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Madison

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Two days ago, I took Charlie to the cutest place for his Back to School haircut!  We had lunch as a family and then ventured to the mall because my parents have a tradition of buying each grandchild new tennis shoes for every school year.  Charlie chose his and the boys checked out Lush at the mall.  Next we visited Cloud Candy - a really fun Boba Tea and Cake Pop spot.  Charlie had been asking to go to a playground all day - every time we drove past one, he shouted and got so excited!  Jude and I fulfilled his wish and then we ended up at Target to get him a small scooter for the camper.  He picked up the concept right away!  Afterwards, we got to see my niece’s hip hop dance class.  It was a busy and fun day! Yesterday I took the cousins to Urban Air because it was really hot outside.  Then we met up with the rest of my family to pick up some yummy local preaches.  After eating pizza, we went to a Willy Wonka themed escape room at a lo...
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More airstream friends!

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The more I write these posts, the more I realize what a gift it is to have friends all across the country.  Our camping friends have been an incredible network and it’s amazing how fast you get close to people when you have shared experiences and adventures.  Tonight we saw more Wisconsin friends and had a wonderful dinner together with my sister and her family and our airstream friends.   Earlier in the day I went to a Mamma Mia sing along drag brunch.  We had a great time.  It has been great to have time with family!!  I only wish we lived closer so we could have times like these more often.    
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Coldplay

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We had the world’s best time at the Coldplay concert in Madison!  My family helped watch Charlie so we could go and it was just a fantastic time!  
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Airstream buddies

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  We met our first airstream friends with kids in Door County in July 2018.  We’ve gotten together just about every year since then and it was finally time for us to come to their home turf!  We spent two nights in La Cross, WI.   Stu worked and my friend and I took the kids blueberry picking and then to an old drive in restaurant.  Next stop was a paddle wheel boat on the Mississippi!  Our hosts made some amazing bbq for dinner and we played an x box game called Jackbox.  It was a great visit!
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More time with friends

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We had dinner with a college friend and her mom and kids last night!  We credit this friend with lots of things.  Her dad ran the Thailand program that Stu went on to study abroad.  That caused him to lead a group of students the following summer.  Stu and I met on that trip!  And we adopted two kids from there - so we have a lot to thank her for!  She and her husband run a bakery and so her husband couldn’t make it to dinner.  He was busy making scones and quiche crust for the next morning.  We had so much fun laughing and recounting old stories.  
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MN

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  My parents were gracious enough to chase Charlie around  the campground water park while I went to Aldi to restock on groceries.  I was proud of myself because I drove the dually to the grocery store and parked it on the first try! Back at the campground, I joined the boys and my parents at the pool until dinner time.  When Stu got off work. We realized that our bedroom a/c had broken.  We grilled steak and chatted with my parents for the evening - we’ll call Brinkley in the morning about the a/c.  Always an adventure!  
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Watertown, MN

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Stu has work in Minnesota so we’re camping in Warertown.  It’s a great campground with pools and water slides and sports activities so the next few days should be really fun for the kids!  It was a long drive today - 7 hours - but the best part is we met my parents at the park and made some pizza for dinner.  My favorite part of the evening after seeing my parents was giving Charlie a bucket bath outside and fireflies were out!  It was magical!
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