If you’ve been following along since this time last year then you know that I am not much for New Years Resolutions. I resolve to make...

When I first moved to the Outer Banks, I knew that I had arrived in paradise. I knew that it was a beautiful place geographically but I...

Distant thunderstorms late last night and the steady light-rain means that our family all slept great last night and we're up early and...

True to form, the National Hurricane Center starts naming storms and I start cleaning my house. So naturally when Hurricane Irma started...

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,...

So often I am asked the same question about life on the Outer Banks: What do you guys do in the off season? Is there anything going on...

Mom Time... Mom Guilt... same thing, right? But why? This is something I truly struggle with and probably not for the reason that you...

We’re starting to feel it in the evenings here on the Outer Banks, that crisp chill in the air that reminds us that Fall is around the...

It's been a week. So incredibly hard to believe but, it's been a week. Our sweet golden-doodle was only 6 years old but heaven called him...

I've had an epic week. No, we have had an epic week. Jason and I have recently embarked on the crazy, wild and wonderful experience of...

We hit 65 degrees here yesterday and it was pure bliss. I had an incredible beach walk to clear my head and an amazing morning with my...

That would be an epic children's book series, right? Ballerina Penny Saves the Sea Turtles. While she was merely a "helper" today at the...

Goodness, this has been on my list of dreams since we moved to this beautiful little sandbar, five years ago! That's truly when my love...