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Summer, you are my forever favorite. ☀️🌊🍉

I know most of you are still mid-summer, but my girls go back to school in two short weeks, so I’m going to take some time-off from this space to be fully present & enjoy our last few weeks together. I have some collaborations in early August I’ll be back to take care of, but other than that… I’ll be soaking in my sun screen’d, chlorine-drenched babes & relishing the last few days of no alarm clocks, homework or lunch packing. Enjoy your days, friends. I plan on doing the same. 💛

Brothers….amiright?

Happy weekend, friends. 🤍

I’ll tell you one thing about coming home from t

I’ll tell you one thing about coming home from two lazy weeks at the beach to a schedule making, uniform buying, back-to-school countdown…it stinks. That is all. #takemeback

3am wake up, 11 hour drive, one potty/food stop, h

3am wake up, 11 hour drive, one potty/food stop, home by 2pm. Grocery shopped, c*vid tested for dance intensives, had workers come out to fix our broken AC, got BunBun back, started unpacking, Chinese take-out, baths/showers…and now crashing in bed with season 3 of Virgin River. Exhausted, but missing our cousin crew already. We made the best memories together…🤍

Last day blues…💙 Such mixed feelings about he

Last day blues…💙
Such mixed feelings about heading home tomorrow. We’ll miss this little slice of heaven & our lazy summer days together so much, but home always sounds pretty good to me, too.

Went into Seaside last night for Duckies, some “

Went into Seaside last night for Duckies, some “food truck dinner” & ice cream. Felt like a night at the carnival! Love Seaside for it’s exciting atmosphere, fair food, (and to-go Frosè) but as we got back in the car— sticky, sweating & slightly stressed from the crowds & lines with 5 children, we were happy to come home to quiet little Alys. 🤣

So many of you have DM’ed saying you go to 30A every year. I’m wondering…which awesome town is your favorite and WHY?

Y’all always ask me the difference in all the towns along 30A and I’m definitely not the expert, so let’s compile a little list below!!

They remind me of a mini Barbershop Quartet…minu

They remind me of a mini Barbershop Quartet…minus one duo (and a sense of pitch! 🤭) 🤣 💈 🎶

A little less “Toes on the nose”, a little mor

A little less “Toes on the nose”, a little more “Snacks on the backs”, brah. 🤙🏼 🏄‍♂️

I think what I’ll miss most about summer, and ev

I think what I’ll miss most about summer, and even about this trip ending (because we head straight back into the dance/activity zone) Is the lazy mornings. Everyone rolls out of bed whenever they want. There’s no rush in drinking your coffee, nowhere we need to be… until we feel like being there. And the only thing close to the dreaded “packing of lunches” is throwing some random snacks & beverages into a cooler. Max lost his beach shoes, so he basically walks around barefoot all day and the girls have taken to wearing their wet braids to bed so they can have crimpy hair in the mornings. Only thing I insist on is teeth brushing these days. It’s pretty magical. 🤣

Surfing, beaching, swimming, biking, movie watchin

Surfing, beaching, swimming, biking, movie watching, ice cream eating, repeat…Summer, please don’t end! 💗

These little beach bums clean up nicely, don’t y

These little beach bums clean up nicely, don’t you think?! Love these five babes of ours & their relationship so dang much. Nothing like cousins that feel like siblings. Laughing, sharing, and cuddling…and also fighting and teasing and teaching each other “naughty” things (ahem , Max) & everything in between! 😉🤍

Pool Day!!! Am I doing this right @positivelypear

Pool Day!!!
Am I doing this right @positivelypearson 😜?! Loving our new underwater dome camera toy! Just need a few lessons in underwater editing…that’s a whole new beast!! 😳 Anyone have any good tips they want to share with the group? 👀👂🏻

Growing up in NJ, my dad used to pack our cooler f

Growing up in NJ, my dad used to pack our cooler for the beach every weekend. He’d stock it with waters, old-school glass bottle Snapples for my mom, peaches, plums, tiny little cheese and saltine cracker “sandwiches” (held together with rubber bands 🤣), and a bag of twizzlers, always.

So when we’re at the beach (any beach!) you’ll always find a bag of twizzlers in our cooler. It’s how we bring him with us.

Always.

#hipoppop🌈

Q: (whispering in Max’s ear) Max, ask mom if we

Q: (whispering in Max’s ear) Max, ask mom if we can get a baby kitten when we get home.

Max: No! I want a dog!

Ardyn: I wish we could get a baby elephant…but I bet mom would say their poop is too big. Maybe a baby deer or sea turtle instead?! #alwaysnextlevel

Feeling like the luckiest girl in the world. Anoth

Feeling like the luckiest girl in the world. Another year with these loves & the bestest family & friends ever! Thanks for the birthday wishes today. I forgot that Facebook still sends out birthday alerts…despite me not having logged on in several years! 🤣 Secret’s out…thanks for all the love, friends! It was a great day filled with all of my favorite things: family, pool, sun, cocktails, & a cheesy beach read! 🥰

“You look like the Fourth of July! …makes me

“You look like the Fourth of July!
…makes me want a hot dog real bad.”❤️🤍💙😉

The kids swam all day yesterday, then came home and swiftly boycotted the cute coordinating outfits I had laid out for them and instead raided their closets and picked out their own outfits…because apparently dresses aren’t cool anymore for people who enjoy cartwheeling & going on bounce houses. (Maybe they had a point on that one. 🤣) Max filled his tank with carnival popcorn and canned Gatorades so was obviously winning on the nutritional front. The girls got their faces painted, and ran around with crunchy, chlorinated hair until the firework show, which Ardyn deemed “too loud” and Max took as his cue to have a full-blown meltdown. All in all, a perfect all-American Fourth of July. 🤣

Happy 4th, Friends! 🇺🇸 #macbabesandthegarage

Happy 4th, Friends! 🇺🇸
#macbabesandthegaragedoor

(Thanks to the fab @tiffany.benacquista for the inspo!)

Feels like the first year in forever that I don’

Feels like the first year in forever that I don’t have a million red, white & blue outfits laid out for the kids, or huge plans for the fourth. We’re going to go to a little event tomorrow to let the kids tire themselves out on bounce houses & watch the fireworks but really tomorrow is going to be spent packing up the car so that Ryan can drive the car and all of our stuff down to Florida Monday morning. I still have 1 million things to do, including cleaning & closing down the house for 2 weeks, getting BunBun organized & to her sitter, and grocery shopping… because I’ve been told that the grocery stores on 30A are pretty much wiped clean. (Oh, and praying hurricane Elsa peters out.😩) What are your plans for the 4th? Doing anything fun?

The girls spent vacation sipping away on frozen st

The girls spent vacation sipping away on frozen strawberry drinks & Shirley Temples…while I also enjoyed some of the yummy drinks the menu offered. 😉

When I shared my favorite cocktail from Saint Barths, the “Landing in Paradise”from Shellona Beach (2nd slide 👉🏻 ) so many of you asked how to make it. While I never got around to asking the bartender for a complete step-by-step, I do have a list of ingredients for you! You better believe I’m gonna be trying my hand at re-creating this delicious beverage this summer! It’s the lightest, most refreshing drink, ever!! If you make it or get it down to an art, let me know! 🏝 🌸🍍

“Landing in Paradise”

Mount Gay Rum
Licor 43 Liqueur
Fresh Pineapple Juice
Lime Juice
Passion Fruit
Peychaud’s Bitter

I still can’t believe this trip has come and gon

I still can’t believe this trip has come and gone already. It was seriously three years in the making and something we’ve been looking forward to for so long. St. Barths was incredible- beautiful beaches, great shopping, amazing food, European feel. I will say if you’re looking for full-blown Caribbean vibes, steel drum band when you walk off the plane, kind of feel, Saint Barths may not be for you. There was a piece of us that missed that because we adore the Caribbean so much, but I definitely think we will visit again…once we forget about the hellacious travel required to get there! 🤣
I compiled all of the restaurants and beaches we went to in a highlight bubble for reference! 🤍

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