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Hey! Holá! Nǐ Hǎo!

I’m Laurin Jo! I’m a taco lovin’ Content Creator and Travel Enthusiast who enjoys new experiences with my spicy three-year-old daughter, Riley.

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Happy Sunday my loves! With a laundry list of wor

Happy Sunday my loves!

With a laundry list of work to do today, all I can think about is where I’ll go on my next solo trip!

Any suggestions? Comment below!!

📍I really want to go somewhere FAR FAR away. 🥴

🙌🏾My favorite trips to date were:

1) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2) Cancun, Mexico (day trip to Chichén Itzá)
3) Labadee, Haiti
4) Ámsterdam, The Netherlands
5) Paris, France
6) Coco Beach, Costa Rica
7) Venice, Italy
8) Kingston, Jamaica

It was all a dream!! ** in my Biggie voice** No,

It was all a dream!!
** in my Biggie voice**

No, but literally! I envisioned this tea party and it BLEW UP OVER NIGHT!!!

😳🥰🥴🤣🤗💁🏾‍♀️

Thank you sooooo much to my awesome vendors for putting this LOL Doll Tea Party together! We had such a good time and couldn’t have done it without EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU! 🤗

Photographer photos coming soon! 😍

Vendor List🎈

🎈Event Planner and Curator : @dawinedacostapr
🎈Picnic Setup: @poshpicnics1
🎈LOL Doll Cake: @mirandalavainilla
🎈Cake Cart and Piers: @bcrafty_creations
🎈Mosaic “4”: @wowpartyart
🎈Marquee “RILEY” Letters: @brendaspartytime
🎈Balloon Garland and Custom Arch: @eventdesignsbyitzayana
🎈LOL Doll Balloon Bouquet: @safia.lorena
🎈Custom LOL Cookies (white) : @delishbygabby
🎈Custom Cookies, Cupcakes, and Cakesicles: @panela.pastry
🎈Custom Cookies and Chocolate Covered Strawberries (pink) : @bayoucitybakes
🎈Photographer 1: @j.avalynnphotographs
🎈Photographer 2: @enpointe.photos
💁🏾‍♀️Riley’s Entire Outfit: @lolsurprise

📍Buffalo Bayou Park (Nau Pavillion)

Meet Kiki! My “driver” while I was in a Dubai

Meet Kiki!

My “driver” while I was in a Dubai desert.

While it’s really fun riding a camel 🐫, it’s also a bumpy ride! They way they walk on the sand is so scary, and best believe I holding on for dear life!!

Have you rode a camel before?! Comment below!!

#tbt #dubai #blacktravel #dubaigirl #dubailife #camelride #camelrideindubai #viator #viatorexcursions #blacksolotravel #explore #exploredubai #blogger #influencer #houstontravelblogger #travelblogger #travelinfluencer #influencer

Happy 4th Birthday to my beautiful baby girl Riley

Happy 4th Birthday to my beautiful baby girl Riley!👧🏾

I just love this girl to pieces and if you’ve been around her, you know why!

Check out her TikToks in my story y’all! 🥴🤦🏾‍♀️🤣

#RileyJo

📍Beaumont, Texas World’s Largest Fire Hydran

📍Beaumont, Texas

World’s Largest Fire Hydrant 💦

Riley and I went exploring and found this awesome 24’ Dalmatian-spotted fire hydrant! This fire hydrant was actually donated to the City of Beaumont by the Walt Disney Company on March 9, 1999 for the re-release of one of our favorite animated movies “101 Dalmatians.” Beaumont was chosen from over 300 museums across the country as the final site.

#FableticsPartner These new high-waisted powerhold

#FableticsPartner These new high-waisted powerhold leggings from #Fabletics has me on CLOUD NINE! I’m not sure if it’s the UPF +50 sun protection, the moisture-wicking, or the maximum compression, but I am HERE FOR IT!

Check out the link in my bio to get any 2 bottoms for $24 with your first VIP order!
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Like Nike said...just do it. Yes, it’s scary. Y

Like Nike said...just do it.

Yes, it’s scary.
Yes, it’s nerve racking.
Yes, you may fail; but what do you do when you get back up? Brush your shoulders off and get back to work!!

TAKE THE BIG LEAP!

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❤️ Riley will be 4 in 4 days!!! 😢 ** quick

❤️ Riley will be 4 in 4 days!!! 😢

** quickly wipes tears**

I really cannot believe I’ll have a 4 YEAR OLD!

As if you don’t know this, Riley is the light of my life and literally my mini me.

I’m still trying to figure out if that’s a good thing or not.🤣

Joking.

In honor of Riley’s birthday, here are a few fun facts about Riley Jo:

👧🏾 Riley is a COMPLETE JOKESTER! She once took my AirPods out the holder and put grapes in. She then asked me where my AirPods were.🙄🤣 Clearly she can’t hold water!!
👧🏾 She absolutely HATES pants. If it were up to her, she would wear dresses and heels everyday and everywhere!
👧🏾She loves to travel! Every time we see an Eiffel Tower, she gets so excited and tells me we need to go Paris soon.
I concur!! It’s so dreamy!
👧🏾She loves cheese 🧀! But not just cheddar, she loves feta, blue cheese, and even Gorgonzola! I love cheese too!

What do you have in common with Riley Jo?!

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“Strange isn’t it? You know yourself better t

“Strange isn’t it?

You know yourself better than anyone else, yet you crumble at the words of someone who hasn’t even lived one second of your life. The world is filled with people who think they know you. Listen to one one else’s voice but yours and the one who creates you.”

@adriennebailon ,

Thank you for one of the best captions of 2021. 🙏🏾

📍Austin, Texas

#TauCeti #Austin #Art #ATX

🎤Comment below. Is this still a no judgement

🎤Comment below.

Is this still a no judgement zone?! 🤦🏾‍♀️🤣

Okaaaay. Let’s talk guilty pleasures.🥴

Yall. I have a weird obsession with getting my nails and feet done. This particular style is 100% acrylic flowers and it took about 3 hours. 🤦🏾‍♀️

I didn’t even know I had it in me, but it was right after “the VID” hit and I wanted something that would last and be stylish for a while. It lasted almost two months by the way!!

Nail Designer: @nailsbytracy2018

What’s your guilty pleasure?! Comment below, save this design if you like it, and like of course.🙌🏾💁🏾‍♀️

🦷With all of the stress in Texas this past week

🦷With all of the stress in Texas this past week, my ‘byte bae’ gave me a reason to smile 😆!! @byteofficial

I’ve officially teamed up with Byte Official to fix MY GRILL (as Cardi B says 😏)

IYKYK...🥴

I’ve had gapped teeth MY ENTIRE LIFE, and I really wanted a more mature smile!!

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Stay tuned for more information how you can straighten your smile and follow my journey as I straighten mine!!

#sponsored #byte #byteofficial #bytejourney #byteme

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Dear Texans, We survived; as we have survived so

Dear Texans,

We survived; as we have survived so much within the past ten years. If you’re currently breathing, thank God.

Pray for those who’ve lost their lives over the past week.

I know it’s hard, but smile.

Even if your home isn’t in the same condition you left it; smile.

Even if you were without lights this week; smile.

Even if you were without water this week; smile.

It’s so crazy how we take the small things for granted.

Life. Life itself. Is the most important thing we could value.

Thank you God for LIFE!

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Happy Valentine’s Day to my love ❤️! Growin

Happy Valentine’s Day to my love ❤️!

Growing up my mom would always buy me a Valentine’s Day basket full of goodies! Some of those goodies includes GRANNY PANTIES!🥴

These panties were always oversized, like how big do you think my butt really is?! Any who, I had to pass on the tradition minus the oversized panties.🥰❤️🤣🤷🏾‍♀️

What’s the most embarrassing thing your mom has bought for you?! Comment below!!😫🤦🏾‍♀️💁🏾‍♀️

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Dear Travel, I’m coming back for you, I promise

Dear Travel,

I’m coming back for you, I promise. I just don’t want to get sick.😷

Last year I had to cancel, Bali, Greece, AND UTAH! 😩😭

I need a solo international trip like nobodies BUSINESS!

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“If we did the things we are capable of doing, w

“If we did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”

-Thomas Edison

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

-John Wooden

#JoJoBookClubBook #2 is ‘The 12 Week Year’! This book is designed to teach you how to break your year into 4 quarters in order to maximize your time and accomplish MORE!

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The category is... BAWDY! You know, this guy onc

The category is...

BAWDY!

You know, this guy once told me I was too much to handle...you know what I told him?

I’m a lot to lose too, bruh!

**insert @theestallion ad-lib** AGH 👅

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#TBT

🤔 What the heck was I thinking???🤣🤣

What I Was Thinking:

1. I love YOGA 🧘🏾‍♀️
2. I love the outdoors 🌿🌵🌴
3. I’ve never done GOAT YOGA, so what the heck?! 🤣🤣

Y’all know I’m here for a new experience, but just to warn you...THESE GOATS ARE HEAVY!🤦🏾‍♀️

The yoga session was great, but honestly I couldn’t really focus with a goat on my back. Overall, the experience was FUN we all just laughed as we tried to take the downward dog as serious as possible while balancing ‘Heavy D’ over here! Lol!

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Get you a girl that can do both!👷🏾‍♀️💁🏾‍♀️💅🏾

As a Construction Project Manager, I (weirdly enough) LOVE MY JOB! From planning a project’s schedule and budget, to meeting my subs and/or GC onsite; it all makes me happy!

Buuuuut...being a black woman in this field can being trying and interesting at times to say the least!

Luckily, I was raised by a bunch of bomb women who are very headstrong and determined to succeed; so it’s basically in my blood 🩸!

✨Comment below! ✨What field is work are you in?! How much do you love your job?!

#TBT

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⛱ Weekend Day Trips⛱ 📍 124 West Texas Aven

⛱ Weekend Day Trips⛱

📍 124 West Texas Avenue - Baytown, Texas

Riley and I were laying in bed this morning scrolling when we stumbled across this awesome art installation in Baytown! So, we jumped in the car and here we are!

There’s talk that it may go away this year, so make sure you check it out soon!

Aren’t these umbrellas giving you Havana, Cuba vibes?! I can’t wait to take another trip out of this country!

Last, but certainly not least, thank you Target for the black history shirts!!

#Baytown #Texas #TexasBloggers #HoustonBloggers @target #explore #explorehouston #ExploreTexas

#TBT I can’t believe it’s been 3 years since w

#TBT I can’t believe it’s been 3 years since we took this photo! I was so determined to make these shirts that I literally stayed up until 4:00 a.m. to finish them!🥴😏

I started making our clothes because I just couldn’t find creative mommy and mini outfits!

TAG YOUR FAVORITE MOMMY AND MINI DESIGNER OR COMPANY!! ❤️

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