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Laurel at THE HIVENovember 19, 2021

25 Christmas Books for Kids

25 Christmas books-- one for each day from December 1 to December 25!

We are bringing back a Christmas tradition this year that is one of my favorites! Each year, I wrap up 25 Christmas books, then every day in December leading up to Christmas, we let the… View Full Post

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    Felt Christmas Confetti

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Laurel at THE HIVEOctober 11, 2021

White Space

My tips on leaving more white space in my day

WHITE SPACE is something I’ve thought about a lot lately. I’ve been trying to challenge myself to leave more of it, because I believe SO MUCH of life’s magic happens in the white space! If… View Full Post

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    Dressing Up

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Laurel at THE HIVEApril 29, 2021

Travel Journaling

Everything you need to start TRAVEL JOURNALING!

I took a class about two years ago where I learned the art of travel/sketch journaling from a VERY sweet and talented lady, Beth Dean! (She’s a fun instagram follow!) The idea is to take… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEApril 5, 2021

Fam Jam

Easter on Instax

I hope your Easter was wonderful! We had the best Easter evening with both sides of our family! Pretty wild about the sweet polaroids we ended up with to help us always remember that fun… View Full Post

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    Springy Slippers

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Laurel at THE HIVEMarch 15, 2021

Easter Basket Ideas For The Littles

Easter Basket Ideas for littles

Awww look at my sweet older two from two Easters ago!! I just love this pic! Today I’m here to share a few ideas for Easter baskets for the littles! So many of y’all seem… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEFebruary 23, 2021

Over The Edge

Over the Edge for Mississippi's only Children's Hospital

This is me pretending I’m not a little scared about going “Over the Edge” on Saturday, April 17th! Over the Edge is a fundraiser put on by Friends of Children’s Hospital where grown ups rappel… View Full Post

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Nine year old boys are crazy… or maybe it’s ju Nine year old boys are crazy… or maybe it’s just ours… 🤪 Love him to pieces and loved getting to celebrate him with some buddies and family today! 🥳
Have a very MERRY weekend! This super soft @chic Have a very MERRY weekend! This super soft @chicwish sweater is so fun! It’s linked on @liketoknow.it OR you can go to the ‘shop my style’ tab on thehiveblog.com! 🤩 #liketkit @shop.ltk https://liketk.it/4qaMZ
I think this house on Indian Pines Lane in Madison I think this house on Indian Pines Lane in Madison wins the lights and display contest!
Feeling like a million bucks in this $50 @chicwish Feeling like a million bucks in this $50 @chicwish dress! 🤩 https://liketk.it/4q4vK
The Broadmoor Women’s Ministry event, RESTORE, w The Broadmoor Women’s Ministry event, RESTORE, was over a week ago and OH MY GOODNESS it was amazing! I can’t stop thinking about it! My sweet new friend @simplybethbowman did such a lovely job of planning this fun-filled event with the purpose of helping women feel restored as they left. And I can say, over a week later, my takeaways from this event truly have left me working towards intentional rest and restoration. The speaker at the event, @taraleighcobble, shared about REST and the importance of it! Our good God actually commands rest! How nice is that, if you really sit and think about it?! All other gods say WORK WORK WORK, SPIN YOUR WHEELS… but our God says to take time to rest and restore. The holiday season is a great time to remember that we are commanded to NOT go 90 to nothing… that we need to intentionally take time to connect with our maker. “He *makes* me lie down in green pastures.” I personally am not great at this, so her message was so moving to me. Grateful for a wonderful church, for running into cousins i don’t get to see nearly often enough, for the opportunity to work with one of my besties @rachel2cooley to get ready for @taraleighcobble & @olivia_le_ to visit, for the opportunity to meet those two precious ladies, and for the Christmas season!! So much to be thankful for! HE is where the joy is!
Oh how I love this time of year! All the color and Oh how I love this time of year! All the color and brightness and just the joy in the air are my FAVORITE!! It’s easy to overcommit during December, though, so I made a small list of ways to hopefully help keep your Christmas season a little more chill and maybe just a tad merrier! ✨ get in bed early and fall asleep to a Christmas movie ✨ skip cooking and order supper from a local restaurant through @takeabreakdeliveries and support two small businesses while keeping your kitchen clean! ✨ take a walk and hand-deliver Christmas cards to neighbors. Bonus points if you include candy canes! ✨ maybe skip one of the 17 parties happening in the next few weeks and do the first thing on this list 😆 ✨ OR maybe go to that one party your spouse really wants to go to. Who knows, you might make a new best friend! ✨ get up 15 minutes early, fix some coffee, plug in your tree, and do some prayer journaling. ✨ Pay for the person’s coffee behind you in line! ✨ OR Venmo a couple of friends $5 and tell them coffee’s on you today and that you’re praying for them! ✨ go caroling!! Man, what a lost art. Love me some Christmas carolers That’s all I’ve got for now! Haha I’ll add more ideas here when they hit me! What would you add?! I hope you’re having the best December! // tulle skirt and pink star sweater are linked! // #liketkit @shop.ltk https://liketk.it/4pUnw Photo by @lindsayottphoto 💛
My big, beautiful, baby boy is nine today! Wilson My big, beautiful, baby boy is nine today! Wilson is a hoot and a half and we love him so much! 😂 He’s the tallest third grader in the room, can make friends with the wall, has the sweetest little brand of sensitivity, is baseball and football obsessed, asks the best questions, always makes us laugh, adores his friends, gives really great hugs, is VERY literal 😳, loves his brother and sister and is always rallying for all three of them to sleep in the same room (even on school nights, which we allow because these babies do not keep!), and simply makes life here on earth better!! Eight was a really big year for him because he accepted Jesus into his life as his Lord and savior! I pray this amazing boy of ours continues to grow in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man 💛 I know nine will be an amazing year, too! 🤩 Wilson, you are WONDERFUL! Happy happy birthday!!
My husband Eddie and I, Margo from the carpet scen My husband Eddie and I, Margo from the carpet scene, had the best time hosting #ChristmasWithCousinEddie 11.0 this past weekend! We heart Christmas Vacation and throwing a party revolving around its greatness 🎄 Can’t wait til 12.0 next year!
This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to the winne This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to the winner @sarahgracehinkle!! Thanks, everyone, for playing! 🥳 Let’s start the week off with a giveaway, shall we?! I was so wrapped up in #christmaswithcousineddie prep last week that I completely forgot to do the first Friday giveaway! So here it is a few days late. The prize is $100 to @shapleysrestaurant! To enter to win… ✨ like this post ✨ follow @shapleysrestaurant ✨ follow me, @laurel_at_thehive ✨ tag one friend per comment below! ✨ bonus entry option 1- SAVE this photo then put ‘saved’ in a separate comment ✨ bonus entry option 2- SHARE this photo then put ‘shared’ in a separate comment. That’s it! Winner will be selected Friday, 12/8, and notified from this account! This giveaway is not in any way associated with Meta. It’s because my friends at Shapley’s and I love ya and want to thank you for supporting small businesses like ours! 💛 Thank you for playing and Merry Christmas! 🎄🥂
Our church does something every year called the Wh Our church does something every year called the White Envelope Project where they give each kid in a certain age range a dollar and the kids have to multiply that money creatively to give back to local missions. Wilson and Lily Ryan have combined their dollars to buy a couple of stamps and envelopes to get this idea off the ground! We made this very silly prank Christmas card together that we are excited to anonymously send out to hopefully spark a few little laughs! HOW IT WORKS: - Venmo @laurel-donahoo $2 for each card you want us to send out. In the memo line, include the name and address of the person you want to receive this card. Please do a separate transaction for each different person you want us to send this to! - we will send the card we designed (featuring some random family we found on the interwebs) plus a “family update” Christmas letter we wrote giving some fun little details of this family’s “life” over the past year. 🤪😆 - the recipient will have no idea this is coming from you or us! The goal is for them to get this randomly in the mail and open it and just laugh 😂😂 someone sent us one of these a couple of years ago and it was hilarious!! - feel free to put your own address in the Venmo memo line of one of your $2 transactions if you want to get one! 😂 We will donate the money we make back to the church, which will go to help rebuild Rolling Fork after the tornadoes earlier this year. THANK YOU for your support of our silly idea! We hope this makes some people smile! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! 🎄
Today, 11/30, is National Mousse Day! I’m celebr Today, 11/30, is National Mousse Day! I’m celebrating with a super easy, SUPER yummy recipe! I got everything I needed for this super simple recipe from Corner Market! I’ve been making this recipe for years now so I think I’ve gotten it tweaked to be juuust right! 🤩 EASY CHOCOLATE MOUSSE (makes 5 or 6 servings) Ingredients: 12 ounces bag of semisweet chocolate chips 
2 tablespoons butter (I prefer salted!)
2 large egg yolks
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions: Set a metal mixing bowl in the freezer to be chilling while you get started. You’ll need it in a minute! // In a microwave safe bowl, combine the chocolate chips and the butter. Heat in the microwave in 20 or 30 second increments, stirring between each, until completely melted. // Whisk in the egg yolks and set aside to cool. This will make the chocolate mixture pretty thick. It’ll be ok! // Pour the cream into your chilled mixing bowl and beat on medium speed until it starts to thicken. Add the sugar and vanilla and whisk until the cream starts to form stiff peaks. // Carefully fold the whipped cream into the cooled chocolate mixture. Serve immediately or cover and chill until ready to serve. That is IT!! I told you it was easy! 🤩 If you want to take it a step further, you could do what I did and use the remaining cream to make fresh whipped cream. I just put it in the same metal mixing bowl and used my mixer to whip it! Just be sure not to over-whip here! I did not add any sugar to my whipped cream, but you totally could.  You can top this with fresh fruit, chocolate chips, Piroulines, sprinkles… really anything that goes with chocolate would be perfect!  I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do!! I should probably take a moment to disclaim, my kids don’t love this recipe… it’s not super sweet, so it’s more of an “adult” dessert around here! 😆 Perfect for supper clubs or dinner parties! Next time you’re at @cornermarketms, you’ll probably want to go ahead and grab these ingredients juuust to make sure you have them on hand for when you need them 😁 Happy National Mousse Day!!
I enlisted the help of Lily Ryan to get some snaps I enlisted the help of Lily Ryan to get some snaps of my super fun @mcdesignsllc HOLLY JOLLY earrings and ended up with quite the interesting little mix of pics! 😂 I love these earrings - MC Designs has a ton of cute Christmas options! - and I even love the blurry photos LR got! The holidays can feel as blurry as a coupe of these photos (especially that last one 💨) so here is a reminder to slow down and REST when you can this season. Delight in the little things. Wear fun earrings that make people smile! Enjoy the season 🥰 You are so loved!!
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