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4th of July Plans + Virtual Race

4th of July Plans + Virtual Race

Birthday Weekend Fun

Birthday Weekend Fun

Mother’s Day Treats

Mother’s Day Treats

Easter Weekend 2015

Easter Weekend 2015

8 Year Anniversary

8 Year Anniversary

Learning to Love January

Learning to Love January

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We came for the waterfalls, the atrium views, and

We came for the waterfalls, the atrium views, and the lazy river… 🌳 🌼

but the real reason we checked into @gaylordopryland? 👀

✨ DC Super Heroes: Discover the DC Summer of Super! ✨
#hosted

From a themed character lunch to a live DC Super Heroes stage show, hero-inspired treats, poolside movie nights, a craft zone, and even a scavenger hunt across the resort—this is the ultimate summer adventure for fans big and small. 💥🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️

Click the link in my bio to learn more!

#gaylordopryland #DCSummer #GaylordOprylandresort #FamilyTravel #SummerGetaway #nashvillevacation

☀️ Ready to take back your yard for good? Than

☀️ Ready to take back your yard for good? Thanks to Mosquito Shield of Knoxville, we’re finally enjoying bug-free outdoor time again! 🦟✨

With over 20 years of proven science behind their treatments, their licensed technicians come every 10-17 days — targeting mosquitoes on contact and reducing future populations by tackling breeding hotspots around your yard.
You can see a difference in as little as 48 hours, and their service is 100% guaranteed.

Now, moms can let their kids play outside freely, and families can host summer BBQs without worrying about pesky mosquitoes crashing the party. 🍔👩‍👧‍👦🌿

If you want a reliable, local, family-owned business to help you reclaim your outdoor space, Mosquito Shield is the way to go.

#MosquitoShieldPartner
#mosquitoshieldknoxville #knoxvillelife #BugFreeBackyard #ProvenMosquitoControl #LocalFamilyBusiness #KnoxvilleLiving #GuaranteedResults #EnjoyTheOutdoors

Nature, but make it happy hour. 🍹 ✨ #SipSipH

Nature, but make it happy hour. 🍹 ✨

#SipSipHooray #notoutdoorsy #happyhour #margaritatime #pigeonforgetn

☀️ Cabin mornings, lakeside afternoons, and a

☀️ Cabin mornings, lakeside afternoons, and a little bit of learning in between… that’s our kind of summer!

I partnered with IXL to help keep Emma Kate’s brain just as active as her body this season — and the IXL Ultimate Summer Workbooks have been a total win. Each one includes fun, colorful activities across math, language arts, science, and social studies, and it only takes 2 pages a day to stay on track. ✏️📚

What makes them even better? You also get access to IXL’s online learning platform, with bonus practice, personalized growth plans, and instant feedback to keep kids motivated — whether you’re at home or on the go. 🙌

No long, boring lessons… just engaging learning that fits into real life.
💡 Grab yours using my 🔗 in bio!

Let’s make this a summer of fun and growth. 🌲📖💕

#ixllearning #summerlearning #momlife #summerslide #learningonthego #homeschoolmama #ixlpartner #ixl

Stay sharp this summer, exclusive workbooks in bio!

POV: You’re a busy mom juggling travel, pool day

POV: You’re a busy mom juggling travel, pool days, snacks, sports, and sanity… and you finally find the bag that keeps up. 🙌🏼

This Simple Modern Getaway Bag fits everything I need—without tipping over, soaking through, or making a mess. It’s water-resistant, easy to clean, has a removable waterproof pocket (because kids), and comes in multiple sizes for whatever chaos the day brings. 💦🎒

If your summer plans involve going everywhere and doing everything, you need this in your life.

👉🏼 Tap the link in my bio to check it out!

#SimpleModernPartner #GetawayBag #paid @shopsimplemodern
#MomLife #SimpleModern #PoolDayEssentials #TravelWithKids #FlourishAndGlow #EverydayOnTheGo

I used to think dairy-free desserts were “just o

I used to think dairy-free desserts were “just okay.” Like, fine in a pinch… but never something I craved. 👀

But then this little picnic happened—just me, my girl, and a sweet treat we both loved enough to fight over the last bite. 😅

We’ve been trying to be more mindful with food choices lately (especially with summer travel coming up), and I grabbed these So Delicious treats at Kroger kind of on a whim. The new packaging caught my eye, but it was the taste that totally surprised us. Creamy. Indulgent. No weird aftertaste. And no, we’re not fully dairy-free—and we still loved them.

It’s one of those little swaps that doesn’t feel like giving anything up.

And that? That’s a win for both of us. ✨@So_Delicious

#SoDeliciousDairyFree, #DairyFreeYourMin #SoDeliciousPartner #KrogerFinds #PlantBasedTreats #BackyardMoments

🚨 Homeschool decision!! If you have been aroun

🚨 Homeschool decision!!

If you have been around here since Christmas time, then you know we pulled Emma Kate out of her private school after the first semester and put her in a hybrid homeschool for the spring. The main reason being we wanted more absences than the school allowed.

What is a hybrid? In our case, she went to a school all day 3 days a week, and we taught her at home two days a week.

It seemed like the best of both worlds, not having absences count since we were also her teachers, being able to stay home some, sleep in, and travel.

Well, it wasn’t all rainbows and butterflies. For one, the school we sent her to ended up not being what we thought. We were told being absent wouldn’t be a problem, but it became clear very early on her teacher was not a fan and she was not kind or accommodating to Emma Kate. There’s a lot of other reasons we didn’t blown the school I won’t go into. (If you are local and considering hybrid feel free to dm me and I will share my concerns and grievances.)

Teaching your kid is hard. There were lots of tears and frustrations, and she got bored since Bobby and I also work from home/I’m not a stay at hoke mom. We couldn’t just sit with her all day and teach her with our crazy long hours owning two businesses.

It was tough to keep a schedule and while getting to travel a lot was great, she didn’t thrive on not having a routine and struggled with the randomness of everything.

She is also a very social only child who missed her friends and also wants to play sports for her school.

In the end while there were a lot of pros to hybrid homeschool, the cons outweighed them for us so we are returning to her old school in the fall.

Am I glad we did it? Yes! I always would have wondered otherwise and now we know. We will still be pulling her out of school some to travel in the fall, just not as much.

If you have any questions feel free to drop them in the comments below and I will be happy to answer the best I can! 🩷

#hybridhomeschool #homeschooler #homeschoolquestions #homeschoolplanning #homeschoolfail #knoxvillelife #knoxvilletn

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