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Laurel at THE HIVEOctober 17, 2022

Placemat Love + A Fun Snack Idea

Placemat Love!

I’m a huge fan of placemats over here! The MAIN reason is because we have an old farmhouse table with very “groovy” wood and I need to protect those grooves as much as I can… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEMarch 13, 2019

Time Outdoors Is Awesome For Your Health!

Time Outdoors is Good For Your Health

One of my favorite things from when I was growing up was playing outside and getting dirty! The fact that my babies love doing that too just makes my heart sing. Particularly because being outside… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEMay 23, 2018

Summer Outdoors

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It’s officially summer!! Well, maybe not officially. But unofficially officially! School is out and the days are long and we are spending as much time as we can outside! That’s pretty official, if you ask… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEMarch 2, 2016

Those Who Speak Meeting Soon!

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Good morning, people! Some of you have heard me talk about the group Those Who Speak on here before! In case you’re not familiar, it’s a support group for women who have experienced infertility, miscarriage,… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJanuary 4, 2016

Those Who Speak – January 8th!

Those Who Speak / January 8, 2016

Happy New Year, friends!! I apologize for my long holiday hiatus, but boy have I enjoyed disconnecting for just a little bit! I really have missed blogging, though, so I’m planning to pick back up… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVENovember 12, 2015

The Next Those Who Speak

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The next Those Who Speak is THIS Sunday night! I hope that if you’ve been feeling led to attend this group (a casual support group for women who have struggled with infertility, miscarriage, or child… View Full Post

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A night out with the gals! Love this crew! 🫶🪩✨
Darkness, your hour is OVER! ☀️ “And enteri Darkness, your hour is OVER! ☀️

“And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.” Mark‬ ‭16‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭

Grateful to get to celebrate this glorious day with the ones we love! ✝️⭐️
💙⭐️ Happy World Wish Month!! ⭐️💙Apri 💙⭐️ Happy World Wish Month!! ⭐️💙April is a really, really special month for @makeawishms as they are working hard to raise money to grant wishes for kids in Mississippi with critical illnesses! They have a lot of fun planned this month that YOU can get in on! 🤩

Keep an eye on @makeawishms’s page for ALL the fun details! I’ll highlight a few things on my page, too 💙

When these kiddos have a wish to look forward to, it really does help them get better. So let’s all join in on the joy of giving hope to these sweet children as they fight the fight of their lives to get well. Your support means the world! 🌎✨💙⭐️
When your bestie lives hours away, but soccer took When your bestie lives hours away, but soccer took you to her town, and your awesome husbands hung back with the kids so yall could go have a relaxing breakfast at the cutest bakery around the corner from her house, and yall caught each other up on all the things and laughed til you cried about dumb things that nobody else would laugh at… 

… that was @laurenmwert and me last weekend and it was just so great! 🥰 Love my girl sooo much! Also shout out to @craftbakerypensacola. The latte, the breakfast pizza, and the granola were 🤤🤤🤤
What a wonderfully sporty spring we have had so fa What a wonderfully sporty spring we have had so far! Feeling mega blessed that each of our kids get to be part of such precious teams! We sure do love our sports families! 🫶✨
A trip to @martinsonsgardenworks just puts you in A trip to @martinsonsgardenworks just puts you in a better mood! 🤩🌸
Join me in Taylor, Mississippi, just outside of Ox Join me in Taylor, Mississippi, just outside of Oxford, for a trip to @theviviennestudio! My sweet friend Meagan recently opened this skin studio and I cannot say enough about how awesome it is!  Every detail was so Meagan and so perfect! 

So what makes The Vivienne special is Meagan’s modern, holistic approach to skin health. She blessed me with a custom vivienne facial, which was so refreshing! 

Then she recommended three products from her incredible collection of clean skin care lines, which I have used every day since and LOVE. She knew just what my skin needed after assessing it during my facial!

If you’re in the Oxford area, and looking to love on your skin a little bit, please go see Meagan! Comment VIV and I’ll DM you her website so you can find out More about this beautiful little spot!

Until next time, Viv! And Meag! 

** shout out to bestie @jessicaholmesphotography_ms for snagging footage for me! ILYSM, Jess! **
Join me and several friends as we get to help with Join me and several friends as we get to help with a spring style segment for @tsgjacksonms on @studio3wlbt! We had the BEST time! 

Almost all of the jewelry you see us wearing is from @47bloomsjewelry, the awesome women’s styles were from @threadsjackson, @d2clothingjackson_, @shophighlandpark, @theolivetreestarkville, and @shopbellegboutique. And the men’s style was from @theroguejxn!
HAPPENING NOW through Sunday at the Trade Mart in HAPPENING NOW through Sunday at the Trade Mart in Jackson: Spring Market! I went this morning and found sooooo much cool stuff. From clothes to kid things to chic laundry detergent to handmade chocolates… it was well worth the time! 🥳 I’m so excited about so many of the little brands I was introduced to today. I know you’ll discover some small business goodness, too! 

I hope you can make it out! Have so much fun! Happy shopping! 🤩 #ad
It’s time for me to lighten up! 💛✨ I went It’s time for me to lighten up! 💛✨

I went in for my annual blonding balayage at the prettiest new salon in Ridgeland: @salonsaintellis! This salon is an @artsytracy vision, so as you can see, it’s absolutely fabulous and SO well detailed! But we would expect nothing less! 🤩 I looooved my time in this gorgeous space! 

As you can also hopefully see, I’m loving my lighter hair! ☀️🫶 I love a balayage because it grows out so well, leaving it to where I only get color once per year. I enjoy being darker haired in the colder months, then back to blonde for the warm ones! 😆 

If you’re looking for a cool new salon… @salonsaintellis is it!
✨ THE WONDER YEARS ✨ I LOVE the @axisconversa ✨ THE WONDER YEARS ✨

I LOVE the @axisconversations email newsletter and podcast. I try to take time to dive into them weekly, because they’re always so good! This week’s about WONDER really stood out to me. Wonder and miracles are ALL AROUND. On our good days and on our bad days. God is present in them. But how numb to wonder have we become? How many miracles right in front of our faces go unnoticed? 

My challenge to myself (and to you) is to make it a point to notice and verbally out loud thank God for the moments of wonder that give me pause. I pray I’m unhurried enough to notice all the little pieces of joy all around us. I feel like springtime is particularly wonder-filled! 

What little pieces of your day are the most wonderful? The most miraculous? Are you good at catching the little moments? I want to get better at it 🥰 Join me??
I ran across an old blog post from five years ago I ran across an old blog post from five years ago about these little Easter story printables that we still use every Easter with our kids! 

Comment EASTER and I’ll send you the old post where you can get to the free printables! 

They are an easy way to weave the Easter story into the Easter basket fun on the morning of. These printables (there are two color themes but otherwise they’re the same) are easy to use: print one out (it fits on a regular sheet of paper), cut it into the 12 parts, then put one part in each of twelve Easter eggs (maybe along with candy or something!) 

We do four story eggs per each of our three kids, then they work together to put them in order according to scripture. They just might have to get their bibles out to double check themselves! 🤩 It’s great because it gets them talking about the Easter story and how meaningful that day is!! ☀️ 

So if you comment EASTER I’ll send you the link to the post where you can get the printables! Just scroll past my Easter basket stuffers that are basically all out of stock now since I did that post five years ago 🤪 until you get to the paragraph with the links to the print pages 🤩

I hope these are helpful in keeping the Easter story the main thing for you and yours this year! 🥰 Thank you, Jesus, for ALL YOU HAVE DONE! Happy Easter season, friends! ✝️
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