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Hi there! I’m Sarah, a former special education teacher turned stay at home mom living in NE Indiana with my husband, son, and two sweet dogs. I’m a minimal-ish mama striving for balance in the chaos that life can become. Welcome!

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On the last day we were all together, our entire family headed to the beach one more time. We didn't load ourselves down with gear. We grabbed our towels and sunscreen and just headed out. And it was my favorite moment from our entire vacation. ☀ The babies lounged on the towel together and watched their dads take the big kids to jump waves in the ocean. My niece requested to be buried in the sand. My nephew and I “raced” away from the incoming waves, laughing the whole time. At one point the entire family ended up in the ocean holding hands as the waves crashed onto our feet. I loved every second! It was such a good reminder that we didn’t need a lot of “stuff” to have fun and make great memories. No one brought books to read or sand toys to play with. We had no snacks, umbrellas, or beach chairs. We just had the sand, the surf, and each other – and that’s all we needed to have the most pure, perfect, magical beach memory. ✨ Recapping our family beach trip today on the blog at the link in profile.

July was a huge month for my reading list so today on the blog I'm reviewing 'part one' - link in profile. 📚

First beach trip with a baby in tow. This week has been a good one. 💕

Have you ever heard of Richmond Dale, OH? Yeah, I hadn't either. But we spent the past two days road tripping from IN➡VA for vacation and had a pit stop in this teeny town where they just so happened to be holding a little festival that we naturally had to check out. 😊 🔹 Road trips look a lot different these days. Pre-kids, our sole focus was to get to our destination as fast as possible with as few stops as possible. Now we have to take it slower and stop more often, but that opens up a lot more opportunity for unexpected experiences like getting to watch LJ's face as he sees a hula hoop competition for the first time ✨😂 🔹 Sharing other tips for simplifying road trips with a baby on the blog today - link in profile!

Another catch up of what I read over the summer is on the blog today. 📚 What should be next on my fall reading list?

Despite having "real" toys around him, the things LJ chose to play with in the 20 or so minutes surrounding this picture were the free promotional basketball from a local game, the plastic cup and straw from the hospital where I gave birth, and an envelope from today's mail. 📬 It can be so tempting to take pictures that make life seem insta-perfect. But this right here is what my life actually looks like each day: my son happily playing on the floor with toys and a few other random things that he is just curious about exploring the textures and sounds of. Watching his joy in these "toys" today was such a sweet reminder that things don't have to be new, expensive, or fancy to bring happiness. Life can be meaningful and fun and simplified all at the same time ✨

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