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My Buddy had a great first game with our new churc

My Buddy had a great first game with our new church league. Way to go Brunson and a huge shout out to our wonderful church @visitonecc for bringing faith and basketball together for these boys.

Oh nothing...just putting on a mini concert on the

Oh nothing...just putting on a mini concert on the Boston Harbor. Check out my background dancer...she's the star ⭐

And shout out to everyone putting the younger generations on to the great Stephanie Mills!

#stephaniemillschallenge #upupandadams #travelwithkids #50statechallenge #massachusetts

What's more quintessential Fall than spending the

What's more quintessential Fall than spending the morning picking apples in Vermont, drinking warm cider, and taking cute pics with the family! Thanks for being the best hosts @shelburneorchards , we had an amazing time!

#upupandadams #50statechallenge #travelwithkids #vermont

When everyone's braided up, it can only mean one t

When everyone's braided up, it can only mean one thing...
Braids ✅
Smiles✅
Airport Antics ✅

Vacation mode activated!

#upupandadams #travelwithkids #familyonthego #fallbreak2025 #newenglandtour #50statechallenge

Continent 6 is in the books! Team Adams took Austr

Continent 6 is in the books! Team Adams took Australia by storm and had the best time! Brisbane is an amazing city and we got to do all the quintessential Australian things!

Here are a few of the highlights. We look forward to going back to Australia in the future...maybe for the Olympics.

Oh, and we need some tips on how to get to Antarctica! Let me know what you know!

#upupandadams #travelwithkids #familyonthego #adventurefamily #Australia #springbreak2025

It's Winter Recital day and Zoe and Brunson did su

It's Winter Recital day and Zoe and Brunson did such a great job! We're so proud of their growth!

And also, how are they growing up this much. How???

#upupandadams #pianoplayers

After being snowed in for two days, I finally esca

After being snowed in for two days, I finally escaped! Today was Zoe's turn for a solo date with Mommy! We went to an amazing body butter making class with @bodyjamessentials . It was so much more, though. We did a guided meditation to start and then had a beautiful conversation throughout with mindful prompts from our instructor, and ended with intentions and affirmations to carry with us and use daily as we moisturize ourselves with the butters we made.

During the class Zoe said a couple of things that made my heart smile:
1. She calls the voice in her head, a friend with no face. She considers the voice a friend because it speaks good things to her. I'm so happy to hear that her self talk is positive and she trusts herself.
2. She mentioned that she knows not everyone understands her complex ideas and approaches to things, but she is not willing to play small until those people catch up. Listen...women especially struggle with this, but I'm so grateful my Zoe doesn't! I pray she never does.
3. The mantra she will say with intention as she moisturizes is "I will decide my future." I love her ownership and how she connects personal choices to outcomes.

I'll definitely be back...I need to plan a girls night out here!

We ended our date with delicious latin cuisine from @marysolcocinalatina where Zoe gave me all the fifth grade tea. Spoiler alert: it's more like Luke warm water...these kids don't have any tea🤣. Back to the food, we even had two dishes that we enjoyed last year in Peru - crab causa and lomo saltado. But my favorite was the insanely meaty and delicious hen-of-the-woods mushrooms with chimichurri sauce.

I love these one on one dates so much! I can't wait to hang with Ava solo next month!

#upupandadams #mommydaughterdate #dallasdays #intentional #mindfulness #love

12 loooooong years of walking alongside each other

12 loooooong years of walking alongside each other in a powerful partnership of love, admiration, and perseverance through the ebbs and flows of this life.

Look what we've built, My Love...and look what's on the beautiful horizon ahead of us. Even when it gets hard, what we have is everlasting and beautiful and imperfect and Earth stirring and I'll never regret saying Yes.

Let's go for 12 x 12 x 12 more.

Happy Anniversary 🤎 #TeamAdams

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