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Sometimes plans don't go the way you want... Monday night I think I got maybe 3 hours of sleep. Emma didn't sleep at all and was up all night running to the bathroom. Olivia slept through everything, but Braden and I did not. We tried to
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We always take the bus to Duluth over Memorial Day weekend. Last year we decided we wanted to check it out during the winter. Braden ended up taking this week off, so we decided to take a 3 day trip up to Duluth again during the girls winter break. This
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Last night before bed Emma told me she was getting me up at 7:30 AM. Sure enough... both girls came running into our room right at 7:30 AM ready to start the day.
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Yesterday we got lots of snow. The pretty, powdery, sparkly stuff. But today... no blizzard. It was a very, very cold, sunny day. How cold...? It was make icicles on your eyebrow cold. Since I thought there was a blizzard coming we had play dates and baking planned for today.
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What do you do after the crazy day we had yesterday? You have a spa day. The Snowtopia Spa treatments included manicures, pedicures, make up, massages and tattoos. Even Braden got some spa time with the girls...
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I've been mentally preparing for this day for weeks. It started with Olivia's last basketball game of the season. I'm so glad she tried basketball. She really had fun doing it... and she's pretty good. We had to leave the basketball game
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We loved spending Thanksgiving in Wisconsin Dells last year, so why not do it again? This time we surprised the girls with the trip... and we brought some friends along. The last time we came the girls really wanted to drive the go carts, but Emma isn't old
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Our town's high school football team played in the state semi-finals last night at US Bank Stadium (where the MN Vikings play). We had decided earlier in the week we would wait to go see them in the championship game, but just about everyone we know was going
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Sever's is one of my favorite fall traditions. Corn pits, corn maze, petting zoo, pumpkin blaster, mini donuts... plus so much more. I love all of it. I've been wanting to go here just about every nice weekend for months, but we've been so
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I always dread family photos. Figuring out the outfits is the worst part, but it is the only way we get some amazing family photos every year.
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I've been preparing for this Saturday morning all week... Turns out it wasn't as bad as I thought. Olivia and I got to her photos at the elementary school 15 minutes early and they were able to take them right away. Then we met up with