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Burnt Out & Lazy…Time To Start Fresh

April 17, 2013Randomness0
I’m struggling to find balance. I need to find my happy place and regroup. I need to stop stressing about things I can’t control (or don’t need to control), not get frustrated with my toddler (she’s just a toddler… and such a wonderful one 99.9% of the time) and take more time to be patient,...
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Easter

April 17, 2013Dannie, Maddie0
We had wonderful and fairly laid back Easter celebration. My mom, stepdad, brothers and sister-in-law came over. We colored eggs, had a yummy meal, peeps for second breakfast, searched for eggs, enjoyed our Easter baskets and took some pictures. It was a wonderful day full of fun and laughter! Maddie loved finding the plastic eggs...
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Cousin Love

April 16, 2013Dannie, Maddie0
We try to get together with Chuck’s sister once a week or so. We went to their house for dinner the other night and I got some cute pictures of all the girls! Amira is walking now, so she has become a lot more fun to Maddie. They play together so well! I can’t wait...
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5 Months

April 15, 2013Dannie0
Dannie turned 5 months old over the weekend. I’m a couple days behind getting this posted. She still loves her hands and has been getting more coordinated with her toys. She can grab them and hold on to them and seems to enjoy playing with them more. We started putting her in her jumper toy...
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Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children

April 11, 2013Books2
I was browsing the books on the library’s website and I came across this bookMiss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. I couldn’t help myself and had to download it. Who cares that I am in the middle of 5 other books at the moment including one for book club. I wouldn’t consider...
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So True…..

April 10, 2013Randomness0
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A Speaker & An Update On Our Eating

April 4, 2013Food0
Today at my MOMS Club meeting, we had a speaker come to talk to us about nutrition and snacks for kids. A couple months ago, all of this would have been new information to me. But after a couple months of eating well, I was proud and happy that I knew a lot of the...
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Beyond Belief

April 2, 2013Books0
My book club read Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill for our March book. This book was interesting to say the least. There were times I was horrified, aggravated, relieved, hopeful, disappointed.so many feelings went through me during this book. If you have ever been curious...
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Easter Card

March 31, 2013Maddie0
First, Happy Easter! I will do another Easter post with pictures from our day soon! Chuck’s mom is still in Florida, so she sent the girls an Easter card. Maddie had a great time with all the stickers inside! She stuck most of them to me and the rest went on her picnic table. The...
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In

March 30, 2013Dannie0
Everything goes in Dannie’s mouth these days. She is getting much better with her hands. She will hold things, grab at them and most of all, put them all in her mouth. Blankets.. Toys.. Toys.. More toys.. Hands.. And even her sister’s fingers when she gets them too close! And Maddie finds Dannie chewing on...
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Library

March 29, 2013Maddie, Products & Places0
Tuesday and Thursday this week, I went to a local library. Turns out.I LOVE this library! There are so many fun toys and activities and they even seem to encourage kids to play in this library! Here are pictures from my two recent visits. My mom met me at the library Tuesday and had fun...
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Real Food

March 21, 2013Food0
Almost two months ago, Chuck and I had a discussion about the food we eat. After a long talk, (and some persuading on his part) we have done an overhaul of the food we eat. We knew this wouldn’t happen overnight, but we knew we could make some immediate changes. First, I watched Food, Inc....
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Merry-Go-Round

March 20, 2013Maddie0
Most weekends lately, we have spent time at the MOA walking around and getting out of the house. Last weekend when we were there, Maddie got to ride the merry-go-round. It’s the only ride she has gone on there and she seems to enjoy it! During this visit, she rode a pig! 🙂
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High Chair Fun

March 19, 2013Dannie0
We are still waiting a couple months before we give Dannie food, but the other day I let her sit in the high chair while I had my lunch. I couldn’t stop taking pictures of her! She was so cute. So I apologize for the abundance of adorable Dannie pictures!
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Cousin Day

March 18, 2013Dannie, Maddie0
A few weeks ago, I babysat our niece Amira. So we had a little cousin play date over here. We did some playing, some eating, some napping…it was a good day!
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Silence

March 18, 2013Randomness0
This is so true.
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4 Months Old

March 13, 2013Dannie0
Our baby girl is 4 months old today. She is a joy to be around and is the happiest baby. She hardly cries and smiles at everyone. I am sure with such good little babies, their teenage years will send us to the insane asylum. But I’ll enjoy how good they are now. 🙂 Dannie...
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Pictures By Adam

March 9, 2013Dannie0
Way back when Dannie was just a couple weeks old, my brother came and took some pictures of her. I realized I never shared them. I can’t believe that these were taken almost 4 months ago!
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On The Island

March 2, 2013Books0
For February, my book club read On the Island. I heard about it through the Twin Cities Live Book Club. We were a little skeptical to read it at first (given the description), but everyone loved it. It was a fast read and it was really hard to put down! Here’s a description. Anna Emerson...
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March

March 1, 2013Randomness0
Happy March. We’re getting closer to spring! I can hardly wait! We recently got new phones which means I’ve been obsessed with Instagram. (I’ll add a link to my Instagram pics on my sidebar soon.) I’m going to try keeping up with a photo-a-day thing this month. I didn’t do very well in February, but...
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Today marked one year since my dear dad passed awa Today marked one year since my dear dad passed away. 💔 

I woke up early and saw the sun rise, then made the kids breakfast and went into work for a while. I knew if I sat around all day, I’d be sad…and my dad wouldn’t want that. 

When I got home, the kids and I sprinkled some of his ashes under the trees we planted in his memory. Then we hopped on the kayaks and sprinkled some by the buoy straight out from our house. Dannie and I listened to some voicemails he left me. It was so good to hear his voice. I listen to them sometimes just to hear him say “Hey Mo!”. 🥰 

I worked on a puzzle for a few minutes (because that’s how I spent a lot of my time when he was sick and after he died) before taking Dannie to hockey. On the way home from her game, my alarm went off for the time he died. So I had a good cry listening to “Miss You All The Time” by OAR (which is my alarm ringtone). Chuck made me a delicious dinner and then I put the kids to bed. Before bed, I curled up on the couch and watched a show with Chuck. 

I spent time thinking of him today and also doing everyday things. Because that is what living with grief and missing someone is. There are moments to stop and remember and honor them, but also mostly doing everyday things.

I love you, dad and I miss you tons. I can’t believe you’ve been gone a whole year. I wish you were here to talk to about and enjoy all these everyday things with us. 😘
Dannie’s @furyaaa_hockey team took 2nd place in Dannie’s @furyaaa_hockey team took 2nd place in a tournament last weekend. This was the longest game I’ve ever been to. 3 15 minute periods, ice between 2nd and 3rd, then three over times which was about 30 seconds from being a shootout before the other team scored. It was so fun to watch these girls play their hearts out! ❤️🏒
The kids and I had a great day at Valleyfair today The kids and I had a great day at Valleyfair today! 🎢
Our summer training program (STP) for hockey ended Our summer training program (STP) for hockey ended last week. This was my car every Friday for both girls to skate then Dannie’s goalie practice. It takes up our mornings for a big chunk of summer. With all three kids playing, we were at the rink 5 mornings a week. But it is also the most requested to do again by all three kids. ❤️🏒🥅
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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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Happy National Book Lover’s Day! May you have mo Happy National Book Lover’s Day! May you have more books than you know what to do with….than pass that love onto your kids. 🥰🤪📚

#bookloversday #books #booklover #reorganize #sort #bookshelves
Here are the books I read in July. There is a link Here are the books I read in July. There is a link in my bio and I'll post a link in stories as well to the blog post that will include links for each book.

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Anyone else read in the car while waiting to pick Anyone else read in the car while waiting to pick your kids up from activities?
I may seriously consider this. I might be out a lo I may seriously consider this. I might be out a lot of money, though. 🤔💸📖💰
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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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