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Best Spring Break Restaurants in the Gulf Shores/Orange Beach Area

February 15, 2023 | retaurant, Travel

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Disclosure: This post  on best spring break restaurants is sponsored by Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Tourism, however, all opinions are my own. It's still cold outside in Tennessee, and I am dreaming about lazy days at the pool, long evenings walking the beach, and ALL of the delicious vacation ...

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Tropic Falls Indoor Waterpark at OWA

September 27, 2022 | Travel

Disclosure: We were hosted for this stay at OWA, however all opinions are my own. We have been big fans of visiting OWA on the gulf coast for a few years now, and we were pumped the first time we found out they were building an indoor waterpark. It is something that was so needed in the area, and ...

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Coastal MS: Where to Stay

February 1, 2021 | Travel

This post is sponsored by Coastal Mississippi, however, all opinions are my own. We recently had the opportunity to work with Coastal MS, and they were SO great to work with! They opened our eyes to so many amazing things there are to do along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. We used to live in ...

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Hurricane Katrina, 10 Years Ago

August 28, 2015 | Faith, fam, family

This weekend marks the ten year anniversary of when hurricane Katrina slammed into the shores of the Mississippi gulf coast, effectively flooding many areas, destroying homes, lives, and property. All of my family lives in the New Orleans area, and I grew up about 30 minutes north of the city. This ...

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I am Heather Montgomery, a 30 something southern girl living in Knoxville, Tennessee with my husband Bobby, 10-year-old daughter Emma Kate, and our goldendoodles Dolly and Luna. I’m just a regular girl who likes to workout, travel, hang with my family, text, and eat chips and queso. Be sure to check out my “about me” page for more info!
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I turned 40 today. 🎉 Hitting a milestone like t I turned 40 today. 🎉 Hitting a milestone like this has me reflecting—not just on what I’ve accomplished, but on who I’m becoming.

I’ve always been driven to achieve, to push, to prove. But lately, I’ve been learning to celebrate presence over performance, connection over perfection.

Today wasn’t about checking a box or hitting a goal—it was about pausing, feeling grateful, and eating a ridiculous amount of cake with people I love. And honestly? That feels like growth.

Here’s to 40: more aligned, more grounded, and still a little extra. 😉

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Turning 40 tomorrow. 🎂 Big milestones always Turning 40 tomorrow. 🎂 

Big milestones always make me pause and ask:
What am I proud of?
What needs to shift?
Am I becoming the woman I want to be?

💡 As an Enneagram 3, I’ve always been wired to achieve — and for a long time, that meant shaping myself into whatever version I thought people would like best.

There are tables where it’s clear I’m not welcome — and that used to wreck me.
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Peep the last photo for a 4 year comparison of EK at the parade. 🥰

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