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Unplugged Outer Banks
When I was a kid we would go on vacation and come home to a full mailbox and a full voicemail on our home phone. It was mostly junk mail...
Audra Krieg
Jul 6, 20184 min read
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Seasonal Saturdays
Saturday’s on the Outer Banks are my favorite. Not because they are typically filled with family and friends or because I have a little...
Audra Krieg
Jun 24, 20182 min read
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Jumping into Fun!
Yesterday we had a first look at Jumpmasters Trampoline Park in Manteo. Since the announcement of the business a few months ago, my kids...
Audra Krieg
Jun 21, 20183 min read
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Nags Head Hammocks - Week of the Dad
We’re carrying on "The Week of the Dad" here on the Outer Banks! I don’t know about you but sometimes it is so hard to think of a great...
Audra Krieg
Jun 14, 20182 min read
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The Week of the Dad - The Weeping Radish
With Father’s Day just around the corner, we’re dubbing this the Week of the Dad here on the Outer Banks! So I surveyed the best Dad that...
Audra Krieg
Jun 12, 20183 min read
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Date Like You're on Vacation - The Lost Colony
Have you ever heard someone say that there isn’t anything to do on the Outer Banks? I hear it all the time, people get bored here! It’s...
Audra Krieg
May 25, 20182 min read
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Beach Ready Kids - Start with Beach Books!
If you happened to catch our Community Contributor Post from THE Kellie Flock over a year ago, then you know that the beach is an amazing...
Audra Krieg
May 21, 20182 min read
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Strawberries and a Sandbar - One Epic Weekend
I'm convinced that life on the Outer Banks is the best way to raise a family. We seem to have found this perfect pocket of beautiful...
Audra Krieg
Apr 30, 20182 min read
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Rock-A-Bye Baby Celebrates 20 Years!
Outer Banks Mom is proud to shop at Rock A Bye Baby in Nags Head. The iconic store celebrates 20 years in 2018! Congrats!
Audra Krieg
Apr 19, 20181 min read
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Friday Libations!
Happy Weekend, Mamas! We're kicking off our Summer blog series "Friday Libations" with this delicious and low-cal treat from Dasani...
Audra Krieg
Apr 13, 20182 min read
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National Puppy Day - Beach Puppy Style!
In honor of National Puppy Day, we are celebrating our sweet and wild puppy, Jetty! Our Labradoodle, Jetty is the king of catching surf...
Audra Krieg
Mar 23, 20182 min read
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Taking a Vacation From Vacation
People always ask me why I take vacations when I already live at the beach and honestly 10 years ago, I would have asked myself the same...
Audra Krieg
Mar 22, 20184 min read
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Value in the Impromptu: Sanibel Island, Florida
When we originally booked our trip to Disney World we thought we would need 3 days to see everything so we booked a long weekend. We...
Audra Krieg
Jan 23, 20184 min read
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The Top 5 Things That I Plan to Do During the OBX Snow Day!
School is officially closed tomorrow and we haven't even seen a snow flurry yet! Oh my heavens do I looooove the south! I'm telling ya,...
Audra Krieg
Jan 3, 20182 min read
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Consumable Holiday
When my husband and I first moved here we found the cutest little 3 bedroom house. It was an adorable blue single family on a one way...
Audra Krieg
Nov 30, 20175 min read
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WWJD
I don’t know about you guys but I have been in the mood to break out my Christmas decor since we walked in the door from Trick or...
Audra Krieg
Nov 16, 20175 min read
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A Season to Splash!
I’ll be the first to admit it. I moved to the Outer Banks seven years ago to get away from the hustle. I high tailed it out of suburbia...
Audra Krieg
Jun 26, 20176 min read
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Go Fish.
Card games. I hate them. I'm not good at them and I always lose. When I was a kid, I remember cheating in Go Fish. For whatever reason,...
Audra Krieg
Mar 16, 20175 min read
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Just Play.
It's winter on the Outer Banks and y'all.. I am bored! There, I said it. Usually, I love snuggling in and enjoying the downtime with my...
Audra Krieg
Mar 6, 20172 min read
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Eloise Rose
If You Want to Hear God Laugh, Tell Him Your (Birth)Plan. I love birth stories. I mean, I really really love birth stories and I don’t...
Audra Krieg
Feb 13, 20179 min read
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