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happy 8th birthday
This girl celebrated her 8th birthday on Sunday! This was her at 12:00 AM. She was so excited to stay up so we could say happy birthday before bed. She had a small party with her closest friends. Theme: tie dye. Our neighbor has a baking business she does
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throwback thursday (july 29, 2020)
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final day on the north shore
There is so much to do on the north shore, which made deciding what to do a little difficult for our short weekend of camping. I really wanted to visit Tettegouche State Park that was 4 miles away from our campground. It is supposed to be amazing and it'
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ropes course
Right outside our campground is an adventure ropes park. Not my thing. But Emma saw it and wanted to try it. I must say... I am pretty impressed. The whole system was pretty sophisticated and Emma figured it out quickly. All I can imagine is falling to my death. Clearly
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north shore camping
Another weekend... another camping trip to a new campground. This time we headed 4 hours from home, past Duluth, up to the north shore. We stumbled upon this campground last year when we visited Black Beach. It was still being built and just opened this summer. The best part...? It
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wet n wild and carnival
Wednesday's activities included another kid favorite... wet n wild day! Technically you have to be 6 to participate... so we might have fibbed a little to get Olivia in. Olivia was scared to try the slip n slide. I finally convinced her to give it one try. Of
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throwback thursday (july 22, 2020)
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blarney stone hunt and block party
The last week of July our city does a week long festival called Leprechaun Days. Obviously last year it was cancelled... but this year it is on! Today was one of the girls favorite events - the Blarney Stone hunt. Kids run around the soccer field collecting plastic coins and
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bees
Braden's new hobby... beekeeping. Emma has really taken a liking to helping with the bees. We can't really take too much honey yet because the bees will need it to survive the winter. But this week Braden brough home a frame so we could try it
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fun with olivia
Olivia didn't do horse camp, but that didn't stop her from having some fun at the barn during drop off and pick up. While Emma was at camp we had some fun of our own... shopping, a movie, flower picking and a play date with one
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horse camp
I've been trying to get Emma into this horse camp for 2 years. Finally it happened. Just look at that smile! It was a fun, exhausting week of riding, crafts, activities and friends. She learned a lot, rode a lot and had an amazing time with a bunch