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eaux claires fest = the best fest

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Picture this: swaying colors in the breeze, a distance melody of Polica, clusters of frisbee players, pockets of sunbathers, an ice cold Summer Shandy in your hand, and the sizzling sun on your skin. This past weekend was Eaux Claires Fest and it was unbelievable; a weekend I will never forget. Justin Vernon and his…

a favorite place; duluth minnesota

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What a weekend. Tony and I were in Duluth, the prettiest town in Minnesota. We were lucky enough to live there for four years through our college experience & venturing back up there this weekend made me realize how much I miss the town, itself. It was a balmy 90 degrees most of the weekend…

club W experience

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So I just had to share my new obsession. I’m not a big drinker..  however, I am a fan of getting things in the mail & occasionally a glass of sweet, white wine. SO, put those two things together and you got yourself a dream come true! I stumbled across Club W through Emily Ley’s…

ten reasons you should love your sunday nights

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Sundays can be great, but they get a bad rap. I think they get a bad rap because everybody hates the Monday morning that follows a great Sunday night. Now, before you get all, ‘but kaylee, you WOULD love a Sunday night in the summer, you don’t have to get up and go to work…

happy 4th!

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Happy July 4th to all! The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays, [it is a close second behind Thanksgiving]. When I was younger we would spend the holiday weekend on the lake, eating bbq, and roasting marshmallows over a crackling fire. My cousins, sisters, and I would fight for the best position…

tuesday reflections

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Happy Tuesday to you all! The weekend came and left quickly, but did not disappoint. Tony and I celebrated our anniversary with a Twin’s game & a late night pizza, and we both celebrated Father’s Day on Sunday with two wonderful men. As every little girl says, “my dad was my first love,” & that…

cheers to you, tony

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Today marks our fourth wedding anniversary. I’ve started, restarted, created, erased, and deleted this post about ten times already this morning. I want to get my words just right today; a post dedicated to my husband deserves perfection. For Tony – When I walked into my PALS class as a sophomore in high school; a…

some thursday thoughts

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I’m having one of those days. My mornings always start by browsing blogs, instagram, and making my to-do lists. This morning, while reading up on some of my favorite blogs: Megan over at Willowwayblog & Emily at EmilyLey.com/blog, I found myself becoming increasingly jealous! Now, this is not going to be a post of the…

a graduate

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It’s been a busy couple days around here: my baby sister graduated high school on Friday night. It was a pretty surreal moment for my entire family. She’s our baby. And when I say our, I really do mean OURS. There is a ten year age gap between her and I & nine years between…

flower huntin’

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Once upon a time, on a Sunday afternoon a mother and a daughter went on a hunt for hanging baskets.  Driving down a dirt road, the mother, with a glass of kool-aid in her hand, laughed at the daughter’s mile long house project list & her impatience.  “My daughter, you have the whole summer,” she…