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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
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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&
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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'
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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
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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
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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