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Tuesday's fun activity.... a movie at the movie theater! We saw Raya and The Last Dragon. Even Emma who isn't a huge fan of movies loved it. I didn't realize how much I missed movie popcorn. The three of us easily finished off a
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Monday's fun activity was manicures and pedicures. Olivia had never been to get her nails done, and she loved every minute of it. After our nails we stopped for ice cream at Dairy Queen. Emma got a $5 gift card from her teacher for getting a blackout on
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We went back and forth for months on what to do for spring break this year. Should we go to Florida? Should we go to Texas? Should we go to the Bahamas? Should we take the bus somewhere? In the end... we decided to stay home. I've planned
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Spring is here!... which means camping season is right around the corner... which means lots of barn and bus projects are starting.
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Shiva and Samantha are off to their new home... We're really going to miss their cuddles, meows, purrs and fetching.
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The girls were very excited about Valentine's Day this year, so we celebrated all weekend. First up... heart shaped pizza for dinner on Saturday night. Sunday morning it was pink waffles with whipped cream and heart shaped sprinkles. Sunday afternoon we baked heart shaped sprinkle cookies. We had
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We've only been to the St. Paul Winter Carnival once in the almost 7 years we've lived here. It was cold and not that fun, which is why we haven't been back. This year they did a drive through version. This is the way
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We've only had these girls a week and they are already adopted! Luckily they have to stay with us until the second week of March. They are going to live together with an older couple who I think will absolutely love them. Every time one of our foster
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These girls have settled right in. They've also apparently taken quite a liking to Braden.
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I've never been skiing because I was pretty sure it wouldn't be my thing. But Emma has been begging to try skiing for the last 2 years. Emma had 3 days off this week before school starts back up in person on Thursday, so we took
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Tubing is my absolute favorite winter activity! Yesterday we met a group of our friends at our favorite tubing hill for 3 hours of fun. By the smile on Olivia's face you would think it was hers too. It is not. She went down once and begged to
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Olivia had some teeth that didn't develop enamel. This led to her having a tooth pulled in August, and needing 2 crowns, a spacer and a couple fillings. We tried to get her first crown at the dentist office... but that didn't go well and we