Over Labor Day we did the unthinkable we took our kids camping. I am not usually the “happy camper” type per say, I swear it was my jammies that are to thank, took the weekend from camping to glamping 🙂
Peep this shops Designer Mickey jammies, I’m thinking these will be my Christmas jammies
You know the worlds off tilt when quarantine seems normal and blogging feels foreign.
How is everyone?
I hope you are surviving and thriving. 2020 what have you done to us? I decided to take a much needed break from here and just focus on my family as we were dealing with the after affect of my public 911 call and all the events that led to it. But who would have ever guessed what happened next made the entire world do a tailspin.
Lives were lost, life as we knew it shut down, toilet paper became the most valuable thing in the house, memes were emotional support, we all got an education of the Big Cat community whether we wanted to or not, downloaded Tik Tok, baked banana bread, We had earthquakes, became school teachers, church was/is being performed in homes, we cried together, we came together, and then we did what we had to do. We had to sugarcoat the unknown to our children and put on brave faces everyday. We had to eventaully turn off the news bc our hearts couldn’t believe our ears. Numbers, lost lives became numbers. And every morning all we did was check the numbers and go on with our day hoping that this was all just a dream and that this Groundhogs Day called life would just go away.
I want to tell anyone who is reading this that what we have all experienced is not normal. It’s been draining to our spirits to our wallets and the world is hurting. But I want to just share a little glimmer of hope that we are going to be ok. We are never going to be the same, we will be forever changed. We are stronger. We are more unified than ever. And we will rise.
I look forward to a rebirth to new beginings and to a bright future. I wish you all the best and to just take one day at a time. We will overcome.
So much love to you all. I hope you are sleeping well and doing well.
I am so grateful to be back and reconnect with all of you. You were missed.
All my love,
Shannon Bird
details : water bounce house (shop here) / mini crib (shop here)
my suit (shop here) / shorts (similar) / Londons suit (nordstrom rack) / sun shade sportsbrella (shop here)
recruited some friends yesterday by putting out the bounce house in the front yard instead of the backyard. Also found out that we can connect the bounce house to the outdoor shower instead of the hose so we can have hot water, which increased playtime by 100 percent, next time we reapply sunscreen accordingly. I was not prepared to stay out from 9am to 8pm. We had different waves of friends come and play ALL DAY. Mission accomplished. Also have to document that London loved splashing in the pool. It was the official kick off to sunny days.
Stayed away from here for awhile why I healed, while we ALL healed. And after trying to come back I have a new perspective and greater love for myself and family than to be so vulnerable on here.
Recapping the last 10 years. On New Years I got all sorts of sentimental thinking and looking back on the last 10 years of my life. The decisions I made the last 10 years will affect the rest of my life. I fell in love, grew a family, started a career, traveled the world (as much as I could with family in tow). I lived, laughed, cried, you name it. And you all have been here with me through it. So thank you for your love and support! May we all have the best upcoming year.
2009 – Married to Dallin, Honeymoon Jade Mountain St Lucia
2010 – Move into a hotel for 3! months (I get fat lol but seriously I gained weight pretty fast, I tried blaming my IUD but really we were eating out 3 meals a day) we lived in the hotel longer than expected trying to figure out where we should live. I, still a student at BYU. Dallin, a grown up, wants to buy a home in Highland, I want Orem (close to school) so we buy a lot in highland and home in Orem.
Europe – Follow the Tour De France for two weeks all around Europe, Dallin tells me He is ok with the idea of me getting pregnant. – I pull the goalie right when we get back (my IUD had fallen out 3 times so I was all about getting that taken out)
Go to Atlantis, Bahamas with Dallins Family – Get Pregnant with Hudson while on trip (earning me the title Bahama Mama)
2011 – Graduate BYU with Dallins Brother Logan in School Health Ed and a Minor in PE/Coaching
Give Birth to Hudson
2012 :
-Start My blog “Hudson A La Mode”
-Get Pregnant with Holland at our friends Cabin in Sundance on our Anniversary
2013:
-Have Holland
-Bells Palsy : not able so smile or blink for 13 weeks
2014:
Swim Fashion Week in Miami
Attended 1st New York Fashion Week
Miscarriage
Pregnant with Briton
Babymoon in Atlantis Bahamas
2015:
Have Briton
2016:
Sell lot move to Alpine
My first international job to the Dominican Republic where I get pregnant with Brooklyn
Family Reunion in Turks and Caicos
Dallins Mom get Pancreatic Cancer
2017:
Baby moon to Hawaii
We lose Dallins Mothern to Cancer
Have Brooklyn
Blog is taking me more places: loved our house we got to stay in North Carolina
2018:
Go to Mexico 3 times with my blog
Mode agency goes under taking along with it 6 months of my blog earnings. I almost quit blogging and decided to go more independent vs signing back on exclusively with an agency
2019:
Go on first trip with just Dallin and I since we had Hudson to Nashville. I get pregnant
Babymoon to Newport
Have London
Get a puppy
2020….
We are so ready for whatever you have instore for us, lets do this 2020!!!!
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