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Laurel at THE HIVEMarch 1, 2022

More Travel Journaling

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Hello! I hope you’re having a good day so far! šŸ™‚ So on our recent ski trip, I finished out another travel journal (I’ve written about travel journaling here) and I am here to tell… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEOctober 26, 2016

Our Number One Baby Travel Essential + A GIVEAWAY!

This TravelSimple Play Yard is a traveling-with-babies MUST! More on www.thehiveblog.com!

Ā I have a new favorite travel essential when it comes to baby travel, and that is the Ingenuity Travel Simple Playard! I’m a tad bummed that I didn’t know about this item a little sooner,… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJuly 5, 2016

Rosemary Part 2

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Happy Tuesday-that-feels-like-Monday everybody! I hope you had a great long holiday weekend! I started telling y’all about our Rosemary Beach vacation last week but wanted to share just a little more about all of the… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJanuary 11, 2016

Charmed by Charleston

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Several weeks ago, Price and I took a trip to Charleston, South Carolina for a little Christmas get away andĀ I cannot stop thinking about how much I love that city! It was absolutely beautiful… It… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJuly 13, 2015

Seaside Bonfire

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Hello friends! I hope y’all had a great weekend! We had a good/very busy one! We got home from the beach yesterday so getting back in the groove, getting laundry done, and trying to prepĀ for… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJune 30, 2015

Miss You Already!

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Local artist Natalie Ray is raffling off a 12ā€ x Local artist Natalie Ray is raffling off a 12ā€ x 24ā€ framed original painting as part of @makeawishmsā€™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 Iā€™ll send you the link to purchase tickets! šŸ¤©
A night out with the gals! Love this crew! šŸ«¶šŸŖ©āœØ
Darkness, your hour is OVER! ā˜€ļø ā€œAnd enteri Darkness, your hour is OVER! ā˜€ļø ā€œAnd 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, ā€œDo 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.ā€ Markā€¬ ā€­16ā€¬:ā€­5ā€¬-ā€­6ā€¬ ā€­ Grateful to get to celebrate this glorious day with the ones we love! āœļøā­ļø
šŸ’™ā­ļø Happy World Wish Month!! ā­ļøšŸ’™Apri šŸ’™ā­ļø Happy World Wish Month!! ā­ļøšŸ’™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! šŸ¤© Keep an eye on @makeawishmsā€™s page for ALL the fun details! Iā€™ll highlight a few things on my page, too šŸ’™ When these kiddos have a wish to look forward to, it really does help them get better. So letā€™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! šŸŒŽāœØšŸ’™ā­ļø
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 atā€¦ ā€¦ that was @laurenmwert and me last weekend and it was just so great! šŸ„° Love my girl sooo much! Also shout out to @craftbakerypensacola. The latte, the breakfast pizza, and the granola were šŸ¤¤šŸ¤¤šŸ¤¤
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! šŸ«¶āœØ
A trip to @martinsonsgardenworks just puts you in A trip to @martinsonsgardenworks just puts you in a better mood! šŸ¤©šŸŒø
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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 chocolatesā€¦ it was well worth the time! šŸ„³ Iā€™m so excited about so many of the little brands I was introduced to today. I know youā€™ll discover some small business goodness, too! I hope you can make it out! Have so much fun! Happy shopping! šŸ¤© #ad
Itā€™s time for me to lighten up! šŸ’›āœØ I went Itā€™s time for me to lighten up! šŸ’›āœØ 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, itā€™s absolutely fabulous and SO well detailed! But we would expect nothing less! šŸ¤© I looooved my time in this gorgeous space! As you can also hopefully see, Iā€™m loving my lighter hair! ā˜€ļøšŸ«¶ 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! šŸ˜† If youā€™re looking for a cool new salonā€¦ @salonsaintellis is it!
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