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We took a two-day trip to Minneapolis at the end of July in part because Jeremy had business to take care of there. It was a fun chance to explore parts of the city that we’ve never seen!  We drove up Thursday evening.  The boys loved the hotel and looking at the city streets from… Continue reading Adventures in Minneapolis

Here is a photo dump from July 8 to July 25, 2018.  For this post I will simply write the location that the pictures were taken. Aldi’s Hormel Historic Home Peace Garden SPAM Museum Front Yard Back Yard School Lunch at Austin High School Campsite, Lake Luis State Park, MN Home Library (waving to the… Continue reading July

The Zavoral Family Reunion of 2018 was held the week of 4th of July at our home. Yes, that’s right. We convinced the entire family to come visit us in Minnesota all at the same time! We are told it was a big success, and Jeremy and I had a lot of fun hosting it. … Continue reading Zavoral Family Reunion 2018

Tanner turned SEVEN on Thursday, June 28, 2018. Between having the Zavoral grandparents, Uncle Matt, a little league baseball game, and an Odd Squad party with friends, Tanner had a very “odd”-some birthday! Grandma and Grandpa Zavoral showed up just in time for a birthday dinner at Tanner’s choice restaurant, McDonalds. Uncle Matt was with… Continue reading Seven is Odd

These pictures are from May 16 to June 27, 2018.   A traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall came to our county fairgrounds. On our way home from Dallin’s birthday camping trip, we stopped by to check it out. The boys had lots of good questions, and it was cool to tell them that I’ve been to Vietnam… Continue reading Welcome Summer

The 2017-2018 school year marked my 16th year of teaching!  I worked 4 days a week teaching early childhood music. This included teaching 2 family classes, 12 preschool classes and 8 Kindergarten classes, on a total of 7 campuses. But my teaching didn’t end there. I also subbed on Mondays as often as I could in… Continue reading Another year of teaching done!

Dallin turned FIVE years old on May 18, 2018.  Birthday theme- About a week before, he asked if we could go camping for his birthday. Luckily, the weather was beautiful and his birthday landed on a Friday, so we went camping!! I managed to order some camping cake toppers that got to the home just… Continue reading Dallin is FIVE

This post captures our everyday happenings of waiting for spring to come this year! April 2- May 17. Building something with Alainea. Working out in the basement. That’s Alainea and Tanner shoveling. These three kids created a circus for us! Alianea made tickets and assigned seats for us. They had preplanned acts and songs. They… Continue reading Snow days, home projects, outings, and more!

Grandpa Papa and Grandma Nana came to visit us for Easter, which was on Sunday April 1. It was a beautiful week before the rest of the snow came. We had a great time with our visitors and a beautiful Easter celebrating the life and Resurrection of our Savior!! We were able to continue a… Continue reading Easter with Nana & Papa

All the snow melted. The weather was in the 50’s. Perenials were popping up. Spring really made an appearance at the beginning of March, but then Mother Nature played a nasty trick on us. We got snow storms each week until the end of April. Winter seemed to last forever this year! But by the… Continue reading Spring? #Nope