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Laurel at THE HIVEDecember 7, 2018

Ponderosa Drive

Ponderosa Drive Earrings as seen on thehiveblog.com

So I think there are a bunch of mamas out there who would agree that, when you have a newborn (especially in addition to a couple of preschoolers), it’s hard to find time to keep… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEDecember 5, 2018

Happy 4th Birthday, Wilson!

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Our oldest baby turns FOUR today! I can hardly believe it! “They” always tell you how quickly time flies, and they sure are right. It’s been an amazing four years with our sweet, sensitive, tall,… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEDecember 4, 2018

Merry Everything

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‘Tis the season for Merry EVERYTHING! Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year. There are so many exciting things to get in on in the month of December… Some of our family… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVENovember 30, 2018

25 Christmas Books

25 Christmas Books for Kids

I’m a little late in posting about our 25 Christmas books this year, but it’s our third year to do it and I get more and more excited about it with each passing year! Although… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVENovember 29, 2018

The One Thing Your Toddler or Preschooler Needs This Christmas

Magna-Tiles -- the perfect toddler / preschooler gift!

Can I tell y’all about the one thing in our house that every member of our family absolutely loves playing with? (Well, with the exception of Dempsey, but he gets a pass because he’s only… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVENovember 26, 2018

Overcoat

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Happy Monday and Merry Christmas season to y’all, my friends! Are y’all enjoying the most wonderful time of the year as much as I am?! This past weekend, the kids and I decorated some gingerbread… View Full Post

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Dempsey’s classmates asked him to help create so Dempsey’s classmates asked him to help create some ears like his for them 😭🥰 When his teacher sent me these pictures, I got super emotional. We have had such a sweet year with the coolest class & teachers. They’ve embraced my boy’s differences and loved on him so well! What a blessing it is to walk through this life surrounded by such dear people! 🫶 This mama is very very thankful! #cochlearimplants #hearingloss #deafkidsrock
HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY, @shopsummerhouse! 🥳✨ La HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY, @shopsummerhouse! 🥳✨ Last night was amazing… so many awesome people came to help celebrate SummerHouse & all the hard work @lpdesignlove has put in for all these years! We got to visit with design great @tarashawdesign, revel in the beauty of @flowermagazine with @margotrshaw, and artist @jennifergibbsart and I bonded over (1) her art and the mystery of her process and (2) mutual fascination for all things @wafflehouseofficial. 🧇 I feel so blessed to have gotten to be a part of the SummerHouse family for almost 19 years… Crazy to think that I have I been adulting for that long 🤪 Love the my SH people so much! So proud of their beautiful success! 🥰 Showroom perfection coordinator award goes to @martytsmith! 🥇
Oh, shoot, I’m supposed to be there like five mi Oh, shoot, I’m supposed to be there like five minutes ago! TTFN, pretty plants! 😆🌱✨
April is wish month with make-a-wish Mississippi a April is wish month with make-a-wish Mississippi and you’ve got to see what my friend roz at chic’d out has created! She has hand crated these fabulous star beads to make these exclusive necklaces and bracelets. The star chain for the necklace just kills me, I love it so much! She is donating 100% of the star jewelry sales to make-a-wish this month. Let’s support this cause together, shall we?!
The raised garden box we’ve had for years finall The raised garden box we’ve had for years finally bit the dust over the winter, so for my birthday, these guys built me a new and improved garden setup! I absolutely LOVE IT and am so excited to watch it all grow! 🤩🪴 THANK YOU, @pricedonahoo and Dempsey, for making me feel so loved 🥰 I’m so very blessed!
This giveaway is now over! Thanks to everyone who This giveaway is now over! Thanks to everyone who entered! @thejuicyapplestyles is the winner 🥳🥳 Who wants $100 to @walkersdrivein?! 🩵🩷💚 Walker’s is one of the best places to grab lunch or dinner, and it’s located in one of my favorite little Jackson neighborhoods: Fondren! Their tamales, their red fish, and their steak are all just… some of my most favorite local foods! 🤤 To enter to win $100 to Walker’s Drive In, simply… 💛 like this post 💛 follow me, @laurel_at_thehive 💛 tag one friend per comment below. Each tag is an entry. That’s it! But as always, there are bonus entries: 💛 bonus entry option 1: follow @walkersdrivein then come back and put ‘following’ in a separate comment 💛 bonus entry option 2: share this post to your stories then come put ‘shared’ in a separate comment! This giveaway is not associated with Meta in any way. It’s simply because I love ya and I wanted to thank you for being here! 🥰 This giveaway will close on Tuesday 4/14 and the winner will be contacted from this account! And for anyone who follows *that* closely, I usually do my giveaways on the first Friday of each month. With April’s first Friday being Good Friday, I punted to the second Friday! ✝️😆 Thank you so much for playing! I hope you win! Happy weekend and thank you for being here! 😘🫶✨ Photo cred to the adorable @gabbi_onthego!
Local artist Natalie Ray is raffling off a 12” x Local artist Natalie Ray is raffling off a 12” x 24” framed original painting as part of @makeawishms’s Wish Month! Enter for a chance to win this amazing piece, valued at $975, and support Make-A-Wish Mississippi while doing so! One ticket is $20, or you can get there for $50. All proceeds go to Make-A-Wish Mississippi to continue the mission of granting life-changing wishes to Mississippi kids battling critical illnesses. Comment WISH and I’ll send you the link to purchase tickets! 🤩
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! 🫶✨
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