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that's it!
This was the second year in a row that we made it to all 20 parks in our city. The girls didn't really like this one, so we didn't end up staying very long... but it was long enough to cross it off the list.
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throwback thursday (july 30, 2019)
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1 more to go
We're so close! I had planned to go to the remaining 2 parks on my list today. Luckily while we were at the first one I remembered Olivia had soccer this morning! We'll just have to save it for another day. Olivia has been looking forward
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blueberry picking
I'm not a huge blueberry fan... unless its in something delicious like muffins or pie. But man... blueberry picking is so much better than strawberry picking. 3 pounds of blueberries. I have a bunch of new recipes I'm ready to try.
family
cheese curd festival
The midwest doesn't play around when it comes to cheese curds. Since they couldn't have a traditional cheese curd festival this year they did a drive through one instead. We drove almost an hour to get some delicious curds. I don't think Braden wants
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throwback thursday (july 23, 2019)
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2 parks to go
Emma has swimmer's ear, so the doctor said no going underwater for 5 days. Yeah... that's going to be impossible. Luckily today was in the 60s, which meant it was the perfect day for visiting some parks. This morning we had 5 parks left to go
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duck pond
We had a lot of inedible bread... which meant it was time for a visit to the duck pond. After we ran out of bread we took a walk around the pond to check out the turtles.
places we've been
deer petting zoo
This is one of my favorite places to visit in the summer. We didn't make it there last summer, so when the girls asked this morning what we were going to do today this was the first place I thought about. Olivia was 2 the last time we
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last day
We got it all in for our last day of camping... petting zoo, pool (all day!), mini golf, ice cream, candy bar bingo and s'mores. 2 PM every day is ice cream time. My favorite... a small twist cone. Both girls won at candy bar bingo! We finished
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throwback thursday (july 16, 2019)
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thunderstorms
It was forecast to thunderstorm all day. It was the perfect excuse to head home for a little while and get some kitten snuggles. Turns out the forecast was wrong. It was really overcast and chilly all day, but it barely rained. That meant more pool time. Not really a