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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
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throwback thursday (november 26, 2019)
Emma's and Olivia's note to me the night before we were scheduled to fly to Florida. I didn't know if we were going to make it since we were in the middle of a blizzard.
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meet oreo
Three weeks into our first kitten fosters I said I would never foster again. Three of the four came down with ringworm. They had to be quarantined for 8 weeks. We could only go in their room fully covered head to toe. They all needed medicine and cream twice a
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throwback thursday (november 19, 2019)
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then there were 3....
This week all our kittens are going to their new homes. First to leave us was Gus Gus. I loved this big boy. If I was going to keep one... he would have been it. He's off to live with 4 college dudes. He loved laying in short
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home sweet home
We made it home just in time for a blizzard. 7"+ fell on Tuesday. On Thursday we had freezing rain and the weirdest color sky I've ever seen. Olivia said it looked dirty. She wasn't wrong. I don't know who is happier to
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country roads
We got an early morning start to head home on Sunday. So early that the girls didn't even get out of bed by the time we hit the road. That was a first... It wouldn't be a road trip without at least one Icee. Have I