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Happy New Year from our Beach Bun family.  We hope 2018 is your best year yet!

"Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties." ~Helen Keller The end of the year seems to signal reflection and a hope to accomplish all those resolutions that we failed to accomplish over the past year. According to Forbes Magazine, 40% of Americans make resolutions each year! I am one of those people who set resolutions every year, 10 to be exact. My list is typical, lose weight, eat more vegetables, read more books, learn a second language, and travel more. The year begins with motivation and after March...well I'm not eating vegetables, I'm too busy to read a book, and who has the extra money to make an extra trip this year? Forbes also reports that only 8% of those who make resolution accomplish them. Happy to know that I'm in good company with the other 92% of well intentioned resolutioners!  Last year at this time, I was newly married and looking a...

Ok...first of all, I will admit that I am guilty of taking too much stuff for a day at the beach. Over the years I have perfected my Mary Poppins or more currently the Hermoine Granger bag. I am able to pull from my magic bag anything that anyone might need today, tomorrow, or a month from now. Basically, I like to be prepared for ALL contingencies. This is an awesome trait to have on a road trip, at the park, or on a ball field. However, when you have to carry everything over hot sand, it's probably a good idea to pare down the list and bring only the necessities. So here are my top 5 items that are must-haves for a day at the Beach.  (On a side note: I will be shamelessly plugging items from the  Beach Bun  online shop by adding links. Just click on the link for more information about the product) Umbrella .  A good umbrella is important for a number of reasons. The first is obvious, it creates shade to help keep you from getting a sunburn. The umbr...

There are few things I enjoy more than sitting on the beach under an umbrella, listening to the waves, and reading a good book. So, what makes a good beach book? For me, it needs to be fun, a little romantic or something that takes me out of reality. My husband prefers non-fiction or a military history book. We all have our own reading pleasures. I'll be reviewing books and giving you suggestions on authors and books that I enjoy. However, I want to hear from you, what are your favorite beach reads and why? The first book that I highly recommend is Body Movers by Stephanie Bond. Here's the synopsis of the book from ebooks: So Carlotta Wren's life hasn't turned out as she'd planned. She didn't plan for her parents to skip bail for a white-collar crime, leaving her to raise her brother. She didn't plan on having the silver spoon ripped from her mouth and forgoing college to work retail. She didn't plan on her blue-blood fiancé dumping her. A...

The "Beach" can describe a spot on the Atlantic, the Gulf Coast, the Pacific, on a lake, and so on and so on...and the Beach has the uncanny ability to hold the best memories. From childhood vacations to weddings, the Beach is the location of my most special of remembrances.  I remember my first trip to the beach with my family. My parents packed me and my brother, ages 5 and 3 respectively, in a tiny car with a bunch of camping equipment and set off to the Gulf Coast of Alabama. As we turned on highway 182 that runs parallel with the gulf my brother exclaimed, "Is that snow!?!". The gulf coast is known for its white sand and it did not disappoint.  Over the years my family traveled back to Gulf Shores, Alabama many times. Sometimes it was only my immediate family and others my Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and cousins joined us. Now in my 40's I realize how blessed I am to have the memories of my Grandparents sitting in the surf together or playing ...

Thank you for visiting our Beach Bun Blog and our Beach Bun  online shop. I wanted to take a moment and introduce myself, my name is Laura Tate and I am happy that you are here. I am a Navy wife, Marine mom, and the mom to one special bunny (and the inspiration for our website name).     I spent much of my adult life as a single Mom to my son, Phoenix. He is now 22-years old and married to his beautiful wife, Hannah. Being a Mom to Phoenix has been one of the greatest joys of my life. We had a lot of adventures and made many memories over the years and the beach played host to many of those times.   On November 25, 2016, I was lucky enough to marry my best friend in the world. My husband, Jason, is a career Sailor and his life is all about the water. Our mutual love of the sea inspired our wedding location and our retirement locations for the future. Jason and I were lucky to share our wedding day with our family in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and we ...