In today’s episode, Denis and Jessie have the pleasure of spending an hour with Dr. Darian "Dr. D" Parker who is the Co-Founder of F.EM, owner of Parker Personal Training [...]
“Expand Your Mind… Being Closed Minded Is A Dangerous Thing”

Courageously Living Life
In today’s episode, Denis and Jessie have the pleasure of spending an hour with Dr. Darian "Dr. D" Parker who is the Co-Founder of F.EM, owner of Parker Personal Training [...]
In today’s episode, Denis and Jessie discuss how Wal-Mart and Aldi are rolling back prices across the board to combat inflation through the end of the year. We briefly discuss [...]
In today’s episode, Denis and Jessie talk to our friend Jessica Esfandiary, host of Open Late podcast and relationship coach and we are reminded that all you need is love... [...]
In today’s episode, Denis and Jessie talk about the beauty of helping at Cherry Rock Farm, a local market farm that grows a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. When [...]
In today's episode, Denis and Jessie discuss the rollercoaster adventure of starting a podcast. What do you think it takes to start a podcast? Well, its a lot more than [...]
In the first episode, Denis & Jessie talk about "Why?" The Paquette Family Podcast was started and how we aim to help others feel connected. Strangers: Denis and Jessie talk [...]
You might be thinking, "Why The Paquette Family?" Listen to this short audio clip and you will know. https://thepaquettefamily.supercast.com/
It’s always around this time of the summer when I really want everything to slow down. We know teacher and classroom assignments and we have done some school shopping. We [...]
Every Augusts school starts, and summer ends. It’s all ways fun during that time. We all ways go back to school shopping 🛍, it’s my favorite part! We did that [...]
This E-book about chess and a child's lessons on love will leave you wondering what you can do to be brave and change the world! For ALL ages!
Every year before school starts we have an amazing choreographer come to our dance studio and, in a week, teach us all our company dances. It is so much fun [...]
I’ve always had a lot of self confidence. Everyone called me a beast when I was younger because of the size of my biceps. I’ve also always had abs. I [...]
Yesterday, Kyndle, Skylar and I attended Embrace church. We have been church shopping for awhile but I do feel like we have found a powerful place in Embrace. I love [...]
We love taking Gage to get his haircut at Fish-N-Clips! James does an amazing job even when he gets wiggly. My favorite part is when James combs his hair at [...]
What are your favorite games to play?
What is the best pet that you have had in your life and was it hard to lose it?
Last Friday my best friend Maddie had a sleepover with some friends for her birthday party 🥳. It was so much fun hanging out with friends who I have not [...]
Do you need a break or date night and a babysitter to watch your kids? This could be the perfect solution.
Celebrate your next special event with a luxury picnic.
What's your parenting style?
I like swimming, I like our pool and I liked the Brandon pool. I liked going on the big slide, the big one. The yellow one too. The one with [...]
How old was you when you say bye to you baas? - Gage Paquette.
Do you like running?
Where did you learn to drive?
https://videopress.com/v/srSuyjir?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true When our basement flooded and we had to do 75 loads of laundry at once. How do you do laundry at your house? We have a big family and [...]
Cadynce has a special spirit where she can be wonderfully childlike… and then make you mind spin with a deep concept that she has thought through and letting you know [...]
It was such a great weekend in Luverne celebrating an All-school reunion with annual events like Hot Dog Night and unique events like Jim Sanden's Teachers in Retrospect event at [...]
We started our trip to Minneapolis on Friday, June 24th, Gage’s 3rd birthday, for a special ceremony involving my mom’s parents and distant family. Good Guy Open’s last event. It’s [...]
Ever since I can remember I have loved makeup… especially lipstick. When is was younger, almost every day, I would wear red lipstick and I loved it. I remember feeling [...]
We were at the cabin for a week and while we are there I like to play fun games with my cousins. My favorite game to play is Ghost in [...]
Every time we go to the North Shore we always go to Grand Maris. It is always so much fun shopping at the boutiques and trading companies and walking around [...]
I woke up and my dad told me let’s go get some coffee. On our way out of temperance landing we ran into my uncles who just got back from [...]
How cool would it be to just fly? To jump off of here and not die. To glide through the sky like a bird soaring high. To see the world [...]
We are on a vacation to the north shore and on the way we got a hotel in Minneapolis to go to The Good Guy Open. It was Gage’s birthday [...]
It is about that time here at the Paquette house! School is out for summer! The end of school is really the beginning of a great summer! The end of [...]
A little picnic table, a lovely white blanket, a few pillows, 2 place settings, a charcuterie board, a framed picture of us, and a couples game - was all set [...]
"You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights." - Dr. Seuss Wait until you see the video [...]
One thing we love at the beginning of fall is the Apple Orchard. In South Dakota, our favorite apple orchard is Country Apple Orchard. The girls always love to ride [...]
When we moved to South Dakota, we knew we wanted our kids to be a part of the Brandon Valley School District. We had always heard amazing things and being [...]
If any of you are like me, you are the hero of your own story. You have created big dreams for your life and your family, but you must overcome [...]
H.O.C.K.E.Y - Denis is a hockey love'n Minnesota boy at heart. We all love watching hockey and we especially love watching Denis play hockey. Even in the middle of August. [...]
Target is my happy place and I love long walks down every aisle. One back to school tradition is to take the girls shopping for their school supplies. As much [...]
We love having pictures taken of our children and know how important it is to document these years. I love looking back at all the pictures we have taken of [...]
We continued down the road to our Radisewitz family vacation at Lake Shetek, MN. One of the 10,000 lakes in Minnesota. My parents have a cabin on the lake and [...]