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Last week was busy! Emma was in horse camp all week. The week leading up to camp she kept saying she didn't want to go, but of course she ended up having a great time (like I knew she would). Olivia was at cheerleading camp all week. On
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At the very top of Olivia's summer bucket list... lemonade stand with her BFF. ✅ This stand has been around for a very long time. Best $5 purchase at Michael's I've ever made.
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Summer bucket list item #3... kayaking down the Cannon River. ✅ Braden discovered this kayak spot back in 2019, and we've gone every summer since. We started out with all 4 of us in 1 kayak. As the girls got bigger it got way too difficult for all four
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The last couple weeks have been very busy around our house... Braden went salmon fishing in Alaska. We made ice cream. Spent lots of time at the pool. Played outside. Visited Pancake. ❤ Repaired a mailbox. Visited the doctor for a lingering illness (she's all good now). Celebrated 4th
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We started the morning with Olivia's first tennis lesson. She's been asking to play tennis since last summer, so she has been counting down the days for weeks. It has been raining a lot lately so they had to have it in the gym since the
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While we're home we have a bucket list of things we want to do this summer - amusement park, water park, strawberry picking, blueberry picking, etc. This weekend we checked the first one off our list - strawberry picking. ✅ The place where we pick also has a small
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Sadly, the bird nest is no more. Braden texted me this photo of a female cowbird in the nest. Fun fact - female cowbirds lay their eggs in other bird's nests. First they knock one of the eggs out, then they damage one or more of the other
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You know when you go on vacation and come back to your house that has been empty for a while? Multiply that times three months. It was very, very strange walking into the house. But by the first night we were all settled back in. I walked into Emma'
