Friday Faves

Hi! Happy Friday! Howโ€™s your year going? ๐Ÿ˜‰ We spent New Years Eve together as a little family. I feel like New Years is so different each year: last year, we were at a friendโ€™s party; the year before, I was uncomfortably pregnant and SO ready to meet Liv; and the two years before that,…

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Hope your 2015 is filled with good health, family, friends, happiness, and love. ย  (went to check out Zoo Lights for our New Yearโ€™s party)ย  I am so thankful to have you here! See ya in the morning with Friday Faves <3 xoxo Gina Planning your New Years changes? Here are some…

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Show me your [inspiration] board

Happy almost New Year! ๐Ÿ˜‰ I love this time of year for many reasons; and selfishly, I really love it because my classes at the gym are extra packed.  Some of favorite moments of 2014: -Moving to San Diego (See you again, one of these days, Tucson house!) –Liviโ€™s second birthday -Traveling to Mountain Trek…

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Christmas in the desert

ย  Hi! Hope you had a wonderful day yesterday. We had a beautiful Christmas here in the Tucson with the fam; itโ€™s been amazing to see everyone, eat a thousand tamales and Christmas cookies, enjoy warm hugs, listen to a combo of Liviโ€™s giggles intermixed with the Michael Buble Christmas soundtrack, and watch the puppies…

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Merry and bright

Sending lots of love to you all this holiday season! Thank you for being a part of my life; Iโ€™m so thankful to all of you! <3 Hope you spend the next couple of days with family, friends, perhaps some eggnog in there, and filled with happiness. See you on Friday. <3 xoxo Gina (The…

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Turkey day in the desert

(+ Caro, the secret escape artist) Hi! Howโ€™s the day going? LOVE all of the giveaway entries flooding in. Keep โ€˜em coming! Plus, we have 11 more awesome giveaways on the way. So excited for them all! I canโ€™t believe I have 3 posts up today. Flashback to 2010.ย  Anyone else reuniting with vegetables today?…

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Shrimpsgiving, Black Friday and Faves

Hi! Happy Black Friday. ๐Ÿ™‚ I hope that those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday enjoyed a beautiful holiday. Ours started off with breakfast at the madreโ€™s, and then we spent the day and evening with my dadโ€™s side of the fam, then back to madreโ€™s for mulled wine and dessert. We loved being with…

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Happy Thanksgiving

Hi! Hope youโ€™re having a wonderful day <3 After a long night of road tripping, (Cracker Barrel = the clutch stop when Charles Cheddar is closed) weโ€™re here in Tucson. Weโ€™re having an amazing time with the fam and already hid up Coscto for some of the holiday essentials. (Egg nog supplies, pie and peppermint…

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Halloweekend adventures

Hiiiii! ๐Ÿ™‚ Happy Monday. How are you doing? Itโ€™s been a while since weโ€™ve done the Daylight Savings things (in AZ, we donโ€™t change the clocks) and, I have to say, Iโ€™m a fan. I woke up at 6am ready to start the day, and then relaxed in bed reading for AN HOUR before heading…

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Friday Faves

Happy Friday and Happy Halloween! Any fun plans tonight? Weโ€™re off to a friendโ€™s party later today, and Iโ€™m trying to think of a fun activity for this morning. (Bell is thankful to not be reliving the hot dog shame again this year.) Some faves from the week and around the web: The Kale Yeah…

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Owl cupcakes + that Zumba mojo

Hi! Howโ€™s the day going? Hope youโ€™re having a great one so far <3 A little later blogging today, because thereโ€™s been some behind-the-scenes stuff Iโ€™ve been working on. An exciting update: the blogroll page is back! Quite a few of you let me know that you missed it, so itโ€™s back in action on…

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Last-minute BBQ recipe roundup

Hi! Happy Labor Day and Happy September! I hope your day includes as little labor as possible ๐Ÿ˜‰ (Any mamas out there with a due date of today?! Labor day ON Labor day? I know, Iโ€™m lame haha.) Weโ€™ve had an awesome weekend. Our cousins came up for a big family party, and my nana…

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