el fin de semana

Hiiiiii friends! Howโ€™s the day going? So glad youโ€™re excited about the Fair Trade giveaway! Donโ€™t forget to enter if you havenโ€™t yet. ๐Ÿ™‚ After a bit of a rough week last week, this past weekend was everything I needed. Mom and nana were here, and for the past 4 days, the house has smelled…

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the nanas are here + Friday Faves

Hi friends! Happy Friday! Hope you are having a lovely morning. What are you up to this weekend? Everyone at our house is happy because the nanas made a surprise visit yesterday. Iโ€™ve been in a little bit of a funk lately, so when they said they were driving up from Tucson, I started crying…

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Oh, pumpkin tree

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the day going? Iโ€™m so happy youโ€™re excited about the White Plum giveaway. Itโ€™s a great one, so be sure to get your entries in there. ๐Ÿ™‚ Oh pumpkin tree, oh pumpkin tree, how beautiful your… squashes? Tomatoes? What are those things? (I just googled and theyโ€™re Japanese pumpkin branches. Not sure…

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I dream of sashimi + Friday Faves

Hi friends! Happy Friday! Latest post on the Family page is here.  Whatโ€™s going on this weekend? We donโ€™t have many plans (Livi has more plans than we do between a party and ballet) and it will be nice to relax and get some things done around the house. Iโ€™ve already requested to be beach…

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The best workout tights

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the morning going? Latest on the Family page is up here.  Here is your latest squat challenge if youโ€™re following along the Squatember calendar: 15 squats, 15 jump squats, 15 plie squat jumps, 30-second wall sit, 45 seconds of sumo burpees. Let me know how it goes! So, all of my years…

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[cake] walk it out

Hi friends! How was your weekend? Hope you had a great one! Iโ€™m so happy to hear you share my excitement for the new lotus tanks! I wanted to apologize for the confusion about ordering sizes and colors. Check out all of the info here, and to order click here. If it doesnโ€™t give you…

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Friday Faves + get your lotus tank!

Hi friends! Happy Friy-YAY! What are you up to this weekend? We donโ€™t have a ton going on. Wildcats play on Saturday, our doula is coming over for a prenatal visit, Livi has ballet and an event at her school, and weโ€™re going to head to the bay and lounge. It should be relaxing and…

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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 Liviโ€™s little photo collage Iโ€™d been working on, and think it came out pretty well. (She gasped and…

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Friday Faves

Hi friends! HAPPY FRIDAY! What are you up to this weekend? Itโ€™s a busy one for us. We have a friendโ€™s bday party, Livโ€™s ballet class, family dinner at Jessโ€™, and are thinking of taking Liv to LEGOLAND if it isnโ€™t too hot. (<โ€” fingers crossed! I think it would be a fun surprise adventure.)…

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day dates + what to scope?

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the morning going? Hope youโ€™re having a great day! I am getting ATTACKED by allergies. If you see me around town, donโ€™t mind the constant violent sneezing. (Ps if you have any preg-friendly allergy remedies, please send my way.) The Pilot was off work yesterday morning, so we did something that we…

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“does this spark joy in you?”

Hi friends! Hope youโ€™ve been having an awesome day. Sorry about the blog downtime this morning! Apparently the blog couldnโ€™t handle the excitement of banana flour, and she fainted. (<โ€” the server crashed.) Thankfully all has been resolved (WP Site Care maintains my blog and always helps when things like this happen) and weโ€™re back…

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Healthy Labor Day BBQ recipe ideas

Hi friends! Happy Sunday!! I hope that those of you who are off work tomorrow are enjoying a relaxing weekend. Itโ€™s been a pretty good one over here, and the Pilot and I have cranked through a legendary to-do list we crafted together. Babyโ€™s room is almost done -I will definitely post pics when it…

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