fall

A collection of 159 posts

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happy thanksgiving

We loved spending Thanksgiving in Wisconsin Dells last year, so why not do it again? This time we surprised the girls with the trip... and we brought some friends along. The last time we came the girls really wanted to drive the go carts, but Emma isn't old enough and

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throwback thursday (november 24, 2021)

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11 baskets

Another weekend... another basketball game. This was her fifth game. In the first 4 games she maybe scored 1 or 2 baskets. This game I stopped counting at 8. Emma said she made 11.

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state semi-finals

Our town's high school football team played in the state semi-finals last night at US Bank Stadium (where the MN Vikings play). We had decided earlier in the week we would wait to go see them in the championship game, but just about everyone we know was going to the

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throwback thursday (november 17, 2021)

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snow

It's not even Thanksgiving yet and we already have a good amount of snow on the ground. Emma keeps singing "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...." and Olivia will only go outside with her umbrella.

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throwback thursday (november 10, 2021)

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moa

Olivia is pretty terrified of shots. I told her if I didn't have to pin her down for her annual flu shot this time she could pick what we did for the rest of the day. Of course she picked Mall of America. Usually when the girls don't have school

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candle fail

Well... that was a big fat fail. Emma and I missed a critical step in the candle making process. Ope. We were able to redo that step and still get half a candle out of it. She's pretty happy with the candle she did get, and can't wait to do

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beeswax candles

Last weekend Braden brought home 10 frames of honey, so this week I got all the honey into bottles. There is always so much honeycomb and beeswax left over that we've talked about making candles with it for a long time. I just never wanted to deal with the mess.

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throwback thursday (november 3, 2021)

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severs

Sever's is one of my favorite fall traditions. Corn pits, corn maze, petting zoo, pumpkin blaster, mini donuts... plus so much more. I love all of it. I've been wanting to go here just about every nice weekend for months, but we've been so busy we decided we'd just skip

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family photos

I always dread family photos. Figuring out the outfits is the worst part, but it is the only way we get some amazing family photos every year.

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busy saturday

I've been preparing for this Saturday morning all week... Turns out it wasn't as bad as I thought. Olivia and I got to her photos at the elementary school 15 minutes early and they were able to take them right away. Then we met up with Braden and Emma next

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throwback thursday (october 27, 2021)

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throwback thursday (october 20, 2021)

places we've been

pine mountain

After our mini vacation in Nashville we drove down to Georgia for the rally. We saw old friends, made new friends, won at bingo (twice!) and had a great time. While we were away the girls tried on their Halloween costumes. Emma is going to be an 80s girl and

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nashville

It's October, which means it is the month of the annual Blue Bird rally down in Georgia. Last year Braden and I spent a couple days in Kentucky before heading down south. This year we changed it up and went to Nashville while Braden's mom watched the girls again (thanks

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throwback thursday (october 13, 2021)

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throwback thursday (october 6, 2021)

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book character day

It was book character day at school today. Emma went as Julie from Julie and the Phantoms. Olivia was Bad Kitty.

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jack-o-lanterns

Our annual visit to the jack-o-lantern display at the zoo.

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throwback thursday (september 29, 2021)

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mn ren fest

We've been talking about going to the Renaissance Festival for weeks. It is one of the things we've done that the girls don't remember doing. We thought today would be the perfect day to go. The whole state of Minnesota also thought today would be the perfect day to go.

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throwback thursday (september 22, 2021)