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Weekly goals + The Active Living Room

Hi! How’s your morning going? What a whirlwind weekend! It was jam-packed with so many fun activities and events. Thursday night, Livi and I went up to Anaheim, we spent all day Friday at Disneyland, drove back that night, and yesterday, we had an event with her school, I did a 10-miler (whoo!) and then…

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Friday Faves

Happy weekend! Congratulations to those of you who are graduating and finishing up with finals. Hope you’ve all had a wonderful week. The fires are still raging in San Diego, and I’ll continue to send thoughts and prayers to everyone affected. We’re also grateful for the first responders who have worked tirelessly to ensure everyone’s…

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Spicy Almond Dip

Thank you to those of you who have sent well wishes with the recent San Diego fires. Our house is fine for now, but I’m sending thoughts and prayers to everyone affected. You can see the smoke from the freeway, and it’s heartbreaking to hear of those who have had to evacuate their homes. Snack…

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Finding a preschool

This wasn’t a topic that I originally planned on blogging about, but I’ve gotten quite a few requests for a post about finding a preschool. Livi started preschool last fall in Tucson -if you’re in Tucson and need recommendations, shoot me an email!- as a way to get some extra help two mornings each week…

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Latest reads

Hi guys! How’s your morning going so far? I’m so glad you liked the quinoa pancake recipe. I had another batch for breakfast this morning. So good 🙂 Yesterday afternoon while Liv was napping, I decided to plant some more herbs out in the yard since we still had unused soil and pots. Bell was…

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Quinoa Pancakes Recipe

Hi guys! How’s your day going so far? It’s been a great one over here. Not only do I have this great recipe for nutrient-dense quinoa pancakes to share, I’ve taught one Zumba class so far (one to go!) and I was offered a job teaching barre classes. Exciting to see some things in motion. 🙂…

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Spring 2014 workout playlist

Hi friends <3 I finally took my first studio yoga class since we’ve moved here, and I’m pretty sure it’s one of my new yoga hOMes. Many readers have recommended Happy-U Namaste in Ocean Beach, and I knew that I wanted to give it a try. It’s right across the street from my beloved Tiki…

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Total body barre burner

Hi guys! How’s the day going so far? I’m excited to finally get this barre burner posted after my crazy YouTube tech issues. This video took me about 20 times to upload so please give a little thumbs up if you give it a whirl and enjoy it 🙂 This would be a great component…

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Mother’s Day weekend

Hope you all had an amazing weekend! Here are some pics from ours 🙂 Not in the mix: the 90% of the time we were at on the couch in our jammies, and trip to urgent care (wanted to make sure Livi didn’t have an ear infection; thankfully she was all clear and feeling much…

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Feliz dia de las madres

  This weekend, we’ve been hanging out around the house since little Livi is under the weather. We had an amazing morning on Friday with a beautiful Mother’s Day brunch at her new school, and then we headed to the zoo for a couple of hours to see the animals and pet the goats. Friday…

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Friday Faves

Not a fave: major technology issues yesterday. Sorry for the lack of posts! I had a barre burner ready for ya and had some major uploading problems. I tried at multiple times during the day to upload, only to crash iMovie. It couldn’t handle the burn 😉 The good news is that it should finally…

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Livi-isms

“I need to water my feet so they will grow.”   “I made you a cupcake.” “What flavor is it?” “BANILLA. WIth strawberry, peanut butter, banana and cinnamon.”   “Livi, what are you thankful for today?” “Thankful for da-da, for mama, for Bella and for Minnie Mouse House. I want to go to Minnie Mouse…

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