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skiing
I've never been skiing because I was pretty sure it wouldn't be my thing. But Emma has been begging to try skiing for the last 2 years. Emma had 3 days off this week before school starts back up in person on Thursday, so we took
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tubing
Tubing is my absolute favorite winter activity! Yesterday we met a group of our friends at our favorite tubing hill for 3 hours of fun. By the smile on Olivia's face you would think it was hers too. It is not. She went down once and begged to
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princess crowns
Olivia had some teeth that didn't develop enamel. This led to her having a tooth pulled in August, and needing 2 crowns, a spacer and a couple fillings. We tried to get her first crown at the dentist office... but that didn't go well and we
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last week of winter break
Everything is shut down in Minnesota, so there isn't anything to do outside of the house. I still feel like we crammed a lot in our last week of winter break. Tie dye shirt making, hoverboard riding, video games, sledding, sleepovers and Uno Attack. Tomorrow Emma goes back
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happy new year!
We celebrated New Year's Eve by sledding for the first time this winter. Olivia isn't a fan of cold weather or sledding, so she got lucky that Braden was home and she didn't have to go. I didn't know this hill existed
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merry christmas!
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do you see what I see....?
We haven't had snow on the ground since October. Until yesterday. Just in time for a white Christmas! It was Oreo's first time seeing snow.
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we'll miss you oreo
Today Oreo went to his new home. This kitten was a little shy in the beginning. I have a feeling going from living in a cage at a shelter to living in a huge house with 2 crazy girls was a bit of a shock. It didn't take
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happy birthday olivia
I can't believe this girl is 5! She opened lots of presents, got celebrated at school, had Chili's for dinner and cake for dessert. To wrap up the day of celebration we went to one of the drive through light shows. I thought it would be
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basement sleepover
I relocated our old mattress down to the basement after I was tired of it in our entryway at the bottom of the stair slide. Braden thought it would be fun to have a sleepover down there with the girls. It couldn't just be any old sleepover... I
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it's beginning to look a lot like christmas
Most of our neighbors took advantage of really warm weather a couple weekends ago to put up their Christmas lights. We were busy at the barn, so didn't get around to it. Every time we drive through the neighborhood Olivia would ask when we're getting lights
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happy thanksgiving
This year we celebrated Thanksgiving at home with just our family of four. Braden was on smoked turkey duty, and I got lots of help in the kitchen this year. Emma waited very patiently, all day for a piece of chocolate pie. She was very excited to get another piece