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another beach day
The girls slept until 9:30 AM! 9:30 AM! That hasn't happened all summer. I guess that is what 5 hours at the beach does to you... so why not do it again? I have a feeling its going to take a couple good washings to get
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last camping trip 2020
Camping 2020: 5 cancelled trips, 2 long distance road trips and only 4 local campgrounds (compared to 7 last year). What a crazy camping season! This is our last weekend of camping for this year. We camped here last year in October... and it snowed. I didn't really
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sunflowers
Emma loves sunflowers. For years she has asked if we could plant some in our yard. Finally this year we got around to planting three different kinds of sunflower seeds. I forgot how tall they get! We have a lot, so every couple days I cut some and bring them
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cross country
Emma loves running track. The track season is in the spring (April and May), and like most things it got cancelled this year. I got an email from the same club that organizes track saying it is time for cross country and this year Emma was old enough to do
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brave girl
When Olivia got her molars two of them looked like a whole layer of enamel was chipped off. I thought maybe she was grinding her teeth so bad that she chipped them, but it turns out they just came in that way. I always had a bad feeling about them,
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more monarchs
We've been waiting for this monarch to make an appearance. Its the first one we've had all they way from an egg to a butterfly. Yesterday morning I told the girls it would probably be out by the end of the day. We went to a
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homeward bound
We started heading home this morning. We decided we'd stop about halfway home for the night. On our way we visited at the Pioneer Auto Museum. This place was very similar to the Miracle of America museum we visited in Montana 2 years ago. It was building after
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reptiles and bears... oh my
We stayed at a campground in Rapid City because of all the different kids attractions. Our campground turned out to be right next to the two I wanted to go to. In the morning we went to Reptile Gardens. We came here on our last trip and it was so
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sightseeing day
Wednesday we hit the popular South Dakota sightseeing spots. First up... Mount Rushmore. I really need to get the girls to wear sunglasses again.... at least for pictures. Next stop... Custer State Park wildlife loop. Emma REALLY wanted to feed the wild donkeys. I was a little worried we wouldn&
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a birthday celebration
Emma and I started our Tuesday with a horseback ride through the Black Hills. Afterward Braden and Olivia met us for a 4 hour UTV ride through the Black Hills. We stopped to wade in a creek, eat wild raspberries and explore an abandoned gold mine. I have never been
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on the road to south dakota
Our very first long road trip in the bus was to Mount Rushmore and South Dakota three years ago. What's crazy about this picture from 3 years ago....? (1) Olivia is now wearing the same clothes that Emma was in back then. (2) You will probably see photos
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happy birthday emma!
One day you're in labor for 28 hours... The next day they're 7 years old...!