Foam roller’s scary cousin

It’s been a great month so far 😉 Walking around Casas Adobes a stop at Whole Foods for almond butter, a juice and other necessities making the Pilot’s favorite dinner: and a new circuit workout. But first, has anyone seen one of these before? A Rumble Roller! When I first saw it at the gym,…

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Tie Fail

So many fun adventures today! A world beat class (which was amaaaaaazzing) hike at Sabino Canyon and dinner with an intimate party of 17. I was SO excited to take world beat this morning. As I mentioned before, there’s no recorded music, only live drummers, and we dance to international rhythms including African, Latin and…

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“Everywhere you look”

It’s a full house over here 🙂 (+ my nana and stepdad) The Pilot’s side of the fam came in from the southeast yesterday afternoon, and when they got here we did what most people do with out-of-town guests: took them to a bar.   Ok, so not a *real* bar, but to the squadron…

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My Funny Valentine

6 years ago, Bella was a Valentine’s Day gift from the Pilot. Same sassy face, 6 years later: We had gone to look at puppies one weekend, and I knew Bell was the one, so we decided to go back the following weekend. She came from a family here in Tucson –none of whom spoke…

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2/12: Pics from the day

Breakfast for two A small family get-together Really, a giant fiesta with 5 generations <3 mariachis cake and a surprise wedding ceremony! An amazing Sunday, indeed.

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Rice cooker Italian quinoa

Good morning! Hope your day is off to a great start <3 Waffles with almond butter and jelly over here tea snuggles and teeny grunts and snores (coming from the lounger next to me). It’s a good day. The Pilot had to fly late last night, and since he’s been the dinner chef in our…

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Freedom to move

Guess who’s in the clear?? Source At my midwife appointment today, she told me I’m “free to do whatever I was doing before.” Music to my ears. Even though I’m still recovering, I feel great and am excited to get back into the things I love. I’m so excited to take a Zumba class this…

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Fam field trip

Why hello, farmer’s market… It’s been awhile! Yesterday we decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather and hit up the Saturday market, which is smaller than the Sunday one, but still has quite a few vendors. Field trip for the entire fam 😀 We picked up some goodies for dinner, and since we were…

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House divided

Over here, it’s an equal split between the early birds (Bell and I are wide awake) and the night owls. (Pilot and baby are snoozing away) Early bird gets the… waffle 😉 A quick breakfast with two Van’s waffles, topped with almond butter and jelly, a salad with Goddess dressing and an egg + tea…

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Into the sun…

Flowers and sunlight!   Guess who ventured into the world today…. It was so nice to get out. FREEEEEEEDOM! We had a lovely brunch at Eclectic Cafe: Lox, eggs, potatoes, OJ and fruit for me, the Pilot had granola, yogurt, eggs and French toast. Nana and Tata met us for coffee while we ate- it…

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Even better

Per your requests…. 7 inches, NBD.  I’m actually wearing them right now! Ok, not quite, but moccasins are close 😉 Speaking of pink and sassy, someone got a haircut today:   So fresh and clean, and she smells like flowers. Keeping up with the theme of the past week and a half, we laid low…

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