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8 states. 1,600+ miles. 24+ hours. Sunday afternoon we parked the bus for the week and headed to our beach condo. Not sure we brought all we need over on the car ferry. We did remember the girls even though you can't see them in the car.
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When we woke up Saturday morning Emma was determined that we make it to Florida today. So... that is what we did. First though... a stop in Georgia for pecans, peach ice cream and peach cobbler. We did it! We found a campground just across the border to stop for
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Did I mention we brought our 7 caterpillars along for the Florida road trip adventure? On Friday we had a short drive through Illinois and Kentucky. The highlight for the girls in Kentucky....? We stopped for Icee's. Before we knew it we were through Kentucky and into Tennessee.
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This summer isn't exactly working out how we thought it would, but we're making the most of it. In February we booked a beach condo vacation with my family in Florida. Obviously back then we had planned to fly, but we still don't think
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It's officially kayak season! Sunday was our first trip down the Cannon River this summer. Doesn't matter how cold the water is, these girls always want to be in it.
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I had always imagined we'd have a huge party at PGA National to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. Instead we let the girls eat dinner in our bed so we could have a quiet fondue dinner at home. 😂 A look back at the last 10 years... We may
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We've been coming to Duluth for Memorial Day weekend for 3 years. This has... by far... been the best (warmest) weather we've ever had. The girls were very excited this morning about a beach day. This morning we headed to Black Beach. Its named for the
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Emma and I made a deal that she didn't have to do all her writing assignment on Friday if she agreed to write a couple each day between Friday and Tuesday. I didn't even say a word to Emma this morning and she finished her 3
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Since today was a flex Friday Emma didn't have any new assignments. Instead she started working on her special writing assignment. She is answering 10 letters from kindergartners, and she has to send them a video telling them all about 1st grade. Braden had some work calls, so
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Today was Superhero Thursday for virtual spirit week. Emma's teacher hosted a virtual scavenger hunt with the whole class. From what I could hear from the kitchen it sounds like they all had a blast. Emma had another meeting with her teacher and a couple other kids from
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Not much excitement going on with Emma's farm. Today she bought pigs. After school we took advantage of the nice weather and went to 3 parks. It's not even summer and we've already crossed off over half of our city parks. We're