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jesus, family, nature, simplicity 👨🏼‍💻👩🏼‍🌾👧🏼👧🏼👶🏼 posting the people and moments that bring me joy raising babies in a 1925 hawaiian plantation dream

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the kids and i sat down before we started back to school after Christmas break and came up with a list of things to work towards and be mindful of in 2023. here’s what we came up with: 1. pray e...
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today he’s five 🫶🏻 the sweetest, cuddliest, most tender hearted son i could ever imagine. happy birthday herschel richard 🎈🤗 #happybirthday
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and the final of the kids’ rooms 🫶🏻 lots painting to cover the turquoise that turned into a crest toothpaste color even after several coats. it was sprayed pink before that, with stray pink...
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currently the happiest boys on earth ✨ they picked their own wallpaper and they were CERTAIN that leopards were the way to go ✨ it has a very trendy london feel.. like something you’d see in ...
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now that the painting is done, we wallpaper ✨🫶🏻 this room will eventually be harvey + edith’s so i wanted something that was gender neutral but a little nursery like. the big kids kept ed...
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a lot of change happened this year. we packed up and moved to georgia, found out we are expecting baby #6, bought our home, and painted every square inch. we will forever love our years in london, ...
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dripping pipes so the don’t freeze one day, playing on beach the next day 🫶🏻 ☀️ this is my kind of winter 😆
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merry christmas from the nelsons 🤗🎄
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just a couple days shy of christmas break, and we’re all counting down until hot chocolate and cuddling up with christmas movies 🎄 ❤️ PS: documenting the first time wearing coats in geor...
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AD December marks two years of our homeschool journey! we made the switch mid-year at semester. It felt like an easy transition point because abeka offers single semester purchase options. plus, we...
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the holidays are here and that means package deliveries 😆 eufy released the SmartDrop box to protect your packages from front door thefts and all the holiday weather 🌧 ⛄️. your packages ...
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a christmas tree, but with palm trees right behind it and a beach right next to it. just the way we like it 😁🎄
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22 weeks 🤰🏼 with nail polish all over the inside of these maternity jeans from ~5 pregnancies ago but refusing to buy another pair because it’s the sixth time around so we’re just gonna g...
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all 5 fell asleep in the car on our way to run errands, so i passed target and headed straight to the beach to drive along the water until they woke up 🫶🏻 this is as good as it gets, and im s...
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happy thanksgiving 🦃🍁 it’s our first one in the new house. i got really spoiled in england having eric home to cook with me for 3 years. 😆 thankful that even if we aren’t together thi...
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home security feels so important with eric being away. today i have the boys helping me put up our newest camera! i just installed the Garage-Control cam plus. It was a really quick and easy instal...
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we may be one short one very important person this year, but we’re going to make it the best christmas possible 🤗 we’re already off to a good start- the tree actually fit in the house this y...
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im notorious for losing important things when eric is away 🫠 i wish i could say i’ve never lost my keys and been locked out of the house, but 😅 eufy just released their video smart lock. y...
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the only downside of heading to texas for the holidays? leaving my bed 🫠 we got our @savvyrest mattress and pillows a few months ago, and i’ve struggled to get out of bed every morning since ...
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the fallen pine needles *almost* making it feel like fall 😉 is fall even a thing in south georgia? im starting to think it isn’t 😂
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first baby: prints birth photos that same month fifth baby: feels accomplished to print birth photos before the sixth arrives 😆 ok but really, all those empty frames i hung and placed are now f...
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but what we call them: ellie/el, evie/bug/jane, hersh/hershey, thatch/dean, toodle, and harvey 😜🫶🏻 and to the boys call the girls “everybodys” 99% of the time 🤷🏼‍♀️ 😂 e...
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two years in with @abekahomeschool and we’re seeing the fruits of solid a faith-based curriculum. starting each day with a 30 minute bible lesson taught by abeka’s master teachers sets the tone...
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the calm before the storm ✨ we’re waiting on hurricane #2 for the year to make its way up the east coast today. i see a few cozy pajama days at home in our future 😜
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just a few weeks until we head to texas for the holidays. so, we opened up the christmas pjs, hung the stockings, and got our tree up so we could enjoy it before we go 🤗 do you guys remember la...
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the happiest of accidents. same bright look, but i haven’t fluffed a couch pillow in three days now 🤯🫶🏻 now the sectional is upstairs ready for cozy movie nights and this beautiful set ...
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for years we’ve held onto the name harvey frank knowing we were missing someone that was meant to be a part of this family. 🥹🫶🏻 there was a furniture store in england i used to drive by ...
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after A LOT of pivoting (and bad measuring on my part) here’s the new living set downstairs 🤫 i have a feeling eric will be taking door frames off to get it into the game room when he gets hom...
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the beginning is always the hardest so we stay busy whenever we can. carrying on with school, doing projects, getting out of the house, seeing friends. in a week and a half we’ve painted, hung th...
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after calling every ultrasound place within an hours drive, i found a lady that had mercy on the situation (16 weeks, deploying husband desperately wanting to know before he left) and squeezed us i...
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as much as i want these next months to pass quickly, i don’t want to miss all the life that will happen in them. consistency and busyness are our friends in deployment 😆. so, its back in the s...
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today we dropped eric off for deployment and said goodbye until next year. this photo was snapped a few days ago as he got home from work. i’ll spare you the very emotional drop off photos of him...
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when the cooler fall temps still come with sunshine 🫶🏻 🤗
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not quite there yet, but here’s to living in (and enjoying 🥰) the progress as it comes! when we moved in 2 months ago, this bathroom was mid insurance claim and completely ripped out (sub flo...
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i turned 31 yesterday with all my favorite people by my side. cheesy, but now that we’re back to sea duty and heading into deployments, it really is something to be thankful for. ❤️ #31stbirt...
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we were REALLY overdue for a new mattress and pillows. I was drawn to savvy rest because they are organic and don’t spray their products with pesticides, harmful chemicals, and dyes. you spend 1/...
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a little before and after of the guest space furniture upgrade 🫶🏻 we bought that frame in the before shot when we moved into our little house in hawaii. 1184 square feet, and a small little p...
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officially hit the second trimester! #13weeks #babynumber6
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moving in project: set up a guest/second living space 👏🏼 when our family comes, they usually stay several weeks, sometimes a month +. this room was wired to be used like a movie/game room, b...
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ok so what’s your guess on baby 6? boy or girl? eric’s thinking it’s a boy and I’m guessing girl. i should also add a disclaimer that i’ve been wrong literally every single time so 😂
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swipe right for the difference 6 weeks can make 🤌🏻 we are making a home ✨
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today we’re doing yard work and installing more of our eufy security cams. this is the s330 eufyCam (eufyCam 3). just 2 hours of direct sunlight provides unlimited power. if you live in the cloud...
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we’re getting things back in order today after an eventful hurricane prep week and a nasty stomach bug that rolled through our house. now i *have* to show you the first little piece that came for...
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home takes time. we’ve got a long long list of projects. i’m so eager to get them all done and see this vision we have come to life that it’s easy to rush and forget how much i love the crea...
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home from church and survived a costco trip of hurricane prepers 😅 costco is always wild enough on a sunday, but add in a hurricane and it’s a whole new level 😆 we’ve got a few more days ...
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A few weeks into it, but better late than never on the first day photo, right?! today in my stories i’m giving a breakdown of what a typical homeschool day using Abeka Academy looks like for us!...
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friday night we sat on the beach after stopping in ace to buy some more paint. this is everything we ever wanted. a beach nearby, six babies, and a home of our own to work on and create in. feels r...
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there was one missing 🤗 homeschooling family of 8. i think we’re becoming a “type”. im not gonna lie, i like it 😂 👏🏼 #themorethemerrier #ourhalfdozen
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did you guess it when i started painting and stopped being able to make decisions?!! 😜😜😜 we got a heartbeat on friday 🙏🏼 baby 6 is on the way!!
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we stopped our school day the minute we saw the news to celebrate the life of britain’s longest reigning monarch. three months ago, we stood in the crowds in front of buckingham celebrating her...
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