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do you see what I see....?
We haven't had snow on the ground since October. Until yesterday. Just in time for a white Christmas! It was Oreo's first time seeing snow.
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we'll miss you oreo
Today Oreo went to his new home. This kitten was a little shy in the beginning. I have a feeling going from living in a cage at a shelter to living in a huge house with 2 crazy girls was a bit of a shock. It didn't take
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mini cookie party
For the last couple years Emma has hosted a Christmas cookie party with a bunch of her friends. For obvious reasons that wasn't going to work this year, but I still wanted to do something. Instead of 10+ friends she had a mini cookie party with two of
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throwback thursday (december 24, 2019)
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mailman
This week Emma left a note and a reindeer candy cane for our mailman. She's left a note before, but didn't get any response.... so I didn't think it would happen this time either. She's been checking the mail every day. Nothing.
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throwback thursday (december 17, 2019)
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happy birthday olivia
I can't believe this girl is 5! She opened lots of presents, got celebrated at school, had Chili's for dinner and cake for dessert. To wrap up the day of celebration we went to one of the drive through light shows. I thought it would be
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throwback thursday (december 10, 2019)
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basement sleepover
I relocated our old mattress down to the basement after I was tired of it in our entryway at the bottom of the stair slide. Braden thought it would be fun to have a sleepover down there with the girls. It couldn't just be any old sleepover... I
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throwback thursday (december 3, 2019)
Emma read 100 books!
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it's beginning to look a lot like christmas
Most of our neighbors took advantage of really warm weather a couple weekends ago to put up their Christmas lights. We were busy at the barn, so didn't get around to it. Every time we drive through the neighborhood Olivia would ask when we're getting lights
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happy thanksgiving
This year we celebrated Thanksgiving at home with just our family of four. Braden was on smoked turkey duty, and I got lots of help in the kitchen this year. Emma waited very patiently, all day for a piece of chocolate pie. She was very excited to get another piece