Livi’s 4th birthday party

Hi friends! How was the weekend? Hope you had a wonderful one! Thank you so much for all of the sweet birthday wishes for Liv. I read many of them to her, and she had the sweetest smile on her face. Thank you for brightening her birthday! Since it fell on a Friday, it was…

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Sending you lots of love, light and happiness this holiday season. Whether you’re celebrating Christmas or a beautiful wintery weekend, I hope it’s an amazing one surrounded by family and friends. Lots of love to you and I’ll see ya on Monday! xoxo Gina and the fam 🙂

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Heading towards the Invisalign finish line

I am partnering with the Invisalign® brand, but all opinions expressed are my own. Full disclosure. It’s hard to believe that just a couple of weeks ago, I received my LAST set of Invisalign® clear aligners, and I should be done in February. (After that point, I’ll receive my retainers and will transition to only…

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toes in the sand + gingerbread bandit

Hellooooooo. 🙂 Happy Monday! Hope you’re checking in after a wonderful and relaxing weekend.  Last night, we decided to hang out by the water and get our toes in the sand. Way to show off there, San Diego sunset. You’re looking pretty gorgeous.  I used to think that nothing could beat an Arizona sunset, but…

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Focus On: Health Coaching

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of American Council on Exercise. The opinions and text are all mine. This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of American Council on Exercise. The opinions and text are all mine. A common theme in my email inbox includes the request for…

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The final stretch with Motherhood Maternity

This post is sponsored by Motherhood Maternity®.  Pregnancy has taught me a lot about myself, and about life in general. Just a few things on the long list: the value of patience (the long wait for your bundle of joy to arrive, to the middle-of-the-night consoling) that the human body is an amazing thing that…

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Reader’s Request: Building muscle while burning fat

Hi friends! Hope you’re having a wonderful day. Latest post up on the Family page is here.  It’s time for a reader’s request! I love getting post requests, because they’re often topics that we’ve all wondered about at one point or another. Here’s one that I recently received about building muscle and burning fat at…

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Happy Fall! Turn over a new leaf

Hi friends! Happy humpday and happy first day of fall! Even though it’s still 400 degrees here (with lots of humidity), I still feel like I’m in the Autumn spirit. I’m enthusiastically looking forward to plaid shirts, boots, hot cocoa nights, the return of college basketball (YESSSS) and pumpkin-ifying everything. Oh wait, I did that…

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New workouts to try this fall

 Hi friends! How’s the day going? Hope you’re enjoying the morning. I’m so happy you loved the pumpkin bars recipe! I made them yesterday, and they’re already almost gone. Guess I’ll be making another batch. (For the record, they are amazing heated up with some coconut milk ice cream on top. Doo it.) (Livi picked…

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Don’t mind if I fondue

Hi friends! How are you? How was the weekend?  Ours was packed with fun events, and in between the activities and parties, we managed to get a lot of things done around the house.  I FINALLY finished Livi’s little photo collage I’d been working on, and think it came out pretty well. (She gasped and…

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Family: Weeks 33-35

And feeling…. Excited! And slow. I’m definitely in a third trimester slump right now. I feel completely normal, except that new normal is like a truck hit me. Doing basic tasks involve heavily weighing my options. (Do I really need to walk all the way to the kitchen to put this LaCroix can in the recycling?…

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LA, SD, Little Italy

in other words, all over the place. 🙂 Hi friends! Happy Monday! How’s the day going so far? I’m back home after an amazing trip to IDEA in LA. I’ll be back with a recap from the conference later today, but for now, I thought it would be fun to share some outside adventures and…

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