Our 30A Beach Vacation Vlog

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Good morning, friends!

We’re getting a rainy start to the week, so why don’t we rewind a little to our first vacation in over a year with our friends and family to Florida a few weeks back? We just posted the full vlog of our time in 30A and you can watch it here, if you want.

Happy Monday, y’all!!!

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Happy to Be Home & Happy Friday!

Happy Pride, and happy Friday, y’all!

So we’re home from the beach and as much as I miss Florida and the sand and the water and the care-free vibe we had there (or tried our best to have), it does actually feel good to be back home. We’re staying at our house in town for the foreseeable future while we work on fixing up Holiday House. Our friend Dixie is staying at the farm taking care of the animals, so we’ll be making day trips out there from here on out. Yay for progress and a concrete plan!!

This morning was spent at the doctor for little sis’ 3 year old check up and I’m happy to report everything looks great! She was so excited to go and get a pink sucker. They only had orange, but she was happy all the same.

We’re heading into the weekend with a full plate of what seems like a never ending to-do list. When you work for yourself and run your own business, I’ve found it’s almost harder to stop working than when I had a typical 9-5 job. I was working at 11p last night as we sat down to watch Supernova which has become a regular occurrence lately as business has steadily picked up since the end of last year. We enjoy what we do so much, though, which after years and years of working jobs I didn’t necessarily love, feels really good to say.

So it’s work, yes, and we’re feeling overwhelmed with the amount of it we are currently taking on, but that’s life right now and I think we’re both doing our best to take it day by day and savor each moment (the good and the bad).

Hope you have a wonderful weekend, friends!!! xo

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Mail Call

I just got back from the PO Box ad we received the sweetest package ever!!

Seth sent us a box filled with so many thoughtful gifts, like a beautiful drawing he did himself (!) of model Yoni Baker, a sweet children’s book for the kids called “Sir Simon” by a local author in Canada, and a few mugs (because he remembered I mentioned I want to start collecting pottery-type coffee mugs!!) that were handmade by a friend of his who runs her own business (Tiny Cat Pottery). How sweet is that?? There were two mugs (mine had a T on it), but one of them didn’t make it to us alive, and arrived in about a hundred pieces :(.

And in the accompanying letter, Seth shared with us a bit about himself:

“Towards the end of 2019, I confided in my church that I was gay and told them I was dating a man. I don’t know that I was expecting a warm response, but their reaction certainly felt cold. They told me I could either break up with my boyfriend or I would no longer be welcome there. And so I made my decision and they kicked me out. That was a hard time to walk through.

There’s never been any doubt for me that being gay is beautiful, natural, and something to be proud of. The boy my church told me to stop dating is now my fiancé, and I can’t wait to one day soon call him my husband.”

Oh Seth. Thank you so much for sharing a part of your story with us, and of course for the wonderful care package. I know we say it often, but I believe it can’t be overstated enough: we are so grateful for this beautiful, strong community of caring individuals. You don’t know what it means to the both of us (and the kids!) to have you here with us. Thank you for sending our family so much love and support over the years.

And again, thank YOU, Seth!!! xoxoxo

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See You Next Week!

We made it to the beach and we’re having a blast! Wish you could have seen the look on the kids’ faces when they saw the ocean for the first time 😭.

We’re taking this week off YouTube and the blog to soak up the beach with the kiddos and our family. Our friends Matt and Beau from ProbablyThis are here, too, and it feels so good to hang out with actual friends again after so long.

Have a lovely week, friends!! See you soon. xoxo

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We're Going on Our First Family Beach Vacation!

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After talking about it for more than two years, we’re finally taking our kiddos to the beach for the first time!

PJ loves the beach. Loves it. We actually thought about buying in Florida last year during all the craziness of the pandemic and possibly MOVE TO THE BEACH (can you imagine? we’ve since come to our senses and have realized that was an emotional decision); that’s how much he loves it. The beach and the ocean both calm and restore him, not to mention make his skin and hair look/feel amazing (his words, not mine).

We’ve been looking forward to taking the kiddos to the beach since we first got them. We can’t wait to see their faces when they see the ocean for the first time!!! Can you imagine?? We bought them all new bathing suits a few months back (they’re so cute), and a bunch of new beach clothes here recently, so they will be ~stylin and profilin~ in Florida 😎.

It’ll also be the first road trip we’ve ever taken as a family of five, so that should be interesting :). I remember loving road trips with my family as a kid, relaxing in the back seat listening to Britney Spears my Sony Walkman over and over again. It’ll be a whole new experience to be on the other end of that, and I’m excited. Everyone is potty trained except little sis, but thankfully no one goes number 2 on themselves anymore, so I’m hoping it will be a somewhat smooth ride down there.

We have a house sitter to watch over the animals and make sure everything is okay while we’re gone. Our family is going to be joining us, which will be so nice to catch up with everyone since we’re all fully vaccinated now. Plus, more family members = more eyes on the kiddos, which means maybe there will be a night we can sneak out for a date night for two?

We’ve been looking forward to this for so long and it’s almost here! Now we just have to finish packing.

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The Most Comfortable Pants I’ve Ever Worn

I pretty much lived in these pants all last year and I’m not ashamed to admit it.

We all stayed home more than usual last year, and admittedly there were many days (okay, most days) where clothes with buttons and zippers and belts weren’t required. I was craving comfort, as we all were, in so many different ways, and one of the biggest was in the clothes I was wearing.

Enter Tommy John.

We’ve worked with Tommy John a few times since 2019 and are completely in love with everything they make, but in particular, their Second Skin Lounge Jogger. Y’all, these things are, as the title of this post says, the most comfortable pants I’ve ever worn. Ask PJ- I didn’t take them off all last year. They’re stretchy and breathable and so soft that it almost feels like you’re not wearing anything (which sounds weird but it’s a good thing, I promise). We both got a pair in black but they have other go-with-anything colors like Charcoal Heather and Dress Blues Heather.

Did you find yourself living in comfy clothes all last year, too? To be honest, it’s 5 months into 2021 and I’m still wearing these all day every day, with no plans on stopping anytime soon.

PS: you’re ignoring our dirty mirror, right?

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The First Dose of the Realities of Farm Life

PJ came in from feeding the sheep this morning with some sad, unexpected news.

”Four of the geese are dead,” he told me. What? How?!

I know that death is a natural part of life and a big part of farm life, and I know this is nothing compared to what will inevitably come once we start adding more and more animals. But I’m an emotional and somewhat sensitive person (and in other news: water is wet 😂) so things like this hit me hard. I’m going to have to toughen up and I know it, but for right now I just want to say that I feel sad that 4 of our poor geese are dead. Because it is sad.

We’re still trying to figure out what happened, but we know at least they weren’t attacked, and we know that our precious baby Pumpknot wasn’t one of the ones that died. We love that little guy so much and I will be absolutely devastated when he dies (which hopefully isn’t for a very long time).

Farm life. I’m so not good at goodbyes.

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