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Laurel at THE HIVEApril 10, 2017

Whole 30

A lifestyle blogger gives her thoughts on Whole 30 // thehiveblog.com

Over the past month or so, I’ve mentioned in a few different places that Price and I were doing Whole 30. If you’re not familiar with Whole 30, it’s basically a 30 day program to… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEFebruary 27, 2017

My Take On Bulletproof Coffee

Bulletproof Coffee... Yay or Nay?

Today I wanted to talk about bulletproof coffee! What is bulletproof coffee, exactly? It’s an interesting mixture of clarified butter, a certain type of coconut oil, and black coffee. I saw Giuliana Rancic mention it back… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJanuary 25, 2017

Bars

All natural, no bake protein bars

Have you been looking for some good bars lately? 🙂 In recent weeks, I’ve been on a quest for some all natural protein bars and have come up empty handed. Apparently they do not exist on store shelves!… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEOctober 12, 2016

Amara

Amara Baby Food

I recently found out about a really cool brand of baby food that I’m so excited to share with y’all! Amara is a brand that is committed to optimum nutrition, which of course is important… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEAugust 11, 2015

Seven

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Our Life Group girls at church are starting a new Bible Study here real soon around the book by Jen Hatmaker called 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess. Have you heard of it? From what… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJune 15, 2015

Super Tea

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June’s First Friday Giveaway (on a Saturday 🤪 June’s First Friday Giveaway (on a Saturday 🤪) is to one of my faaaavorite restaurants in Starkville called Bluto’s! 

This Animal House inspired spot has Greek goodness, breakfast all day long, awesome cocktails (including frozen ones) and all the great vibes! If you’ve been, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t been yet, you’ve GOT to go! 

To enter to win $75 to Bluto’s in Starkville, simply…
💛 like this post
💛 follow me, @laurel_at_thehive 
💛 tag one friend per comment below. Each tag is an entry!

That’s it! But there are bonus entry options!
💛 bonus entry option one: follow @blutosgreektavern then put three emojis in a separate comment 💙✨🍹 
💛 bonus entry option two: share this post to your story then put ‘shared’ in a separate comment!

Thank you so much for playing! The winner will be notified on Tuesday 6/9 and notified from this account. This giveaway is not associated with Meta in any way. It’s simply because I love you and I’m thankful for you and I want you to love this restaurant as much as I do! 🥰

I hope you win! XOXO! 💙✨
Yesterday vs 14 months ago! Lil got her braces on Yesterday vs 14 months ago! Lil got her braces on in April 2025 to straighten up those slightly crazy teeth that I accidentally passed down to her 😆 and look at them now!!! Thank you sweet @lcsandifer and the @sandiferorthodontics fam for taking such great care of my girl and her smile! We could not recommend Sandifer Ortho in @highlandvillagejxn any more highly! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 

And shout out to @coachscreamery_livingston where she wanted to get her very first post-braces treat! Her moose tracks milkshake hit the spot 🤩
Birthday dinners with these precious friends throu Birthday dinners with these precious friends throughout the year every year for, what, two decades now (?😆) have always been and will continue to always be such a highlight for me. Where would I be without these gals? We love great food and drinks almost as much as we love each other!! 🥰 Happy 40th to our @clairewinchester & @rachel2cooley!! 

Also, if you don’t already know… the dip trio at @eatlapresa (particularly THE SALSA) is basically the best appetizer on any menu in the Jackson area. And the light, crispy, salty tortilla chips that come with… 🤤 Just go try it/them if you haven’t already! 🤩
June 3 is World Bicycle Day! Part of our neighborh June 3 is World Bicycle Day! Part of our neighborhood Bicycle Brigade wishes you a great one! 😆🚲
Our weekly summer bingo is going mostly good over Our weekly summer bingo is going mostly good over here! Week one is complete and week two has begun! I’ve had a handful of questions about exactly what I’m including on these, so figured I’d share if interested!

Each week, the tasks change up a little bit. The kids get paid per bingo. Some squares are silly, some are hard, some require patience, some help me out, and hopefully all will help make the kids more well-rounded individuals! 

I asked the kids what they liked most last week, what they liked least, and what they would like to see on a future bingo card. We are trying to keep things exciting, but some children are better motivated by this than others 🤪

Hope your summer is going great so far!! 🫶 ☀️
We got our girl @rachel2cooley celebrated good!!! We got our girl @rachel2cooley celebrated good!!! Happy 40th fiesta to this fun forever friend!! We love you so much!!
Oh my word. I loved this book!! Slow at times but Oh my word. I loved this book!! Slow at times but worth reading until the very last sentence. Feeling very inspired by the life of a man named Theo! 

Theo Of Golden by Allen Levi 🪶✨

I’m already casting a movie in my head (which would not live up to this book bc what movie does? But I’ll watch it anyway 😄) and I’m kinda thinking… Tom Hanks?
Just stumbled across these pics from an event I go Just stumbled across these pics from an event I got to do three years three with @mkdeckerdesigns and @carmckie with @bellini.blooms and they just feel like SUMMER! 

@bellini.blooms led a flower crown workshop at this particular event, and the ombré candy & cupcake table with @sweetnsavicakes treats was straight from a dream! The best part was that this event (and the others that we did similar to this) called The Creative Exchange was a celebration of local creators and artists and beautifyers. I so wish we could get another one together soon, but I honestly don’t know where we found the energy to do the ones we did back then! 😅😆 

Maybe someday soon we can pick these back up. Til then, I’ll just enjoy the photos! 🥰🥰 I sure do love our local community of fabulous gals who make our part of the state extraordinarily special!
Day one of our weekly summer bingo cards* is off t Day one of our weekly summer bingo cards* is off to a hilarious start! 🤣 Bless these babies and their special dance moves 😅🤣 I might have to put this task on next week’s bingo cards three or four times 😆

*trying something new this summer where we give the kids 25 tasks each per week. Some are silly, some are challenging, some are routine. For each bingo they get, they earn $. For a blackout they earn $$! Stay tuned 🤪
Cheers to 17 years!! 🥂 I love you so much @pric Cheers to 17 years!! 🥂 I love you so much @pricedonahoo!!
Dempsey’s first honeysuckle experience! Gotta lo Dempsey’s first honeysuckle experience! Gotta love summer in the South! 🥰
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