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Crystal Beach 06/9-12

Well this year was a weird one for the Bottjens! I booked the family house a long time ago thinking this weekend was going to be open as it had in the past but found out in the spring that … Continue reading

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Spring Break 03/18-23

Normally we are cruise people for Spring Breake but Syd has a comp at the end of week so we opted for Florida again!! SO MUCH FUN! We got to see Kim and her fam in Pcola then stayed at … Continue reading

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Christmas 2021

Merry Christmas everyone! What a beautiful holiday we had even though it was 80 degrees so made it hard to feel like Christmas!! We had our pics done by Jade Graves again this year and they almost didn’t happen. Jim … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving 2021

We had a great Thanksgiving in Oklahoma again this year! We ended up having to change our reservation last minute so had to stay further away from Hochatown than we normally do which was a kind of a pain. But … Continue reading

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Crystal Beach 6/10-13

Annual trip to Crystal Beach was this week!!! Always such a good time <3 I absolutely loved the house we found this year and the weather was PERFECT…we couldn’t have asked for more. And Rozi got to come too!! YAY! … Continue reading

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Easter Weekend 2021

It was so awesome to be able to celebrate Easter like “normal” again!! Averi and I volunteered at our church’s Stations of the Cross then on Saturday we went down to Nashville for lunch and an egg hunt. Sunday we … Continue reading

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Rosemary Beach 03/22-27

Well our Spring Break cruise was cancelled AGAIN so we decided to get a house in Florida for the week! We headed down and stayed the night with my bestie Kim and her fam in Gulf Breeze and got a … Continue reading

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Christmas 2020

We had a wonderful Christmas holiday even with the covid weirdness! We were able to attend Christmas Eve services which is always a fave then dinner at Olive Garden …our holiday tradition then presents at home. That night we zoomed our … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving 2020

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year! All be it a bit different per the usual 2020….this year we did our cabin time before Thanksgiving…not sure I liked that but it works a lot better with the family activities! We … Continue reading

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Panama City Beach 06/29-3

Well we just weren’t ready to let go of the beach this summer so we planned a trip to Florida. Kim and her fam are actually not there! They are traveling the country in an RV (Cool!) so it was … Continue reading

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