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A Look Back at 2013 MAY - Our Honeymoon (May 7th) - Magic Kingdom
May 6, 2013 - Magic Kingdom Originally, Ed and I weren't going to go to Disney World, but I was excited to see the NEW Fantasyland so Ed caved and we decided to spend our first day here!Cinderella's...
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A Look Back at 2013 - MAY - Our Honeymoon (May 8th) - Islands of Adventure
DAY 3 - Islands of Adventure This is the third time we've been here and we STILL haven't seen everything! This is by far my favorite theme park! I believe it is Ed's favorite as well. I've always...
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A Look Back at 2013 - MAY - Our Honeymoon (May 9th) - Kelly Park / Daytona Beach
DAY 4 - Kelly Park and Daytona Beach When we were planning the trip I wanted to see more of Florida other than just the theme parks. I found this amazing natural spring at Kelly Park near Apopka,...
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A Look Back at 2013 - MAY - Our Honeymoon (May 10th) - Daytona Beach
DAY 5 - Crabby Joe's, Airboat ride, Stormy nights We received a voucher to Crabby Joe's for going to hear about the time shares. It was a great day to go because it was so clear out. As we were...
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A Look Back at 2013 - MAY - Our Honeymoon (May 11th) - Daytona, Clearwater &...
DAY 6 - Daytona Beach, Clearwater & Honeymoon IslandDAYTONA BEACH I had spent a good amount of time searching for fun things to do in Daytona Beach and found Zeno's Boardwalk Sweet Shop near the...
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A Look Back at 2013 - MAY - Our Honeymoon (May 12th) - MOTHER'S DAY at...
CLEARWATER BEACHMother's DayWe stayed only one night on the gulf coast, but I'm glad we made time to at least go there. We'll go again in the future I'm sure! We stayed in the Hilton which was right...
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A Look Back at 2013 - MAY - Returning from our honeymoon...
We were happy to be back home with the kiddos and excited to give them the fun things we picked up for them along the way. Here they are modeling their merchandise!A mustache pen and mints, jewelry,...
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A Look Back at 2013 - JUNE
MY WATERLOO DAYS We went to My Waterloo Days and had a fun time with the carnival they offered. Of course we all had to share a funnel cake and some corn dogs! Jaren on the carousel.Ed showing the...
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A Look Back at 2013 - JULY
MAKING JAM WITH GRAM CEMETERY BEFORE THE FOURTHFOURTH OF JULY For the last several years we've celebrated the fourth of July out at my dad's house. We bbq, swim, listen to music and have our own...
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A Look Back at 2013 - AUGUST - Cedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Gardens
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT THE ARBORETUM One of my favorite places to go is the Cedar Valley Arboretum and Botanic Gardens. I LOVE all of the different colors you can see out there! They have lots of...
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A Look Back at 2013 - AUGUST
Jaren played t-ball this year and was part of the Athletics team. Ed and I got to help coach the kids this year which was really fun! I loved helping the kids feel good about what they were learning!...
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A Look Back at 2013 - SEPTEMBER (Part 1)
Our nephew, Carson, turned 4 at the beginning of the month and so we celebrated with him at Grandma and Grandpa Palmer's house. We had dinner and then opened presents and of course had LOTS of snuggle...
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A Look Back at 2013 - SEPTEMBER (Part 2)
Riverloop Amphitheater Cedar River When we were leaving the Amphitheater, we saw this OLLIE HEART on the cement wall. HAPPY 35th BIRTHDAY TO ME! Transitioning into middleagedom... (Anyone remember...
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A Look Back at 2013 - OCTOBER
Jaren and I went on a nature walk through our neighborhood. We did a unit on leaves so we found some leaves from different trees and made some fun art projects with them. Jaren had fun on the giant...
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Signs from Heaven
I've read several articles about how you can know a loved one is near. They are able to send us signs. BIRDS - Cardinals are often a sign that a deceased loved one is near. I don't see them often...
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Over a year ago, I had logged in to blog on Oliver's birthday only to find a HORRIFIC message in my comments from some anonymous coward. You could tell that they just wanted to inflict pain. I read...
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A Look Back at 2013 - NOVEMBER
A comfy way to watch TV. This was the last picture of these three before baby Thor was born. The Horan girls' birthday party. I love how Finn is dancing with both of them. He is already a ladie's...
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A Look Back at 2013 - December
So November brought a new baby to celebrate as well as Eden's birthday. Four days after Eden's birthday we celebrate Phineas' birthday. This year was a bummer year for him as we had a newborn at...
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A Look Back at 2014 - January
January is usually a pretty slow time of the year for us. It's cold, we are winding down from the craziest time of the year and having a newborn, it's hard to go anywhere for fear of them getting...
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A Look Back at 2014 - February
My sweet little Valentine. I always try to go to the kids' holiday parties. Even though Valentine's day is a rough one at our house because it was the last holiday we spent with Oliver, I try to do...
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