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house day
The following day we spent around the house enjoying the beach and the pool.
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las caletas
Our second day in Puerto Vallarta we did a tour to a private beach. The beach had a kids adventure park. They got to ride a donkey and do a zipline. We also spent a good amount of time enjoying the beach... and the open bar. Emma also got one
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spring break!
Two years ago we got invited to spend spring break 2022 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with four other families. There was a lot of planning, and a lot of people, and a lot of waiting... but finally the day was here! It has been a very long time since we&
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tubing
Probably my favorite winter activity... and today was the last day! Look at Olivia's face. All she remembers from last year is getting flung off the tow rope at the top of the hill, so she was pretty scared the first time going down. She ended up tubing
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zoo
The last time the girls and I went to the zoo was in June. I have no idea the last time Braden was there, but today was finally made it back with the whole family.
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ice palace maze
This was a first for us. An ice maze made of almost 3,000 blocks of ice. The girls had fun doing the maze over and over, but I think their favorite might have been the huge ice slide (and the hot chocolate).
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daddy daughter dance (for real)
FINALLY! Olivia was so bummed she had to miss the first one, so she has really been looking forward to tonight.
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happy new year!
We rang in 2022 by having some friends over, eating an amazing food spread, dressing up just for fun and staying up until 2 AM (yes, even the girls)!
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duluth in winter
We've never been to Duluth in the winter. Every November/December they have a huge Christmas light display that everyone always talks about. We had planned to go over Olivia's birthday weekend, but couldn't find any rooms. We ended up finding one for a
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winter dance recital #2
We cleared quarantine just in time for Emma to dance in her winter recital. She did amazing!
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little bit of everything
We did it all today... arcade, water park, mini golf, rock climbing, plus much, much more. We asked the girls if we could just head home tomorrow since we've seen and done everything, but (of course) they want to do it all again tomorrow. Emma has even been
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waterpark hotel
Olivia has been asking to go to a waterpark hotel for her birthday ever since we went to a waterpark hotel over Labor Day. Both girls have dance recitals in December... so Thanksgiving seemed like the perfect time to go. No cooking. No clean up. Extra days off of school.