Father Daughter Dance 2020
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Swim Meet
Kenzie is getting more comfortable with swim meets (she LOVES to swim but the noise and faced-paced schedule at a swim meet can be overwhelming)… and she seemed to have fun this time. She did great! Two won two of her heats, then placed first once and second twice! She also shaved 4 seconds from her 25 free! First time diving off the blocks for a race!
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Pictures with Santa
Our traditional Black Friday pictures with Santa! Kenzie asked for Grace, Grace’s bakery, and mir AG/OG accessories…
Puppy Vaccinations
So this weekend Kenzie really impressed me. We needed to give the new puppies their vaccinations and she decided that she wanted to learn how to do it.
Rather than turning her loose on the dog with a syringe, we decided to do some practicing first and used an orange to perfect her technique. She stuck with it and practiced over and over again until she felt confident. Then she got down with Oreo and did a perfect job putting the needle in and giving her the vaccination. Not bad for 7 years old. This kid amazes me!
Funny sidenote: I just about peed myself laughing when during the practice phase she handed me the orange so that I could “hold the patient” 
Weekend in Denali
We’ve had Denali National Park in Alaska on our bucket list for a while, so this year we planned a long weekend to check it out. We didn’t realize it when we booked the trip, but we arrived on the Solstice (the day when the sun is at it’s northernmost point and the longest day of sunlight all year) and in Alaska apparently that means it’s a party weekend! Cars were all rented out and everyone had sold out of ice. But we worked it all out and after some shopping, we headed out to Denali.
Our first day in Denali was beautiful, and we got really luck with the weather and animal sighting. They say if you spend a few days there you’ll have a 30% chance of seeing Mt. Denali through the clouds. We go lucky and had a great view our first day!
We also spotted sheep, caribou, eagles, a lynx, hares, moose, and bears. But the highlight for Kenzie was the little Arctic Ground Squirrel!
It was also really interesting/odd to have it be completely light out at midnight. I went for a walk around 11:00pm and took some pictures, and looking at them, you’d think it was noon.
New Puppies!
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Wildlife Safari
This weekend we met up with one of Kenzies friends from school (also named Kenzie) to visit the Wildlife Safari park in Winston, OR. The girls had a great time together driving through the park, and we got some cute pictures of them.
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