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We made it! After getting checked in at the campground we went to a BBQ restaurant for lunch. All that food and Olivia had 1 bite of rib and 3 corn on the cob. 🤷🏼♀️ We promised the girls we'd get ice cream to celebrate getting to Colorado Springs.
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It's that time of year again! It's our annual big road trip. This year we're headed to Colorado! It's not a road trip unless we stop along the way for an Icee. Right after we stopped for Icees our 6th butterfly hatched!
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Nine months of dance classes end with a busy dance recital weekend! Emma did amazing in all 3 of her dances - tap, jazz and ballet. 💕 Her two biggest fans got to watch from the second row, while Olivia stayed with a friend. We're super proud at how
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Emma talked Braden into one final stop before heading home... the aquarium. It's a pretty cool aquarium. We've gone every time we've been in Duluth. I've never seen a place where you can touch jellyfish! 😲 This is also the only place I&
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I've always wanted to go to Split Rock Lighthouse and Gooseberry Falls. The lighthouse is only an hour from Duluth, so we made Sunday our day trip day farther north. We did a 20 minute tour, and then walked around the lighthouse. Next stop was Gooseberry Falls. You
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Duluth has a railroad museum, which is super cool. If you're ever in Duluth, MN I highly recommend it. You could spend an entire day just walking in and out of dozens of different train cars. We visited the museum last year, but didn't know about
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We're continuing a new tradition of spending Memorial Day on the bus in Duluth. The weather was cold and rainy for our drive... and fog. Lots and lots of fog. After we made it and parked the bus we had dinner at the Mexican restaurant. They have the
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We had a new aquarium open 30 minutes from our house. I bought us a family membership months ago when they were running a 1/2 off special. They just opened a couple weeks ago and Emma has been begging to go. It was the perfect activity for a rainy
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Camping season is in full swing. This weekend we camped with 2 other families. The girls loved having some of their friends to play with. They also loved fishing. When I asked both of them what their favorite thing was from this weekend... fishing. They caught a lot of fish.
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... and it feels so good. This weekend was officially the first camping weekend of 2019. We like to start out nearby in case we have any problems after getting the bus out of winter storage. We've been pretty lucky so far. This year we had a water pipe
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We partied like it was summer this weekend... and all paid the price for it today. 😂🤷🏼♀️ First up... spring egg hunt. This was the first year there wasn't any snow on the ground during the egg hunt. Next up... Emma's first track meet of the year.
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