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The previous owner of our boat was from France. He sailed the boat all over the world. When he brought the boat to Grenada in 2016 he planned to return and sail some more, so he left pretty much everything on the boat. Most of it was cleaned out before
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Today was a big day. After over 8 years sitting on the hard our boat is finally in the water! There is still some work to be done before we can go anywhere, but we're celebrating this as a pretty big victory. Our future YouTubers checking their videos.
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On Saturday morning we boarded a one way flight to Grenada! Meanwhile back in Minnesota we got 8"+ of snow. We're renting a cottage for the week while we clean, organize, finish projects and unpack at the boat. Our boat sat unused for 8 years... so there
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On Tuesday we packed up a lot of suitcases and headed to Florida for a couple days to visit with family we haven't seen in a long time. While we were at the gate the girls got a special invite from the pilot to come to the cockpit
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This was a first... we woke up to a cruise ship anchored right outside our bus. This year Viking Cruises started a Lake Superior cruise that goes from Canada through Duluth to Michigan and ends in Wisconsin. Today we had to head home again, but this time in the bus.
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This year Emma joined her school choir. Last week they did a performance for parents. The last week of school they are performing for the whole school. Today they sang the national anthem at the MN Twins game. We had to be at the stadium really early. We've
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We woke up Saturday morning to so much fog we couldn't even see the top of the bridge. Luckily it only rained early in the morning, so we were able to get some shopping done in the cute little shops in Canal Park. After shopping we toured the
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Our annual trip to Duluth for Memorial Day weekend was looking a little iffy - our bus was a mess, none of the outdoor things had been loaded after our trip to Georgia, we have to go back home for a day (more on that later!), one of the barn
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I lost count on how many years we've been getting Painted Lady butterflies. The girls aren't as interested in the caterpillar stage as they used to be. Now they just look forward to releasing the butterflies. They've been checking these chrysalis every day to
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While some activities ended this week we also had a couple firsts. On Friday the girls had 80s day at school. On Friday night we had the first s'mores of 2022. Later this week will finally be our first camping trip of the summer! It has taken many,
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This week the girls had a couple spring activities ending. Thursday was their final gymnastics class of the session. We always take a break for the summer, but they will be doing summer came at the beginning of August. On Saturday both girls had their final track meet of the