places we've been
We haven't been to the cat store in a long time for two reasons - (1) we were only doing outside activities since the weather was nice and hot, and (2) its hit or miss if there will be any cats there. Its been cold and gloomy for
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Its not really a surprise that in the last three days Emma has come home from school with two kindness rocks certificates. One was for sharing a book with a kid in her class and the other was for helping a kid with his art project.
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Braden and I used to go to the movies at least once a week before we had Emma. Now we only go every once in a while, and we’ve never been as a family... until today. It’s hard to believe only a couple hours before that picture I
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We usually visit the Renaissance Festival around Labor Day... when it’s hot outside. This year we had other things going on and couldn’t make it until this weekend... when it was cold outside. But we didn’t let a little cold weather stop us from having a good
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Today is the final day of the reading fundraiser at Emma’s school. To celebrate two weeks of reading the school had book character day. Emma (and probably half of the kindergarten girls) chose to dress up as Fancy Nancy. Ooh la la. I figured this was the perfect time
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throwback thursday ( september 27, 2017 )
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It was the perfect day for a family bike ride. Our first stop was the park across the street. It’s definitely the start of lady bug season. They are finding them everywhere we go. After the park we took the long way home. Emma is working on her downhill
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Today was Olivia’s second day of school. I spent my free time painting the mud room. It was the last room I wanted to get repainted. I had enough time left over to make more apple cookies. Now I have to figure out what to do next Friday! I’
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We’ve had some rain. Actually... we’ve had a lot of rain. Three days of almost constant rain. It’s not just a sprinkle either. It’s the huge rain drops, hail the size of a quarter, pitch black outside in the middle of the day kind of rain.
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throwback thursday ( september 20, 2017 )
It’s been a tough week for this sweet girl. I think the excitement of the first week of kindergarten wore off and exhaustion set in.
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At 90 degrees it’s doesn’t really feel like apple picking season. But our favorite apples are available now, so we had to go before they are all gone. It’s amazing how quickly the four of us can pick 53 apples (18 lbs). An apple picking trip wouldn’