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big day

erin

Apr 4, 2023 — 2 min read

Today was a big day. After over 8 years sitting on the hard our boat is finally in the water! There is still some work to be done before we can go anywhere, but we're celebrating this as a pretty big victory.

Our future YouTubers checking their videos.

Celebration lunch with ice cream.

In other news... yesterday we introduced the girls to Ting. They are big fans.

Meanwhile back at the resort we're staying at this week the girls have named all the stray cats (Not pictured (yet): Jet).

Pumpkin: super friendly, seems to know her name already, comes running when you whistle

Midnight: also super friendly, might have mange, wash your hands after petting

Karen: her picture (and name) says it all

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