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Goodbye 2013

December 31, 2013Randomness0
2013 has come to an end. This has been a wonderful year. I have been so blessed and I hope you and your family have been, too. Here’s a short video clip of some pictures from this year that I put together with some Instagram pictures.  I can’t wait to see what wonderful things come...
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Dark Places

December 19, 2013Books0
I just finished this book the other day. I had borrowed it from the library and it was set to expire at 7:30pm on Tuesday night. I knew it was going to expire and had to finish it or else I would be back on the 54 person waiting list. So I ignored the kids...
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Preschool

December 18, 2013Maddie, Products & Places0
Maddie started a preschool this year. It is just for 2 and 3 year olds. It is Friday mornings from 9:30-12. It’s really a couple hours of daycare. I love it and so does she. A bunch of her friends attend as well and she comes home so proud of what she learned that day....
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Happy Holidays 2013

December 10, 2013Randomness0
Here is our Holiday card for 2013. I sent out a bunch of them this year, but I am sure I forgot to send it to someone. So don’t think it was intentional, I just have a terrible memory and can’t remember everyone! Have a wonderful holiday season with your loved ones this year! I...
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Microsoft Party

December 9, 2013Products & Places0
This weekend we went to Chuck’s holiday party. It was so much fun! We even got all spiffy looking for it! We went to the Wabasha Street Caves. They had cave tours, dinner drinks, swing dancing lessons, more dancing, fun with friends and a photo booth! Here’s a couple pictures Chuck took of me dancing...
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Applewood Orchard

December 1, 2013Dannie, Maddie, Products & Places0
This fall I visited Applewood Orchard a couple times. Chuck and I took the girls there one day and I also visited with some friends from MOMS Club. It was so much fun and I know we will make this a tradition every fall! (Chuck took so many great pictures that it was hard to...
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Photo Hodge Podge

November 29, 2013Dannie, Maddie, Products & Places0
A couple months ago, I went to see Cirque du Soleil with my mom and sister-in-law, Katie. I LOVE Cirque shows and this one was amazing and didn’t disappoint. This was Katie’s first Cirque show and she loved it, too! Chuck bought Maddie a computer game to play together (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs)....
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Thankful

November 28, 2013Randomness0
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I hope you are having a wonderful day eating lots of food and spending time with your families. I saw this recently and thought it was a nice thing to post today. First, I am human. 99.9% of the time I love being home with my kids. But there...
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Sever’s Corn Maze

November 27, 2013Dannie, Maddie, Products & Places0
I’m just about caught up with all the posts that I never got around to posting about. I had never been to Sever’s Corn Maze before. I heard it was a lot of fun and I am so glad we went this year. I think Maddie’s favorite thing to do was stick her head into...
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Songbird

November 26, 2013Maddie0
Our little Maddie has taken quite a liking to singing lately. She loves singing songs at bedtime and even likes to make up some songs of her own. Here are a few videos I took of her in the car the other day because she was singing up a storm! Her favorite song is definitely...
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Halloween

November 25, 2013Dannie, Maddie0
Halloween was lots of fun this year. Maddie was insistent that she was a ladybug. When I asked what Dannie should be, she told me “PUMPKIN”. We went to a few Halloween events. The first was one my aunt and uncle invited us to. They had a few activities there and we got to pick...
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Silly Silly Girl

November 22, 2013Dannie0
Three nights this week, Chuck took Maddie out to run errands or play at the library after dinner. (Yes.best hubby ever!!) So Dannie and I got to have some Dannie-Mommy time. One night, she took a short nap so she was pretty cranky at night. I wasn’t sure how she was going to be or...
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GoldieBlox

November 21, 2013Products & Places0
I haven’t seen these toys in person, so I don’t actually know much about them. But a friend posted this ad for them and I thought it was a great video and I wanted to share it. Here are a couple of the products I found on Amazon. The Spinning Machine The Parade Float I...
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Bluefin Bay

November 20, 2013Dannie, Maddie, Products & Places0
Over Labor Day weekend we took a trip to the North Shore and stayed at Bluefin Bay with some friends. We have gone with them for a few years now. We almost didn’t go this year since we thought it might be hard with two toddlers and two babies (ok, they were 9 months oldnot...
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Iowa/Omaha

November 19, 2013Dannie, Maddie, Products & Places0
Back in August, we made a trip down to Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska to visit both sets of Chuck’s grandparents. We hadn’t been down there in a long time and since Chuck had the month off (this was when he was taking his paternity leave), it was time to take the trip down....
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Birthday Photo Shoot

November 18, 2013Dannie2
I know you are tired of seeing birthday photos and posts. This should be the last one!   My brother took pictures of Dannie for her first birthday. He took lots of pictures of Maddie. Here are Maddie’s first birthday photos. I think it’s fun to compare what the girls both looked like at one!...
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Dannie’s Birthday Party

November 17, 2013Dannie0
This weekend we had Dannie’s birthday party. We had a bunch of family and friends come celebrate with us. We are so thankful for all the love everyone showed our little girl! Maddie and her friends had fun playing together. They ran around, played with balloons and wore crowns! When we opened presents and we...
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The Scorch Trials

November 16, 2013Books0
I read The Scorch Trials quite a while ago. This is the second book in The Maze Runner series, so feel free to look back at the first one if you don’t know what I am talking about. Here’s a little about this book. The Scorch Trials picks up where The Maze Runner left off....
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The Midwife’s Confession

November 15, 2013Books0
I read The Midwife’s Confession a while back and completely forgot to write about it. This wasn’t a book for book club, just one that a friend had recommended to me so when I was between books, I picked this one up. Here’s what it’s about. Dear Anna,What I have to tell you is difficult...
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A Small Celebration

November 14, 2013Dannie0
Since we are having Dannie’s birthday party this weekend, we didn’t do much to celebrate last night. She’s one. She won’t remember if we didn’t have a shindig on her actual birthday. Maddie picked out a present to give her the other day at the store and I had a couple little things sitting around...
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I leveled up my yoga game and moved by the firepla I leveled up my yoga game and moved by the fireplace. It’s such a wonderfully peaceful way to practice and start the day. I’m not convinced it the right choice for everything because of the carpet, but it’s been working, so I’m sticking to it! 🔥💗📿🧘🏻‍♀️

#yogawithadriene #ywabreath #yoga #namaste #fire #zen
My first book of 2021 and some thoughts are on @mi My first book of 2021 and some thoughts are on @minihaysreads.
And we can’t forget this little cutie who is my And we can’t forget this little cutie who is my favorite White Hawk! ❤️🏒
Dannie was so excited to finally get her Warriors Dannie was so excited to finally get her Warriors jersey last weekend.💙🏒
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I'm @minihays. Book lover📚❤️. Includes 📚 I've read, 📚 read with my kids (👩🏽8,👧🏽7,👦🏼5) & other book related stuff. 1⭐️ to 5⭐️ ratings.

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Here is my first book I read in 2021. This is one Here is my first book I read in 2021. This is one of our book club picks. I listened to this, read a summary and still just didn’t love it. It wasn’t bad, but not my favorite either. I actually liked it better after hearing the ending. I can’t really say what it was exactly that I didn’t like about it. The story was interesting, the characters were good, it just didn’t do anything for me.

This is actually a well-known and popular book. Have you read it? What are your thoughts?

🎧📚⭐️⭐️⭐️ (1/60) #minihaysreads2021 #audiobook #audiobooks #book #books #bookreader #booklistener #booklover #bookstagram #peacelikeariver #leifenger
I hadn’t seen this one in a while and found her I hadn’t seen this one in a while and found her with her nose deep into a book! 🧡
Here are my results from my 2020 reading challenge Here are my results from my 2020 reading challenge. I love seeing all the books I’ve read in one place. 📚

#readingchallenge2020 #readingchallenge #reading #2020 #books #goodreads #goodreadschallenge #goodreadschallenge2020
I’m probably going to get lots of comments about I’m probably going to get lots of comments about my thoughts on this book, but I thought it was just ok. The beginning pulled me right in and I wanted to consume it all. I was excited to learn more and see where the book went. But then a few chapters JB, I had to force myself to keep reading. I found myself skimming and just waiting for the point.

Don’t get me wrong. There were parts that I loved. Parts I highlighted to remember and moments I thought I might like the book as a whole.

After talking with a friend, I realized what I didn’t like was that it felt like a bunch of jumbled blog posts thrown into a book. Had I known this was going to be the point (random “entries” over years of her life) maybe I would have had a different outlook.

Overall, I didn’t connect with it. I was really hoping to love my last book of the year, but found myself wanting it to be done just so I could contribute in book club. Oh well, can’t love them all!

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The kids had a blast when we grabbed food from chi The kids had a blast when we grabbed food from chipotle and ate it on the floor in the house! I’m guessing there will be a few more times doing this as the build continues. So much fun! 🌮
Here was the final view of the lake from the stree Here was the final view of the lake from the street before the garage went up! 👋🏼
Saw the most beautiful little catamaran on the lak Saw the most beautiful little catamaran on the lake the other night. 🌈🤍
True story of why I’m a nutcase. While sitting o True story of why I’m a nutcase. While sitting on the boat recently, watching the kids play and listening to the house be built, I panicked. Crap! We should have put our house the other way. Left side on the right, right side on the left. That tree will be in our way! WHAT HAVE WE DONE?! 
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So I immediately text Chuck who is working and tell him about how I am worried almost to tears about this. That we messed up.
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It isn’t something we can do anything about even if we maybe should have done it the other way, which is probably nonsense. But we love this tree. And it’s going to add to our amazing view. And I want to plant another one on the other side one day anyway. And that big open spot will have a deck and porch behind the main floor garage. And what...I may have to turn my head slightly to see the lake better?🙄
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Yep. I’m a nutcase. I don’t worry about the things right in front of me. Or even things I should worry about. Nope. Just things that can’t be changed...now that’s where my worry shines! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣🤪
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