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rides rides rides
We spent President's Day at the Mall of America riding rides with our friends. Lots of rides. 6 hours of rides. It was a long day. Olivia is just at 48", which meant she can finally do every ride. That includes the Sponge Bob ride that goes
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100 days of school
Well... almost. It isn't quite 100 days of school yet, but the girls school was celebrating with spirit day today. Unfortuntely Olivia couldn't go to school. Fortunately she seems to almost be back to normal. Yesterday was rough.
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happy valentines day
Braden and I celebrated Valentine's Day a day early with a fancy wine dinner with some friends. Some of these dishes sounded kind of gross, but everything was delicious. Our favorites were the 3rd and 4th courses. It was a good thing we did because after that everything
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throwback thursday (february 16, 2022)
around the house
good news
Hershey and Oreo are ringworm free! Whew. I love these cats, but man... I am ready for them to get adopted. They have been by far the most mischevious kittens we've had. They are into EVERYTHING - the toilet, the trash, the fridge, Olivia's Legos. It
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tubing
Remember when I said Olivia has become fearless? Last year she wouldn't tube at all. Today she went the full 2 hours... and didn't want to leave when our time was up.
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great wolf lodge
The girls didn't have school Thursday and Friday, so when our friends asked if we wanted to spend a night at Great Wolf Lodge we figured why not. This is one of those places that every time we go we say we're never going again... but
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throwback thursday (february 9, 2022)
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daddy daughter dance
Olivia has been looking forward to tonight for weeks. The daddy daughter dance! The dance was fairy themed, so she wore her wings... and a crown, of course. Braden said Olivia usually does a little dancing, but she really just likes to do the crafts.
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throwback thursday (february 2, 2022)
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reptile show
Who knew we would be the people attending a reptile show? But here we are... I was expecting this to be like any other expo. We'd walk around, look at stuff and that was it. I didn't realize just about every vendor booth would be offering