Savory Goat Cheese Veggie Dip

Hi! How’s the afternoon going? It’s been a great day with my little sidekick. 🙂 This morning involved playing birthday fairy, which involved a solo trip to the mall. It was luxurious to smell candles with both hands, and I loved picking up a couple of birthday surprises for the little lady. (PS all she…

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Holla for La Jolla

Hiiiii friends. How’s the day been? Hope you’re having a happy Monday. I taught a fun and sweaty BODYPUMP this am, we went to Liv’s yoga class, ran a couple of errands, and are chilling here during naptime before I head off for spin. Thank you again to those of you who participated in the…

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2014 Holiday Gift Guide: for your pregnant friends

(or yourself!) Hi! How’s the day going? Hope you’re having a lovely Monday. This is the last 2014 gift guide: gifts for your expecting friends (or yourself if you have a little one on the way!). Before I had Liv, I was stumped as to what to gift my friends who were pregnant at the…

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Friday Faves

Hi! Hope you’re having a very happy Friday! Keep those giveaway entries coming! I’m excited to pick the first round of winners tomorrow. In typical Friday fashion, here are some faves from the week and around the web. I always love to hear about what you’re enjoying, too, so please feel free to shout out…

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Representing the West Coast + a Fitbit Charge giveaway

This post is sponsored by Shape/Men’s Fitness Fitbit Charge Challenge through a campaign with Fitfluential. As always, all opinions are my own. I also included a special giveaway at the end for ya, too! It’s not really a secret that I love fitness trackers. Needless to say, I was really stoked when I received the…

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Tiny Christmas cop and dueling pianos

Good morning! <3 Hope you’re having a great day so far. Thank you for the camera/lens tips. I’m not sure what I’m going to do yet, but at least I have until Black Friday and Cyber Monday to figure it out. 😉 So I have a funny Christmas cop story for you: the miniature version.…

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Italian Kale salad

You need this Italian kale salad in your life. Before you groan and think “another kale salad?” I promise this one is different. It’s everything, really. It’s also a total copycat recipe from the new pizza place in Tucson: Falora. One night this weekend, Livi and I picked up a couple of pizzas and salad…

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Tucson Adventures + early Thanksgiving

Hi from Tucson! It’s our last day here before heading back to SD, and it’s been an amazing long weekend with the fam. It was Kyle’s last weekend in Tucson before moving out to Massachusetts for his new job -I will definitely post the details of the new restaurant when I can!- and it was…

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Fitness Halloween Costumes

 Hi guys! How’s the morning going? Hope you’re enjoying the day so far <3 Halloween week is always pretty exciting, huh? I love having all of our decor up:  and Liv can’t wait to wear her costume. Every year, I’m asked what I’m going to be for Halloween, but usually don’t dress up. In my…

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Ocean Spray #evenbetter Beach Bash!

Last week’s Ocean Spray event at Hermosa Beach was such a blast. I was so thankful to have been invited to participate in the day’s events, which included a chat from a NYT-bestselling Registered Dietitian (Frances Largeman-Roth), Maria Menonous (one of my personal fitspirations), the new PACt™ cranberry extract water, and the glorious giant inflatable cranberry.…

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Fair Trade Month (+ an awesome giveaway!)

When Fair Trade USA, a nonprofit, reached out to me about spreading awareness for Fair Trade Month, I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of. They sent an incredible gift package and offered to send the same gift package to a lucky reader. I’m excited to spread the word about this important organization.…

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Favorite compound exercises

Hi 🙂 Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re enjoying the day so far. I had every intention of blogging last night, but then got sucked into Gravity. If you’ve seen it, you know what happened: I couldn’t look away! Such a great movie, and very intense! It seemed like it was only 40 minutes long because it was…

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