2015 year in review

Needless to say, a lot happened and changed around here this past year! 2015 was time of anticipation, new experiences and great adventures. It also been a transitional period of some challenges and growth, and I’m thankful for the lessons and moments that comprised a wonderful year. While there were some amazing parts of 2015, I…

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Happy holla days

Hi friends! How was your weekend? Hope you had a wonderful one, and that those who celebrated Christmas enjoyed a beautiful holiday. Ours was a little non-traditional this year, but was still an awesome weekend. Weโ€™re usually in Tucson or visiting the Pilot’s side of the family, but we stayed here in San Diego to…

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Sending you lots of love, light and happiness this holiday season. Whether youโ€™re celebrating Christmas or a beautiful wintery weekend, I hope itโ€™s an amazing one surrounded by family and friends. Lots of love to you and Iโ€™ll see ya on Monday! xoxo Gina and the fam ๐Ÿ™‚

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Thanksgiving recap + [Black] Friday Faves

 Hi friends! Happy Friday! Hope you are having a wonderful morning. Hope that those of you who were celebrating Thanksgiving yesterday enjoyed a memorable holiday surrounded by those you loveโ€ฆ and delicious food. ๐Ÿ˜‰ We werenโ€™t able to travel to Tucson since we needed to keep an eye on Pโ€™s reflux, so we enjoyed a…

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Healthy Holidays

Ahhhh I love this time of year! This is when I can quote Elf and sing all the Christmas carols without the Pilot rolling his eyes at me. ๐Ÿ˜‰ I love watching Christmas movies with Liv, taking drives to see the holiday lights, the Nutcracker, hot cocoa, holiday decor, everything about Christmastime. It already seems like…

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Halloweekend + things of lately

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the morning going? Hope you had a wonderful Halloween weekend and enjoyed some fun festivities. It feels good to be back in blogging action. ๐Ÿ™‚ Iโ€™m so happy you enjoyed the guest posts (thank you again to Kyle, Jess and Kristen!), and thank you for hanging in there while I took some…

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Found & Lost

Did you ever lose something and were convinced your house ate it? My favorite Joeโ€™s jean shorts went missing a couple of months ago and I looked EVERYWHERE. I seriously dug up everything in the closet to make sure I didnโ€™t put them away somewhere weird. I wear them all the time and was convinced…

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Seis de Mayo

Just giving it a little love. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Howโ€™s it going? Thank you so much for your awesome giveaway entries this morningโ€ฆ and for making me hungry with all of these brunch options and ideas. Apparently I need to seek out a place called SNOOZEโ€” it seems like a majority favorite. ๐Ÿ™‚ Keep those giveaway entries…

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fun in the Sandy Eggo

Hi friends! Howโ€™s your morning going? I hope that whether you celebrated Passover, Easter, or a glorious weekend, that it was a great one! We got to spend our holiday weekend surrounded with some of HOME. My madre, stepdad and little bro came to stay with us, and we had so much fun taking them around…

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The acai of my eyeeeeee

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the day going? Love your awesome comments on my last post! <3 The day involved a little bit of this = proof that it was a good one. ๐Ÿ™‚ This is my 2nd favorite acai bowl in San Diego, from Cafe by the Bay. Iโ€™m very serious about acai bowl evaluation, from…

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Tuna salad stuffed avocado

Hiii! Howโ€™s your St. Patrickโ€™s Day going?? I’ll help get you in the spirit of the day with a green juice and a green avocado stuffed with healthy tuna salad! Also two St. Patrickโ€™s Day-ish songs I played during spin last night: 1) “Whiskey in the Jar” (standing climb with tempo work)   2) “Lord…

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cheers to the v-day weekend

Hiiiii ๐Ÿ™‚ Howโ€™s the day going? Hope that those of you who are off work today are enjoying the holiday! I taught BODYPUMP this am, Liv had her gymnastic class, and I’m hoping we can make a little beach stop. We can never stay away for too long. Valentineโ€™s weekend was filled with the good…

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