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More friends and fun in Athens. 🌼🌼🌼 We ex More friends and fun in Athens. 🌼🌼🌼 We experienced some fun, kid-friendly, & FREE microadventures in Athens with my best friend from PA school & her sweet boys. 🌼🌼🌼 1st we stopped at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia which has an epic playground for kids, a kid-friendly garden area, some hands-on water activities, and a ton for the kids to explore. 🌼🌼🌼 Next we went to Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail to play on the playground & eat lunch. Then we walked through the zoo of rescued animals indigenous to Georgia. 🌼🌼🌼 I know several of you recommended these fun areas, so THANK YOU! We had a blast. And @karlykmoss - we LOVED getting to spend a whole day with y’all. We love you and your fam so much and wish we still lived in the same city! ❤️
Forever, our favorite part of traveling will alway Forever, our favorite part of traveling will always be the people we get to meet and the friends we get to see. ❤️ Loved hugging the necks of these precious friends and watching our kiddos rekindle their friendships. Thanks for letting us spend the day with y’all @mrs_grasshopper & @orange_tree_surfboards ! Our hearts feel full today. “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” -C.S. Lewis
What’s a lake day without a 13ft jumping rock? What’s a lake day without a 13ft jumping rock? SO proud of these kids and their cousins for being brave enough to try it, but we’re especially proud of Cali for being the youngest and first one to jump! 🤩 Would YOU jump?! Also- sound on for Cali’s sweet & brave dialogue with us!
“I will understand problem solving, self-explora “I will understand problem solving, self-exploration, decision making, number relationships, structures, complex vocabulary, healthy living, cause and effect, creativity, imaginative thinking and my natural world when I am big. Because I play outside while I am little” – Unknown
Getting ready for July 4 celebrations in Jax Beach Getting ready for July 4 celebrations in Jax Beach! IYKYK! 🇺🇸
We love you #🔟! Thanks @haroldmotorsports for We love you #🔟! Thanks @haroldmotorsports for such a fun day. 🤙🏼 Oakley rocked his dirt bike day with a broken wrist and all! 🤪
Thankful for our home base that we enjoy coming ba Thankful for our home base that we enjoy coming back to after an amazing vacation. Love the sweet community that we have found here. And though the adventures aren’t quite as epic here as they are elsewhere, we’ll still find the fun ones to chase! 🌊
We made it back home from Hawaii! And I’ve reali We made it back home from Hawaii! And I’ve realized that I really enjoy mapping out and planning adventurous and cheap vacations! I also love this amazing community here on IG and all the incredible recommendations we get from each of you. You guys are amazing! Anyone need an adventure-based travel planner for their next vacation?! 😂🙌🏼
Another gorgeous waterfall on the Big Island! 💦 Rainbow falls was an easy, park-and-see waterfall. No hiking required. Though this is so great for families with small kiddos, we actually enjoy a good hike together. We are a little surprised that there aren’t more good hikes on the Big Island! 💦 We had a local tell us that there are actually great hikes on the volcanos, but the gases can be fatal, so those places are now off limits. 🌋 💦 What is your favorite waterfall hike? I’ll post ours in the comments!
Happy Birthday to my best friend, my adventure com Happy Birthday to my best friend, my adventure companion, my parenting-partner-in-crime, my work out buddy, and my 6-pack-flaunting lover. 😂😍 I love you Dave!
Always love seeing these majestic and serene creat Always love seeing these majestic and serene creatures in Hawaii. ✨ If you’re looking to snorkel with them on the Big Island, there is a bay filled with hundreds of them… Punalu’u beach. AND it’s a black sand beach! ✨ And if you’re in Maui, Ho’okipa is a great spot to see resting turtles! ✨ Where’s your favorite site to spot the turtles in Hawaii?
🌋Volcano National Park. 🌋 Thurston Lava Tube 🌋Volcano National Park. 🌋 Thurston Lava Tube was another kid favorite. And despite the fact that we were super bummed the lava stopped flowing *officially this week* 😭… this park was still worth the visit. The crater itself is massive and makes you contemplate the power of the volcanoes that make up this island chain. 🌋🌋🌋 But now we must know… what other active volcanoes can we visit around the globe? We were really looking forward to at least seeing a “glow!”
You know it’s a good trip when you keep adding b You know it’s a good trip when you keep adding beaches to your “top 10” list! 💚💚💚 Papakōlea Beach is one of 4 green sand beaches in the world! So, obviously we had to go. To make the trek in, you can either hike the rocky terrain for 3 miles OR you can pay for the locals to drive you there OR you can take your own 4WD vehicle. Guess which one we decided to do. 😂👌🏼 Let’s just say, we’re pretty impressed with how capable our Jeep Compass rental is. On more than one occasion on our drive through the terrain I said, “should we bail?” Oakley quickly said, “No! Let’s keep going!” 😂 We kept going, but we were a little worried we’d get a flat. Watch our stories for this gnarly trek documentation. 😳 💚💚💚 All in all- the beach is 1000% worth the trek in. The secluded cove surrounded by lava rock cliffs is completely stunning! But I’d maybe advise paying for your ride in and out 😏. Oakley was a little underwhelmed with the “green” sand. I think he expected an emerald colored beach. He described it as “golden.” And I think that’s more accurate. The little bits of stone in this sand have a deep yellow/green color. Did you know this in between color is called chartreuse?
Today, we remember. We’re grateful for those who Today, we remember. We’re grateful for those who have gone before to pave the path for freedom. Mostly, I’m thankful for the freedom in America to worship freely and without fear of persecution. May we never take such freedoms for granted. ❤️ What are you grateful for today?
This is the beach we’ve decided to add to our “top 10 list.” What we were told: “Go to Waipio Valley. You need a 4wd vehicle to go, and there’s a black sand beach at the bottom.” What we experienced: all cars stopped on top of the cliff. Most people hiked down and up bc they didn’t have 4wd. We went down in our Jeep Compass, and it was SO steep (see our stories). We took a sharp right at the bottom... followed the map to the beach, and y’all! This place is pure magic! The cliffs on either side are so high and so steep. The beach sand is an ashy black color when dry and dark charcoal when wet. And there’s a river that meets the ocean here. 🌄🌄🌄 As we sat down to eat our picnic, this little horse came at us quickly and a little aggressively... I got up, grabbed the kids and backed up, and he ate our food! 😂 He quickly became our new pet for the next 20 min and Oakley cried when we left bc he loved the little horse so much. 🐎🐎🐎 We’ve decided that the most magical places are absolutely the hardest to get to. 1. You have to bookmark this spot for your Hawaii vacation. 2. You have to watch our stories from this magical place!
Akaka Falls! A short, paved trail to this waterfa Akaka Falls! A short, paved trail to this waterfall made for the perfect, kid-friendly hike. Oakley actually wanted to run the whole loop again when we were done. 😂👌🏼
We took a trip across the island to visit the Kaum We took a trip across the island to visit the Kaumana Caves which are gigantic lava tubes. Obviously kids loved it! And they were pretty brave (when I was hesitant)… so we went as far as we were able in both caves! 📎 save this post for your Hawaii vacation- you don’t want to miss this spot. And scroll up to our stories- I’m going to show you all our saved places bookmarked in Instagram!
Our new favorite tide pool activity… holding sea Our new favorite tide pool activity… holding sea urchins. They are everywhere in the rocks here and they’re all different colors. 🌟🌟🌟 Did you know that urchins and starfish are both members of the Echinoderm family? They both move via tube feet, so the kids enjoyed holding them to feel the slow, ticklish movement! 🌟🌟🌟 Holding wildlife in a safe & supervised way promotes learning, love & respect of creatures for kiddos, and (as always) they were returned to their original homes safely. 👌🏼
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