day of school
I can't believe my sweet baby is officially a 1st grader! 💕 She wore the same dress that she did on the first day of school. It's a little shorter, but it still fit. To finish off the school year we rode bikes to school. We celebrated