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
family
apple picking
Of all the fruit picking we do apples takes the least amount of time and we come home with more fruit than we know what to do with. In 10 minutes we had
end of summer
The girls start school tomorrow (which I am not ready for at all). We did one final hurrah down the river. This time Emma rode her paddle board. She said she's never going
mn state fair
Man... I forgot how much I love the state fair until we were on the bus ride from the parking lot to the gates.
We got a late start this afternoon, so we
summer finale
I can't believe how fast this summer went by. Monday the girls have open house and get to meet their teachers. Next Tuesday they start school. We certainly packed a whole lot of
waterpark camping
Our last camping trip of the summer is at one of the girls favorite campgrounds. I'm pretty sure it is Braden's least favorite of all time, but I agree with the girls... I
heading north
We snuck in an extra day in Texas and started heading home this morning. This time we took a different route through Dallas.
We had a lot of places we wanted to visit
monarchs
It wouldn't really be a summer roadtrip if we weren't traveling with monarch caterpillars. I looked all summer and couldn't find a single one. The night before we were leaving for Texas Olivia
schlitterbahn
We got there right after it opened. Stayed all day in a cabana. We left after it closed. We were all too busy riding waterslides to get very many photos. Grabbed dinner at
austin
Today's adventures took us to Austin. We visited family, ate Mexican food, swam at Barton Springs, played video games and watched the bats. It was a solid day. We checked off everything we
blue bell
Blue Bell Creamery. One of my favorite places to visit while we're in Texas.
The last time we were here was 2018.
welcome to texas
The last time we were in Texas in 2019 I really wanted to go to Waco to visit the Magnolia Market at the Silos. We didn't make it during that trip, so this
we're not in kansas anymore
This morning we got an early start. It didn't take us long to get through the rest of Iowa and into Missouri.
After Missouri it was on to Kansas.
I try to find
away we go
This week was our big road trip week. We've been wanting to go to Yellowstone for the last two years, but it is difficult to get in at any of the campgrounds near