Speaking to 1000 Hours Outside about her childhood in Georgia, Nikki DeLoach said, “I lived outside in the trees, with the animals getting filthy.” She’s Los Angeles-based now, but DeLoach’s dream is to move the family to a farm someday. In the meantime, she tries to give her sons a small taste of what she experienced. “We do get out of the city as much as we can,” she said. At the pandemic’s beginning, her family piled up in an RV and took a cross-country road trip to some of America’s most popular outdoor vacation destinations, including the Grand Canyon.
When Hudson was 3 years old, DeLoach achieved soccer mom status. “I’m actually like, kind of in love with this whole soccer group of people,” she told Urban Mommies. It also became important for her to show her toddler that she supported her passion. DeLoach said she would even reschedule work commitments to attend his practices.
In 2023, DeLoach wholeheartedly backed Hudson’s desire to participate in a childhood rite of passage: setting up a lemonade stand. However, his enterprise was not a selfish endeavor. He was raising money for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, which is where his little brother Bennett underwent heart surgery as a newborn. DeLoach shared some photos of Hudson’s handiwork on Instagram and wrote, “He built, painted and constructed this sweet little stand. … It is giving him so much purpose, while also teaching him the value of hard work!”
