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Prickly Pear Margarita + Healthy Cinco de Mayo Recipes

A beloved celebration is almost here! Cinco de drinkoโ€ฆ I mean Mayo.  At Annieโ€™s wedding a couple of weeks ago, we had the most refreshing prickly pear margaritas. They were the best type of drink: sweet with a salty kick, ice cold, and you couldnโ€™t taste the alcohol. It was like a fruit punch, really.…

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How to Cook Salmon: 10 Different Ways

Letโ€™s talk about my favorite fish: salmon! We eat it so often for dinner that we now have numerous ways in which we enjoy it. I frequently get reader requests on how to cook salmon, so I thought I’d share our recipes with you to expand your own healthy dinner recipe collections.  Just a note here to…

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Miss P is 6 months old!

 Happy half-birthday to you, happy half-birthday to you,  happy half-birthday, Miss Penelope Rose, happy half-birthday to you.”  This little love bug, who fills our world with so much extra laughter and love, is already half a year old! I canโ€™t even believe it.

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t-town, cal’s wedding, salad avalanche otw

Hi friends! Happy Monday! Hope youโ€™re having a wonderful day. <3 Weโ€™re back in San Diego after a fantastic week in Tucson with the fam. It almost made me feel like we lived there again, and I’ve missed it a lot. When we went to do a drive-by of our house (#creepers), I felt like…

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Friday Faves

Hi friends! Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? Any fun fitness events on the horizon? Festival 520 is happening here in Tucson (at La Encantada) if youโ€™re local and want to check it out. The day is packed with fitness classes from local studios, and is sponsored by lululemon. You can check…

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Sustainable Seafood with Blue Apron

This post is sponsored by my friends at Blue Apron. The Pilot and I have a little talk when we prepare Blue Apron meals. โ€œMaybe this will be the one…” We keep waiting to see if weโ€™ll have a Blue Apron meal we DONโ€™T like, and in a year + of consistently making them, it…

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Tucson adventures

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the week going? Hope youโ€™re having a great one so far. Weโ€™re still having an amazing time here in Tucson with the fam. I thought Iโ€™d pop in and say hello + share some of the latest adventures. Weโ€™ve been swimming in Mexican food since weโ€™ve been here. I may turn into…

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Livi-isms

“I like walking Caro. Sheโ€™s nice and slow.” โ€œThis is my pet spider. His name is Chuy.” (Thank goodness Chuy was a toy.) โ€œHow long until Penelope is old enough to have fun with me?” โ€œHow old do you want her to be?” โ€œUm, probably like 55.”     โ€œI think I just want to…

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“Before we leave San Diego” bucket list

Hi friends! Hope youโ€™re having a wonderful day. I have not one, but two new posts up on the PBB site if youโ€™d like to check them out! How to maintain your workout intensity while decreasing the impact + some healthy breakfast toast ideas. Since weโ€™re officially not staying in San Diego forever (to my…

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hi from the desert + annie’s wedding

Hi friends! Happy Monday and helloooo from Tucson. ๐Ÿ™‚ Before we get into the weekend recap, huge congratulations to the winner of the Zeel massage:  Kelsey J. The lucky lady has been emailed. Iโ€™ll pick the winner for the Bitsyโ€™s giveaway tonight! Saturday morning, we hopped on a jet plane to spend some time here…

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Friday Faves

Hi friends! Happy happy Friday. Donโ€™t forget to enter the Zeel Massage and Bitsyโ€™s Brainfood giveaways that are going on! What are you up this weekend? Any events coming up? I hope you have a beautiful, relaxing, and fun weekend ahead. Itโ€™s an exciting weekend for us because weโ€™re headed to Tucson for two weddings!…

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Peanut butter jelly dip + Bitsy’s Brainfood giveaway

This post is sponsored through my partnership with Bitsyโ€™s Brainfood + includes an amazing giveaway opportunity. One of the things that Iโ€™ve noticed about Liv and young kiddos is that they like to feel like theyโ€™re part of the team, and not quite so different from the adults. This is why Iโ€™ll usually serve Liv…

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