kids ice skating We've been having some warmer weather which is perfect for outdoor ice skating. It took Emma a little while to figure out how to get going, but once she did
family first cross country meet If someone would have told me Emma would love cross country I would have never believed it. I had to basically twist her arm to even sign up and try
kids one more park? I found out yesterday that apparently our city has a new park that isn't listed on the city website. Since we've been to every park in our city 2 years
kids park weather We're almost past the pool weather days of summer and into the park weather days of summer. Today was a perfect park weather day.
family mn state fair food parade A couple months ago the MN State Fair announced they were going to do a food parade since there couldn't be a fair this year. It took me 45 minutes
kids wrapping up summer I hate that summer is coming to an end already. Its getting darker earlier... Our last two caterpillars are turning into butterflies... We're squeezing in every last part of summer
family another beach day The girls slept until 9:30 AM! 9:30 AM! That hasn't happened all summer. I guess that is what 5 hours at the beach does to you... so why
family last camping trip 2020 Camping 2020: 5 cancelled trips, 2 long distance road trips and only 4 local campgrounds (compared to 7 last year). What a crazy camping season! This is our last weekend
kids sunflowers Emma loves sunflowers. For years she has asked if we could plant some in our yard. Finally this year we got around to planting three different kinds of sunflower seeds.
kids cross country Emma loves running track. The track season is in the spring (April and May), and like most things it got cancelled this year. I got an email from the same
kids brave girl When Olivia got her molars two of them looked like a whole layer of enamel was chipped off. I thought maybe she was grinding her teeth so bad that she
kids more monarchs We've been waiting for this monarch to make an appearance. Its the first one we've had all they way from an egg to a butterfly. Yesterday morning I told the
family homeward bound We started heading home this morning. We decided we'd stop about halfway home for the night. On our way we visited at the Pioneer Auto Museum. This place was very
family reptiles and bears... oh my We stayed at a campground in Rapid City because of all the different kids attractions. Our campground turned out to be right next to the two I wanted to go
family sightseeing day Wednesday we hit the popular South Dakota sightseeing spots. First up... Mount Rushmore. I really need to get the girls to wear sunglasses again.... at least for pictures. Next stop.
family a birthday celebration Emma and I started our Tuesday with a horseback ride through the Black Hills. Afterward Braden and Olivia met us for a 4 hour UTV ride through the Black Hills.
family on the road to south dakota Our very first long road trip in the bus was to Mount Rushmore and South Dakota three years ago. Mount Rushmore in 2017The Wall - 2017What's crazy about this picture
kids happy birthday emma! One day you're in labor for 28 hours... 2013201420152016 - this was also the year she had strep and we had to go to the doctor on her birthday201720182019The next
kids that's it! This was the second year in a row that we made it to all 20 parks in our city. The girls didn't really like this one, so we didn't end
kids 1 more to go We're so close! I had planned to go to the remaining 2 parks on my list today. Luckily while we were at the first one I remembered Olivia had soccer
