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    Trip Report: Perrot State Park (Onalaska, WI)
    Lara Draxler
    • Jul 28, 2021
    • 5 min

    Trip Report: Perrot State Park (Onalaska, WI)

    We just returned from what I would say was my favorite camping trip we have been on yet. We spent two nights at Perrot State Park near...
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    Fall Trip plan-Bayfield, WI
    Lara Draxler
    • Sep 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    Fall Trip plan-Bayfield, WI

    Each year, I love booking a fall trip. It was a tradition that my parents started when I was a kid. Fall is my favorite season, and I...
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    Date Night Review-Wilson Creek Inn (Menomonie, WI)
    Lara Draxler
    • Aug 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    Date Night Review-Wilson Creek Inn (Menomonie, WI)

    My husband and I had a much needed date night this past weekend. We realized we hadn't been on a date since late June! As you all know,...
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    Trip Report-Dubuque, IA
    Lara Draxler
    • Aug 5, 2020
    • 6 min

    Trip Report-Dubuque, IA

    We just returned from a really fun weekend to Dubuque, Iowa. We ended up there in a very round about manner as I referenced in a previous...
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    Planning a "COVID proof" road trip
    Lara Draxler
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    Planning a "COVID proof" road trip

    If you had asked me a year ago where I would go on a summer road trip this year, I would not have said IOWA. LOL!!! But, we are headed...
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    Weeknight date-under $100 for drinks and nice dinner?!
    Lara Draxler
    • Jun 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    Weeknight date-under $100 for drinks and nice dinner?!

    As things are slowly starting to reopen, my hubby and I are enjoying going out on the town more often! Last night, we had a super fun...
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    Flambeau River State Forest camping trip report
    Lara Draxler
    • Jun 23, 2020
    • 5 min

    Flambeau River State Forest camping trip report

    Our first officially blogged trip is DONE! We had a wonderful family frugal adventure that began with a two hour drive north after we...
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    Planning a camping trip for first-timers
    Lara Draxler
    • Jun 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    Planning a camping trip for first-timers

    So in about a week, we are going on a family camping trip for the first time! I camped some as a kid with friends. Since I grew up next...
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    Cookie Butter Monkey Bread Sundae-Disneyland copycat
    Lara Draxler
    • Jun 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    Cookie Butter Monkey Bread Sundae-Disneyland copycat

    We have now been trying our "sundaes on Sunday" tradition for a little over a month. I am one who has always struggled with the "Sunday...
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    Tween craft-sun catcher mobile
    Lara Draxler
    • Jun 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Tween craft-sun catcher mobile

    Even though we are coming out of the deepest recesses of quarantine and summer break is FINALLY "officially" upon us, I think it is...
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    Corner Garden REDO
    Lara Draxler
    • Jun 3, 2020
    • 4 min

    Corner Garden REDO

    We have nearly completed a landscaping project that I have wanted to do for the last two years! It looks so great, and I can't stop...
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    Humanitarian Travel +Packing List
    Lara Draxler
    • May 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    Humanitarian Travel +Packing List

    I have been wanting to write this post for some time. I just haven't had the time to fit it in. I was thinking this morning, my trips to...
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    Inside Out Themed Family Movie Night
    Lara Draxler
    • May 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Inside Out Themed Family Movie Night

    I have been wanting to have a Disney themed movie night for ages. I asked the kids what movie they would be interested in focusing on,...
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    Family Hike to Willow River State Park
    Lara Draxler
    • May 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    Family Hike to Willow River State Park

    Throughout quarantine, I have tried to plan at least 2 activities per week for my bonus kids...that could be anything from making or...
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    Supper Club at home-Pink Squirrel
    Lara Draxler
    • May 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    Supper Club at home-Pink Squirrel

    I really miss supper clubs. I know I have alluded to this in other posts, but I REALLY do. My husband and I enjoyed so many fun date...
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    Shortcut strawberry rhubarb crisp- adaptation
    Lara Draxler
    • May 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    Shortcut strawberry rhubarb crisp- adaptation

    I have just started feeling confident enough in the kitchen to adapt recipes or improvise. You see, when I learned to cook and bake, I...
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    Mother's Day pizza party
    Lara Draxler
    • May 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    Mother's Day pizza party

    We had a fun, festive Mother's Day lunch that I LOVED! All my favorites were there... Homemade garlic cheese sticks homemade ranch...
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    Salt/Chalk art project
    Lara Draxler
    • May 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Salt/Chalk art project

    Today, I went back to the old faithful kids' activity book I got for free from the library castoff shelf. It is SUCH a fun little book....
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    Disney copycat "kitchen sink sundae"
    Lara Draxler
    • May 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Disney copycat "kitchen sink sundae"

    During quarantine, we are busy being creative with how to make all this time at home fun. I have been LOVING perusing so many food and...
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    Fairy Gardens
    Lara Draxler
    • May 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    Fairy Gardens

    A few years ago, I attended a fairy garden workshop at a local garden center near my apartment. In the workshop, I learned about the...
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