As many of you may know, I have a deep passion for travel, and I absolutely love planning vacations. There’s nothing I enjoy more than matchmaking someone’s vacation vision with the perfect property and destination. I’ve long toyed with the idea of turning this hobby into something that allows me to share my passion with others so I’m pumped to have made this career leap! In 2022, I joined a host travel agency, and completed their training and certification program.…
Matt and I celebrated 9 years of marriage this year and my parents were kind enough to watch the girls so we could take a break from the daily grind that is parenting:) We were so exhausted this spring that all we wanted to do was lay on the beach and rest. We also didn’t want to venture too far (plus, we couldn’t leave the country without the girls because testing requirements to re-enter the US were still in place…
I got a couple of requests to write a post about my surgery – it seems many people are struggling with grinding their teeth (hello pandemic stress) or are debating surgery. I’ve been grinding, well clenching my teeth for a couple of years now. I have the specialty mouth guard from my dentist and it helps in general, but the clenching got much worse in recent years. I mentioned the concern to my dentist and she referred me to a…
Happy Black Friday shopping! I threw this post together in hopes that it inspires someone to check out these brands during this crazy sale time (is it me or does it seem more intense this year?). I have just started to learning more about the manufacturing of clothing and how it’s contributing to climate change. It’s something I didn’t really think about until recently because it doesn’t seem like it would be as bad as planes and cars and such,…
We’ve been in our house 3 months now and are making slow progress on decor – it feels like there’s no time for house stuff with the kiddos, but I tell myself that we will be here a long time and don’t have to be ‘finished’ any time soon. Emerson’s room never looks this clean, ha. We did a wallpaper accent wall in her room with some old Serena & Lily wallpaper I got on clearance last year. I hope…
The Beautycounter holiday collection is here and there are so many good gift sets! If you’re not familiar with the brand, it’s the skincare and makeup line I started using when pregnant with Avery. I like it first and foremost because it did wonders for my aging, tired, and acne-prone skin, but also because the company is committed to transparency and sustainability. They avoid chemicals that are questionable, harmful, or irritating (based on evidence) and batch test products to check…
Hello! We have been busy lately celebrating birthdays – Emerson, Avery, and I all have birthdays a week apart, so October involves lots of celebrating, party planning, and cake! We celebrated Avery with a visit to the farm on her real birthday! She was getting over an ear infection and was a little grumpy all day, but by the time the party rolled around she felt better. I think she finally understood that the party was for her when we…
I’m finally getting around to writing a post about our trip to The Cloister at Sea Island! When we first booked this trip, we dreamed of a post-covid, vaccinated vacation where we could return to normalcy. We used Meg to find the hotel and book the trip, and decided to splurge a little bit since we haven’t stayed at a hotel/resort in 18 months! Little did we know that Delta would rear it’s ugly head. We debated cancelling many times,…
Sorry for ghosting you (again)! When I finished up work in June, I had every intention to start blogging weekly. But then we bought a house! A friend’s neighbor unexpectedly took a job out of state; we decided to make an off-market offer thinking they probably wouldn’t accept and would want to take it to the market with the craziness of real estate these days. But they accepted and here we are. We listed our house a few weeks later…