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Best Amazon Full Coverage High Waisted Bikinis under $30
Y’all I have ordered and tried on close to a dozen different high waisted bikinis and found three that I would recommend. I love the new trend of high waisted bikinis, it’s a “mom-bod’s” dream come true!! But I will say that the style these days tends to be high cut in the back…and frankly, ain’t nobody need to see that (at least they don’t need to see my booty!). It is quite daunting to find a bathing suit that provides full coverage and is high waisted–but these don’t disappoint and the price point cannot be beat! First. This is my most favorite find on Amazon. It is the best…
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Father’s Day Gift Guide 2021: Things My Husband Loves (or Will Love)
Father’s Day is right around the corner, so I have complied a list of items either my husband loves or that I purchased for him for Father’s Day. This list is tried and true and bound to make the special man in your life happy 🙂 Father’s Day Gift Guide: Floafers: Y’all these are amazing shoes that my husband LOVES. He likes to wear loafers and these double as pool/boat shoes. If you are planning on taking a summer vacation, make sure your man has a pair of these–Drew no longer has to pack an additional pair of dress loafers! Bonus: they sell these in kids sizes too 🙂 American…
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Celebrating Seven Years of Marriage in Bryson City, North Carolina
Drew and I just got back from a quick getaway to Bryson City, North Carolina to celebrate our 7th anniversary. It was an amazing location to enjoy nature, drink good beer and relax with each other. A 24 hour getaway from our boys, really allows us to reconnect, recharge and be better parents and partners to each other. I cannot recommend dating your spouse enough 🙂 We started our mini vacation off by mountain biking near Deep Creek. Y’all I have never mountain biked before and was pretty intimidated as my husband LOVES to mountain bike and is extremely fast on his bike. I am a more slow and steady…
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Useful Items for Simplifying Flying with Little Ones
We have flown quite a bunch the past few months, including two trips with our young children. I am sharing my top 7 tips to simplify air travel with littles during this on-going pandemic to help keep everyone healthy, safe and happy during their travels. And a shout out to my best friend, who called me for tips before her upcoming trip with three young children and inspired this post 🙂 Top 7 Tips for Traveling on an Airplane with Littles: Double stroller or wagon: If you follow me on social media, you probably know my love of my lightweight double stroller for traveling. Using a double stroller or wagon…
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Pool Bag Essentials with Kids to Simplify Life this Summer
Preparing for the pool this summer is A LOT simpler since I have my MUST HAVE list from last summer (I found a post that I never published!). I thought I would share with y’all my go to pool bag to help simplify life a little 🙂 For reference, my boys are 3 and 5. They don’t know how to swim yet (long story), but they are working on it. Here is my list of 10 LOVED items for summer. Bogg Bag: Y’all I get asked about this bag ALL THE TIME. It is super cute, durable and very practical. It is super versatile too, I brought it along to…
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Simple and Delicious Baking Recipes Your Family Will LOVE!
What is a good stress reliever for you? Personally, I love to run but when the boys are taking “quiet time” I keep an ear out for them which means baking is my go to stress reliever. Recently, I have whipped up a couple fantastic recipes that are super simple and delicious AND even my picky eater will eat them 🙂 As I cannot take credit for creating wonderful recipes, I will share links to the ones that I have made and let you know the adjustments I made to them! And if you aren’t a baker, I totally urge you to give it a try. I PROMISE it isn’t…
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Last Minute Mother’s Day Gifts Your Mom Will Love
Anyone else a last minute shopper?? I certainly am! While last minute shopping has certainly gotten easier in the past few years (thank you, 2 day shipping!) it can still be daunting to find that perfect gift. To make it easier, I have complied a few tried and true last minute Mother’s Day gifts that your mama or other special women in your life are sure to love! Flowers. You cannot go wrong giving a woman flowers, even my boys know that! Online stores offer same day or next day delivery making it super simple to get flowers delivered. TIP: research local florists and call them directly. Calling directly not…
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Ways to Make a Child’s Birthday Special during Covid
Half decades are big birthdays to celebrate and we had a blast celebrating my son’s 5th birthday! Since we are living in a pandemic and couldn’t have a “real” birthday party, we did a couple outside the box things to make Reid’s birthday extra special. He had a blast and I think felt really loved (which is the whole point!). Ways to make your child’s birthday special: School Pick Up Decorated Car: Y’all this was so much fun! Luckily, it was a gorgeous day to celebrate his birthday so I was able to hang posters on the side of my car, have balloons and blare happy birthday music to pick…
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Best Self Help Books for Women by Women
Being a psychology major in college, means this girl LOVES some self-help or self-improvement books. I am continuously inspired by suggestions and stories of others. You can learn so much about yourself, others and the world through reading “self-help” books. I will say that while I love this topic, there are quite a few books that have left me feeling anxious, hard to finish, uninspired or just plan boring. To not waste your time sorting through the endless supply and offerings of self help books, here is a list of some amazing books that will leave you inspired and fuel your soul (and have a little girl power thrown into…
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Most Adorable Valentines Day Cards that Toddlers will Love
Let me first say, you cannot go wrong with whatever Valentines Day cards your preschooler delivers to school. I think sometimes Pinterest can make us feel inferior and like we aren’t being the best moms if we don’t send our child in with a creative Valentines. Trust me, a couple years ago, I was overwhelmed when I opened my son’s Valentines Day box to find super cute and creative Valentines from all his classmates. I didn’t know this was a “thing” so I had sent him in with the classic lollypop attached to a folded card from the dollar store. There is no right or wrong choice and you aren’t…
