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Life Lately

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Striving to find the balance in life, work, family and everything else! Our 2018 goal was to slow down, tag along to see what we learned! 💕Amy

Making memories over here! A sweet friend saw me

Making memories over here!

A sweet friend saw me playing with my kids in the pool last night a snapped some pictures.

Such a kind thing to do!

Our kids are not going to want to play with us forever, soak up the time you have!

Get in the pool, go down the slide, jump off the diving board.....show your kids that you are the fun parent!! 🤣

We have 18 summers with our kids before the leave the nest, we have 11 more with Harper, soaking up all the time I can.

Happy Friday, what do you have planned for the weekend?

-Amy

#momlife
#summer #18summersmakethemcount #pool #play #funparents #mom #momlife #parentingtips #raisingtinyhumans #summernights #momblogger #bloggerlife #clt #cltnc #cltblogger #gratitude #grateful #family #familytime

It's that easy! 🙌 But it is also hard if you d

It's that easy! 🙌

But it is also hard if you don't have a plan!

Do you sit down to plan your families goals for the year?

We started doing this a few years ago and it is so helpful!

Our goals for probably the 3rd year in a row are:

1. Family Time
2. Decluttering our space
3. Save money

If things don't fit into these buckets, then they don't get added into our schedule.
The first year was the hardest, we had to scale back on commitments, but once you get the hang of what you want to focus on, it gets easier!

We are half way through the year, what do you have planned for the rest of the year you want to accomplish?

-Amy

#planning #planningforsuccess #goals #familygoals #family #familytime #timewellspent #mombloggercommunity #momlife #momgoals #grateful #gratitude #raisinglittles #priorities #scalingback #simple #simplelife

Garden update!! Being our first garden we are exci

Garden update!! Being our first garden we are excited about every little thing!! Swipe for video! #garden #gardenlife #gardening #firsttimegardener #novicegardener #graysoncounty #graysoncountyva #mountains #mountiangarden #family #makingmemories #simple #simplelife #grateful #gratitude #momlife #momblogger #cltblogger #cltbloggers #gardening

Take the picture!! We had the best trip to the be

Take the picture!!

We had the best trip to the beach, beautiful weather, fun toys and new adventures!

Who else starts to cringe at the fact someone is taking a picture of them in a swim suit? 🙋‍♀️

I am here to tell you, your kids don't care what you look like in a swim suit.

Your kids want you to play in the water, go down the slide, fish with them or find seashells.

I have come along way, but still cringe at the thought of a picture in my swim suit.

These are some great pictures of little Thomas and me taking the kayak out for a spin.

Ladies, let's just say..... YAS! This is a sweet memory that we have and I don't want to not share this. No my body is not perfect, but it is strong and we had the best time!!

Let's celebrate our adventures, our memories and times with our kids. Don't let the imperfections stand in the way!

Put the suit on, take the picture!!
You and your kids will be so grateful!!

😘

-Amy

#swimsuits #wearthesuitmama #family #familymemories #makingmemories #holdenbeach #kayakingwithkids #familytrips #beachtrip #grateful #choosehappiness #mom #momlife #momblogger #cltmom #simplelife

Week away at the beach is good for so many reasons

Week away at the beach is good for so many reasons! •family time •new scenery •new adventures And much more! We love being outside with our kids, but we usually are in the Mtns, this week has been amazing at the beach! Get outside, enjoy time with your kids and make memories! -Amy (wishing I was on a beach somewhere now). #family #beachlife #beach #familytime #memories #childhoodmemories #prodohkids @prodohkids #holdenbeach #familyvacation #momlife #mom #wearthebathingsuit #makingmemories

Happy 4th of July!! 🇺🇸 #holdenbeach #july4th

Happy 4th of July!! 🇺🇸 #holdenbeach #july4th #america #family #beachtrip #beachlife #redwhiteandblue #charlottenc #cltblogger #momblogger #grateful #gratitude

✌🏻 Beach Week starts now!!

✌🏻 Beach Week starts now!!

First harvest!! Y'all I can't even tell you how ex

First harvest!! Y'all I can't even tell you how excited we all are about this!

Starting the garden was a lot of work and planning, so to finally have the moment of the first harvest, we are PUMPED!

We have so much lettuce and more growing.... so yah for our lettuce growing skills!

-Amy
#gardening #firstgarden #lettuce #harvest #smallharvest #graysoncounty #graysoncountyva #offthegrid #virginiafarm #homestead #family #blogger #momlife #proudgardener #grateful #gratitude

Trader Joe's Haul. My weekly Trader Joe's haul, so

Trader Joe's Haul. My weekly Trader Joe's haul, some new items and some favorites!!
#traderjoes #traderjoesfinds #traderjoeshaul #feedinglittles #feedingafamily #momlife #momblogger #inthekitchen #clt #cltblogger

Throw back! 2 years ago we celebrated Father's D

Throw back!

2 years ago we celebrated Father's Day in the mountains with my family! Our kids stayed in the mountains and we came home.
That evening Thomas and I went to dinner and made one of the biggest, craziest decisions we have made as adults!
While sitting in our favorite brewery @legion we decided to buy a farm in the mountains.

This farm has been a part of my families history, my grandmother and great aunt grew up here, but never in my wildest dreams did I think this would be our reality!

We took the leap of faith, not for us but for our family. For our kids and our family time with our kids.

2019 was the year we will all remember as normal life.

2020 - changed everything

We have spent the past 2 years spending time in the mountains making memories with our kids, our son doesn't remember not having our special place.

Our prayer is that our kids will remember the memories and the love in our house!

If we have learned anything in the past two years, it is take the leap, take a risk and hug your loved ones tight!

-Amy
#family #throwback #graysoncounty #mountains #memories #familymemories #gratitude #faith #humor #leap #leapoffaith #makingmemories

We hosted friends this weekend and then stayed a f

We hosted friends this weekend and then stayed a few more days to do a few projects at the house but also to unplug.

It is amazing what a long weekend will do to put everything into perspective!

•Simple things really do make my heart happy (s'mores, staying up late, taking walks, exploring the garden)

•Slowing down can really help energize and focus your goals!

•Quality family time, each of our kids spent time with my parents this weekend so we had one on one time with each of our kids. This is such special time and I soak it up each time!

Simple, slowing down and quality time doesn't always mean doing less, for our family it is prioritizing our time, money and energy!

Trying to fill those buckets all the time!!

Hope you all had a great long weekend.
-Amy

#unplugged
#mountains
#simplify
#slowdown
#priorities
#family
#familyculture
#graysoncounty
#unplugged #offthegrid #simplemoments #simplesthingsinlife #goals #familytime #blogger #momblogger #momlife #simplefamilies #makingmemories

Last day of 1st Grade. I am so proud of this girl

Last day of 1st Grade. I am so proud of this girl and all she has learned this year, had to adapt to this year and still loves school! I know all parents say this about their kid's, but this generation of kids living through the pandemic are going to impact the world in such a way we didn't think possible! The amount of change, flexibility and resiliency they have shown is nothing short of amazing! We have done virtual school and working from home, we have gone back to school part time, we have asked our kids to flex to our ever changing requests weekly and they have meet the challenges and exceeded all expectations! We are now parents of a 2nd grader, we will be celebrating all weekend and summer long! -Amy #mom #momlife #positiveparenting #firstgrade #onto2ndgrade #pandemicschoolyear #survivedandthrived #proundparents #kids #firstandlastdayofschool #whatayearitsbeen #virtuallearning #clt #momblogger #grateful #gratitude #faith #family

Our garden is planted! First real garden we have

Our garden is planted!

First real garden we have done as a family.

Usually we grown herbs in a pot and a few tomato plants, but this year we went big!
#gobigorgohome
Planning, planning and planning!

I will share more this week about our process, but wanted to share a few things we have learned:

1- start planning early! Winter is the best time to start planning what you need for your summer garden.

2- Get your kids involved! Yes it is messy and a bit wild but they love to be a part of it!

3- Don't be afraid to try something and fail! We tried growing our own plants from seeds, huge fail! We had to go and buy plant to plant, but we did learn a few things in the process and we will try again next year!!

4- Goals, set goals! I am a natural goal maker so this is easy but helps out so much!

•Our goal was to start a garden, check done with that goal!

•Find what type of plants we can grow, will let you know.

•Enjoy this family project while our kids are 7 and 4, they will not want to do these types of projects always!!

This is our first and we are super excited, let me know if you have any tips, we still need to fence our garden as the deer were eyeing it all weekend while we were planting!

-Amy (novice gardener with big plans) #gardening #novicegardener #firstgarden #gardeninglife #kidsinthegarden #familytime #gettingkidsoutdoors #mountiangarden #graysoncountyva #graysoncounty #summergarden #familyproject #settinggoals #citygirlinthecountry #learninghowtogarden

Happy National Rescue Dog Day! Our Dogs- my firs

Happy National Rescue Dog Day!

Our Dogs- my first babies and the dogs that have shaped our kids love for dogs.

I have heard so many people say; your dogs will not become as important when you have kids. 🤦‍♀️

Our dogs have always been a priority in our lives, they have become a bigger part of our lives when we had kids.

Our dogs have grown up with our kids, they have loved the kids at every stage of life, but most importantly they have taught our kids how to love animals.

Our sweet pups are getting older, 14 years and counting, our kids lives will be forever touched by these two sweet reduce beagles. The dogs greet us with such love and excitement each time we come home. I know our families energy and spirit is driven not only by the 4 humans in the house but also the deep connection our two beagles have with us.

God always has an amazing plan for our story, dogs are a huge part of our story and we will always be grateful for these two beagles.

I will always be thankful for the amazing people at @tribeagles for saving our dogs and placing them in our life.

Our lives are fuller with these two in it!

-Amy

#nationalrescuedogday #trianglebeaglerescue #beagles #beaglesofinstagram #resucedogs #partofourfamily #doglovers #mom #momlife #raisingkids #raisingtinyhumans #clt #cltnc #momblogger

Big week over here for this family! •Harper lo

Big week over here for this family!

•Harper lost another tooth 🧚🏻‍♂️
•swim team practice started 🏊🏻‍♀️
•Little Thomas biked 4.2 miles 🚲
•New hats were bought
•We are planting our garden this weekend!

I hope to post start to finish pictures of our garden project, it has been a family Adair for sure!!

How has this week been treating you?

-Amy

#momblogger #mom #momlife #toothfairy #bigweek #swimteam #clt #cltnc #family #gardening #gardeninglife #blessed #grateful

Tonight we had first swim team practice. Swipe for

Tonight we had first swim team practice. Swipe for another pic!

Thomas' first EVER!

He was so excited, he had his bathing suit on at 8:15 am, practice started at 4:45 pm. 🤣

I would love to say he had the best time but he didn't, he cried.

Masks are off, more people than ever at the pool and we somehow forget how overwhelming this can be for kids!

When we finally got to the bottom of why Thomas was upset it was all the people he didn't know.

We have all been in a bubble this past year, our kids depending on their age they don't even remember what before the pandemic looks like.

We have been planning for this, excited for somewhat back to normal, but our kids don't process life that way and we need to help them process this in a way that helps them.

•Talk about it
•Help them feel safe
•Give them confidence
•Continue the conversation

Ever situation is going to be different, just like when we started wearing masks, we need to explain and share with our kids. We need to empower them to understand what we are doing it and why we are doing it!!

Thomas is so excited to go back to swim practice and we are too! We are so glad that we were able to see where he is with this and start the conversation!!

Are you excited, nervous or not sure about the opening back up?

-Amy #mom #momlife #raisingtinyhumans #swimteam #summertime #backtolife #nomasksrequired #effectsofcovid #covid #backtonormal

We are a ________ family! Fill in the blank! W

We are a ________ family!

Fill in the blank!

We are a hugging family!

If you meet us we will hug you!

This picture cracked me up, Thomas and Harper were asked to take a picture with their cousins, this is what we got!!

My niece and nephew are not loving all the hugs we have been sharing!

We show affection a lot, but we also don't shy away from hugs! During this pandemic I think we have all craved more hugs and cuddle time!

Who is with me on this one?

-Amy and our hugging family!

#hugs #family #familytime #familyiseverything #familyvalues #gettingoutside #kidsoutside #mtn #graysoncounty #farmlife #farm #mom #momlife #momblogger #citykidsinthecountry #cousins #cousinsquad

Monday PSA: it is snake season! Y'all, I have mad

Monday PSA: it is snake season! Y'all, I have made such strides with my fear of snakes, yes for real.

But I still can't stand snakes at all.

I have left my kids and husband before and run from a snake.... every woman for her self, am I right? 😜

Bless this mess over here is is May 10th and I want to stay in my house all year!!

Do you remember last year when a snake got in our house and little thomas thought it was a belt? Bless my heart!!

Y'all I can handle bugs, spiders and even a mouse, but these snakes. They follow me to terrorize me.

Please send prayers and any snake repelling tricks!!

-Amy

#snakeseason #snakesinthecity #snakes #scaredofsnakes #momlife #momblogger #mom #moms #clt #cltnc #snakesinthesuburbs #sendhelp #sendmorewine

Happy Mother's Day!! The best and hardest jobs!! 🥰. #mothersday #bestgift #momlife #momswhowork #raisingkids #getoutside #graysoncounty #momblogger #blogger #gratitude #grateful

Happy Star Wars day!! #starwars #maythe4thbewithyo

Happy Star Wars day!! #starwars #maythe4thbewithyou #maytheforcebewithyou #theforceisstrongwiththisone #hollywoodstudios #disneyworld #starwarsland #momlife #mom #momblogger

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