The Snuggle Inn at Broken Bow

These last few months have proven to be crazy and chaotic for most people I know. Being home with kids for quarantine, distance learning, running a business differently, having to make hard decisions (and work harder than ever) as a local employer during a pandemic…it’s nothing short of stressful lately! So a break has been much desired. A getaway for just the two of us was becoming more of a need, not just a want!

We had planned to go somewhere else, had booked it all and lined up sitters, etc. But then decided not to be around people or in a town that was spiking from the pandemic. So we scrambled to change plans, and were facing the fact that nothing was available after so much searching. But…very last minute, my husband texted and said “I found the perfect cabin. It’s like God has it waiting for you all along! You’re gonna love it!” He wouldn’t let me see pictures so when we pulled up, i was surprised and immediately in love with this sweet cabin in Broken Bow, Oklahoma - just a few hours from where we live!!!! And it was called “The Snuggle Inn”…literally perfect for me.

It had the sweetest farmhouse chic decor, it had cozy blankets everywhere, a kitchen ready for cooking, the most gorgeous bedroom and bathroom, (and the bed was SO comfortable!), a jacuzzi on the beautiful back porch…it was simple but had it all!

It was the perfect place for us to do exactly what we needed: nothing. We rested and slept and read books and watched a movie and played old-school Pacman and Galactica (they had the coolest little arcade table - Parker literally lit up bc it took him back to childhood!) and cooked some Green Chef meals together, and caught up. (Funny how married people need to catch up sometimes, but in this crazy season - it happens!). We got to talk and dream and pray together, undistracted and uninterrupted. Was JUST what our souls and minds and bodies needed!!

I highly recommend this place in Broken Bow, Oklahoma!!! The Snuggle Inn was definitely snuggle-worthy, and we will for sure be back to visit it! So if you need time away alone, with your spouse, or even a special one on one kid trip…this is the perfect spot!!!

Here is the link to rent it!!!

The Snuggle Inn

Go book it asap, enjoy your time, and SNUGGLE IN!!

(and not, I did not get paid to write this - I truly just loved it so much I had to share!)

A picture of the new normal.

This picture sums up a lot about this crazy season...the family calendar, totally erased in March. And hasn’t been changed to April bc there’s nothing to add, and it’s just not really a priority to fill in empty spaces. (And lets be real, I stopped looking up at it a few weeks ago, and just now realized it was still on March).

And where backpacks used to hang, now hang bike helmets and ball caps, for the million times a day I make everyone go outside to get out some energy during this quarantine.

I actually kind of love the helmets hanging there. But at the same time, it represents the new normal, which has taken a LOT of adjustment on all our parts. This is such a weird season, am I right? Appreciation for change, yet also having to deal with the angst that change can bring. It’s a strange balance/non-balance for me, if that even makes sense, lol.

There are a lot of days that seem totally overwhelming, mixed in with some really sweet moments that would not have happened had it not been for all this.

At least for this day, for this HOUR (because it truly changes by the minute around here with 6 different souls in the house!)...I am going to do my best to focus on those.

Finally gonna stop wishing for backpacks and old routines, and appreciate the helmets and the blank calendars.

Here we go again...

It’s been a HOT MINUTE since I blogged here in this space, y’all. I tried to get back into it recently, posting some pics and a few random things.But something has been pulling me back to it for some time now. Pulling me back to SHARE. I have put it off and put it off, but here I am. My heart loves to share life here. It has always been such a sweet little spot for journaling, sharing, connecting, and even building community.

I kept thinking I needed a good plan or a “niche” or something like that, but right now I am just going with my heart…to just DO IT.

I am actually a terrible procrastinator. TERRIBLE. I do really well in the 11th hour of things, but scheduling and and planning - and then following through with that plan - is actually super hard for me. I get in my head too much about what I am supposed to be doing, then I get overwhelmed, then I shut down and don’t do anything at all!! It’s terrible! Can anyone relate?

But I am making an concerted (is that a word? it sounds like the right word.) effort to DO BETTER. To just START, and know that even if it’s not perfect, at least I did something. “Something is better than nothing”, right?

Do I have a big plan of what to blog about here? no. Do I know if anyone will even read any of it? no idea. But do I need to just do it because I feel led to? yep. So here we go.

Things here may look pretty or put together sometimes (I do like taking pics and I do like a clean house), but things on this blog will also be messy and hard and raw. Because that’s just who I am. All those things. I love Chick Fil A, but I also love a good juice cleanse. I love my kiddos, but there are also days I wish I could throw in the mama towel. Our marriage is sweet, but it also has been through some hard times. We live a good life, but we work really hard for it, with lots of sacrifice. Ups and downs and ins and outs and beautiful and messy - thats what you’ll get here.

My main goal, as it always has been, is to be REAL. I think that’s how God created us to function. I think that’s how we can live our best lives, our most fruitful and abundant lives!

So thanks, whether you have always been around as I have shared life online, or if you are new here…thanks for being here. I look so forward to doing this THANG.

Life Lately

Back in the good ole blog days (think: linky parties and such! lol)…people used to do something called “Life Lately”, where it was not a ton of writing or actual blogging…but more just sharing pics of what has been happening in their lives recently. SO, I thought it would be fun to take it “old school” and bring that back around here!

Here are some views of our life in the last few months!

Margs and Marlin

Last month, we spent a week in one of our favorite places…Mexico!
We had dates just us, we spent time with friends, we dreamt and strategized about the future, we read books and ate good food and drank good drinks. We saw whales jumping right near the beach, every day. We went on a once in a lifetime fishing trip, and caught 3 Marlin! It was incredible, and I don’t even like fishing! And one miracle…I had sushi for the first time in my life! We caught our Marlin, and a chef on the boat cleaned and cooked it and made it so beautiful that I couldn’t NOT try it! And it was good. But I mainly did it for the experience so don’t really see myself eating sushi anytime soon, lol. It was a MUCH needed break after a crazy and hard-working year, especially for my husband. He deserved this time away so badly.

Here are some pics from our time there! And I highly recommend the Le Blanc Adult’s Only Resort and Spa! It was pristine and wonderful in every way, and we have been to quite a few resorts in Mexico! This was on of the very best.