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This morning Braden had to go into work for a little while. Before dropping him off we had breakfast at our favorite breakfast restaurant. Emma said they were the best eggs she’s ever had! The girls and I came back to the hotel for lots of swimming and playing
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Emma has fall break this week, so we hopped on a plane and flew to Florida for the long weekend. It was a late night. Our flight landed in West Palm Beach after midnight. Emma fell asleep 10 minutes into the flight. Olivia fought sleep the entire flight. She finally
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Last week was fire prevention week. On Friday the firefighters visited Emma’s school. The fire station is having a drawing contest. This was Emma’s entry. Today the fire station had an open house. We’ve gone to one every year, mainly because they love climbing in and out
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I know I’ll probably regret saying this in a couple months... but I’d rather it just snow than get any more rain! It’s been days and days of rain and gloom. To try to beat the rainy day blues, Olivia and I spent a couple hours at
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This may be one of my favorite places to visit in the fall. There is a little bit of something for everyone here... corn pits, the most amazing petting zoo, pony rides, camel rides, zip line, hay bale maze, super slide, pumpkin cannons, jumping pillows, wooden train, and food! Mini
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Olivia had school today, but Emma didn’t. We convinced Braden to take some time away from work and go with us to the zoo. The whole reason Emma wanted to go to the zoo this morning was to touch the sharks and stingrays. She spent an hour in this
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We haven't been to the cat store in a long time for two reasons - (1) we were only doing outside activities since the weather was nice and hot, and (2) its hit or miss if there will be any cats there. Its been cold and gloomy for
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Braden and I used to go to the movies at least once a week before we had Emma. Now we only go every once in a while, and we’ve never been as a family... until today. It’s hard to believe only a couple hours before that picture I
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We usually visit the Renaissance Festival around Labor Day... when it’s hot outside. This year we had other things going on and couldn’t make it until this weekend... when it was cold outside. But we didn’t let a little cold weather stop us from having a good
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It was the perfect day for a family bike ride. Our first stop was the park across the street. It’s definitely the start of lady bug season. They are finding them everywhere we go. After the park we took the long way home. Emma is working on her downhill
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throwback thursday ( september 20, 2017 )
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At 90 degrees it’s doesn’t really feel like apple picking season. But our favorite apples are available now, so we had to go before they are all gone. It’s amazing how quickly the four of us can pick 53 apples (18 lbs). An apple picking trip wouldn’