the bus

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o say can you see...

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 never been

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fog

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 William A.

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duluth

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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home again!

It was a very long day of driving, but Braden and Emma made it home on Easter Sunday. First thing Monday morning the fun began. I had to take every single thing out of the bus and bleach every single drawer and cabinet. I knew it was bad, but mice

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tennessee to illinois

I hear it was a chilly night in Illinois. That didn't stop Emma from spending some time (in shorts and flip flops) at the playground. Braden really wanted pizza after a long day on the road. He should know better. We've had pretty bad luck with pizza while roadtripping. Add

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georgia to tennessee

After a very early and long travel morning Braden and Emma were on the move in the bus. They had a few hiccups... one of them being that mice apparently moved into our bus in the last 6 months. I'm not entirely surprised, but I didn't think it would be

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superhero day

Today at school is Superhero Day. Our cute little Super Girl. Emma was going to dress as her teacher ❤️, but ended up skipping school today. Our bus has been in Georgia since October getting a bunch of work done and it is FINALLY ready! Braden and Emma flew down really,

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what a week

I don't think I've ever posted about it... but last year we bought a small business selling RV parts. The company was started 40ish years ago by a guy who owned a Blue Bird (like ours), so it has always had very loyal Blue Bird owner following. Emma helping unload

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throwback thursday (october 14, 2020)

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first time for everything

For the first time ever we left a campground early. We were supposed to stay until Monday, but between the run down water park, loud music, barking dogs and just insane crowds we decided it was time to go. Before we left we did spend Friday at the indoor water

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last camping trip

This week is our last camping trip of the summer... and we saved the best for last (or so we thought). The girls absolute favorite campground is Kamp Dels. The girls love it for the petting zoo, playgrounds, water park, ice cream and arcade. Wisconsin has a comparable campground that

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old barn resort

Our summer of camping is sadly coming to an end. This weekend we're at a campground I've been wanting to go to for a long time. It is always highly recommended in all the camping groups I'm in, but Braden wasn't convinced so I've been putting it off the last

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final day on the north shore

There is so much to do on the north shore, which made deciding what to do a little difficult for our short weekend of camping. I really wanted to visit Tettegouche State Park that was 4 miles away from our campground. It is supposed to be amazing and it's not

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north shore camping

Another weekend... another camping trip to a new campground. This time we headed 4 hours from home, past Duluth, up to the north shore. We stumbled upon this campground last year when we visited Black Beach. It was still being built and just opened this summer. The best part...? It

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fun weekend

What a fun weekend! We made new friends, had tons of fun and ate lots of s'mores. Apparently I got a lot of pictures of Olivia and only a few of Emma. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I've never been a fan of s'mores... but I can eat a ton of these. On our way

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tubing and wagon ride

The weather forecast was not great today. Luckily it didn't end up raining, but it was overcast and not very hot all day. Didn't matter... Emma still insisted on going tubing down the river. Tonight the campground did a wagon ride to the petting zoo, which was the same place

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trail ride

Olivia's first trail ride! She was too young to ride by herself, but this place had a double saddle so she could ride with me. Emma had to take a break from horseback riding lessons for the summer, so she was pretty excited to be back on a horse.

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lazy d

It has been almost a month since we've been camping. It felt good to be back.... This campground is along the Whitewater River. It doesn't matter that the water is probably 50 degrees and it is not very hot out... the girls just wanted to be in it.

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birthday camping

Braden turned the big 4-0 on Friday. To celebrate, I booked us a weekend at his favorite MN state park. Our first stop as soon as the bus was parked... the beach. Last year the girls had so much fun catching tadpoles in the lake. This time it was a

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duluth

We're heading home after our annual visit to Duluth, MN for Memorial Day Weekend. This year was much different than last year when everything was closed. As much as I hate crowds, it was so nice to see so many people coming back to all the restaurants and stores up

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camping season!

It was our first official camping weekend of the season. The last time we stayed at this campground was in 2018. Last year they made a bunch of upgrades to the campground, so we figured it was time to give it another try. Plus it is only an 8 minute

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spring days

Our weather has been all over the place... hot, cold, rainy, sunny, windy. You never know what the day will bring, but we're making the most of it at the barn. This weekend track starts for both girls, which means we'll be spending a lot less time at the barn

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barn, bees and bb guns

The weather wasn't that great, but that didn't stop us from spending the weekend on the bus at the barn. The barn is where we do all sorts of fun things... On our way home we stopped at a cute little ice cream shop in town. I've always wanted to

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hot hot hot

We enjoyed a couple very warm days in the last week. We spent the weekend getting some barn and bus projects done. On Monday Olivia and I went to a couple parks. At the bus stop on Monday morning Emma was bummed we didn't ride bikes to school. By that

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throwback thursday (march 25, 2020)