Friday Faves + Wild Friends giveaway
Hi friends! Happy Friday! Hope you’ve had a wonderful week. I’m SO excited for this weekend. We have nothing officially planned, the Del Mar fair is in full swing (happening), and I feel like I can get caught up on life a little. As I mentioned, we had some rough sleep/nap days, so fingers crossed that we’re back in the game. Our house is a disaster, we’ve eaten a lot of takeout, and my inbox is giving me the sweats. But, FRIDAY! You’re here. It’s so nice to see you again.
It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves party! It’s fun to share some of my favorite eats, wears, reads, and adventures from the week, and I always enjoy hearing what you’re loving, too. Please shout it out in the comments section if you’d like to join in the fun, and also enter this week’s Wild Friends giveaway.
Summer is officially here, since Livi goose is out of school for the summer. She’s going to be doing a couple of camps, we have some family vaations planned, and in the meantime, we’ll all be heading to the beach, Kid Ventures, the museum, zoo, cooking, and playing together here at home. I can’t wait. I can’t believe how much she’s grown this year.
Ok time, you can slow down a little.
The Pilot and I enjoyed a date night at the new LOT in Liberty Station the other night. We had the opportunity to check out the La Jolla location when it first opened, and were so excited that they brought it to Liberty Station. It’s the perfect spot for date night as it’s a restaurant, bar, and swankypants movie theater in one spot.
They have an outdoor patio overlooking Liberty Station, with bonfires, tables and lounge chairs.
We shared a margherita flatbread and for my entree, I had an incredible salad with salmon, kale, quinoa, goat cheese, strawberries, and almonds.
I’ll definitely be recreating this combo at home.
We had originally planned to see a late showing of Neighbors 2 (has anyone seen it?) at 9:30, but when we went to buy our tickets, we found out that it was 9:30 AM. The only thing playing was Jungle Book, so instead, went to Target to pick up some essentials, including wine and tiny pajamas. #parentsgonewild
A fun highlight of the week was when Liv and I were invited to check out the ivivva store in UTC.
If you haven’t heard of it, ivivva is owned by lululemon and they make activewear for girls. I swooned over the catalogue when we received it in the mail over a year ago, and am so excited that Livi is old enough to wear it now. (The smallest they go is size 4, but many styles begin at size 6.) It’s everything you’d find in a lululemon, in brighter colors and smaller sizes. Each piece has a functional design for the girls’ sport of choice, whether it’s swim, gymnastics, dance, running, or tennis. A lot of the pieces were in UPF protective fabric, lightweight, wicking material, and all of the fun classic designs. It was SO CUTE to see Liv in the kids’ version of a Power Y and Run swiftly shorts.
Thank you again to ivivva for the fun visit and for Liv’s new gear; she loves it!
After our shopping trip, we grabbed lunch and rode the train. Not a bad afternoon girls’ date. 🙂
On a more personal note, a huge favorite for this week was finding a new pediatrician for P. I kind of mentioned this on the Family page, but we haven’t had a lot of luck with her peds. We saw a new pediatrician and he was kind, caring, knowledgeable, and genuinely wants to figure out what’s going on with her reflux and the choking incidents. He’s everything a doctor should be. We’re seeing an ENT, and are also getting some testing done. FINALLY.
Always smiling:
Trader Joe’s, back at it again. I go crazy for the new crinkle cut butternut squash fries, and they came out with SWEET POTATO NOODLES. YASSSS. I lightly boiled them and then sautéed with olive oil, salt and pepper. Topped with turkey meatballs and marinara sauce, and they were fantastic. I’m excited to play with these a bit more!
Anthony Bourdain, I like you a lot.
WILD FRIENDS nut butters! (I’ve partnered with them for the remainder of this post.) As we all know, I’m a huge fan of all things nut butter and have tried so many brands over the years. I was recently introduced to Wild Friends.
You guys. It is my new favorite, hands down. The texture is super smooth, and the flavors are delicious.
They also have Protein + nut butters, which are the Pilot’s favorite. They took their delicious flavors and added high-quality whey protein (non-GMO and hormone free). These nut butters have 50% more protein, which make it a great clean protein option with a dose of healthy fats.
The chocolate coconut peanut butter (it tastes like coconut Nutella) is my very fave, and Liv loves it too. It’s what she wanted for dessert last night! The jar is almost gone….
Oops. hahah.
Some more info about Wild Friends:
Wild Friends was started by two peanut butter loving college roommates. They were looking for ways to spice up their favorite food, and Wild Friends was born. They are based out of Portland, Oregon.
All of the ingredients are things you can pronounce, without any additives or preservatives. They use organic and non-GMO options whenever possible, and are produced and packaged with the planet in mind.
You can check out their store locator here to find some near you! They’re located in many natural health food stores including Whole Foods and Sprout’s, TJ Maxx, Home Goods, Marshall’s, and now in select Target stores.
The Wild Friends nut butter fairly kindly offered to hook up two very lucky readers each with 2 jars and a pack of 10 single serve packets in the flavors of their choice. All you have to do is leave a comment below with something that’s making you happy this week. 🙂 I’ll announce the winner in Monday morning’s post!
Cheers to the weekend,
G
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I have so many things to be happy about – but I’m happiest that it’s Friday and I have a date night with my husband in 3 hours!
Coincidentally I was just looking into Wild Friends earlier this week and found they have holiday flavors like gingerbread! that made me happy!!
I’m happy it’s the weekend and I’ve also been enjoying all of the nut butters this week!
Great weather’s making me happy 🙂
Post-work pool time with my baby girl!
I’m happy that I get to spend time with family and friends this weekend.
what’s making me happy this week is that i had a hair treatment done on tuesday so i’ve had fabulous hair for the last 3 days! #itsthelittlethings
I am happy to get rid of lots of “treasures” at my garage sale this week!!
I’m happy that I can train again for a half marathon I’m running in August, had to take two weeks off thanks to a shin splint!
I am happy for the sunshine!! Looking forward to some family walks this weekend!
I fractured my arm about 5 weeks ago, so I’ve been pretty limited on the exercise front. On Wednesday I got the OK from my Orthopedist to get back into the gym! I went to Crossfit (modified a lot) and have some lovely sore muscles 🙂
Finding out I was pregnant definitely made me happy this week 🙂
This was the first week of swimming lessons and watching how happy it made my 4 year old made me SO happy!
Summer and Farmers Market treats are making me happy.
Happy to be enjoying summer sunshine, sans the heat! For now, at least. 😉
It’s making me SO happy that my baby sister is traveling across the country to visit me in San Diego this week! Looking forward to a full week of sister workouts, hikes, fish tacos, and all the wine 🙂
Something that is making me happy is today is my last Friday of work before summer vacation!! I am a school psychologist at an elementary school and as much as I love the kiddos I am so ready for some relaxation 🙂
I’m happy to be seeing out of town family!
Making me happy this week is watching my little one toddle around. Also, I just taught her how to lick peanut butter off her finger #lifeskills
I’m happy that my husband is coming home from his business trip tomorrow!
I am loving all three of my kids doing swim team,so cute!
Great weather!
i’m loving the summer weather
Spending time outdoors with friends is making me happy!
It’s Friday! I am excited to spend fun filled weekend with friends!
I am loving the new barre3 online! New, killer workouts every week. It makes my barre3-addicted self so happy.
I’m Happy That I get to see my parents and watch my brother graduate this weekend.
so many things making me happy this week – husband coming home after a work trip, parents visiting, friends visiting!
I’m happy I got to go for a walk with a good friend and catch up- and the weather has been beautiful where I am this week!
pool date with my kiddos!!
I am so happy I had my hair done yesterday. xo Lauren
Something making me happy this week is the quality time I’ve been able to spend with my dear family. Priceless and fun.
It’s my mom’s birthday!! That’s definitely making me happy. I won’t get to see her until next month when I visit DC, but I’m taking Cravory cookies for her 😉 (they just came out with a chocolate birthday cake cookie that I can’t wait to try!!!)
I’m happy that I got the chance to visit San Antonio! Just got back this morning (had a conference there). Great city!
I’m back home in colorado visiting family this weekend, so that is making me VERY happy!
The sun and warm weather is making me happy! For so long recently, Denver weather couldn’t make up its mind but now it feels like summer!!!
Getting in some cool early morning runs as I taper before a half marathon next Saturday has made me and my border collies very happy.
I’m happy that I’ll get to see my man (he’s in the Air Force) on Wednesday after a long time apart. Also, I would be super happy to win nut butter… YUM!
Watching my kids laugh as they play at the water park and tell me, “this is the best day ever!”
Super excited to celebrate my daughter’s 3rd birthday this weekend 😀
I’m happy to be sitting in an airport w/ my daughter getting ready to board a flight to Italy!!! ??
My baby is turning a year old. That is what is making me happy this week. He is seriously the best!!
Yumm! I love nutbutters. Peanut Butter is making me happy this week 🙂 Liv is absolutely beautiful!
This weather and target for getting all of these amazing products!!
I am happy to be back home with my fiance (and my own bed) after 3 weeks of traveling for work!
I’m happy my aunt is visiting from Florida 🙂
I LOVE Wild friends!!! I first saw them on Shark Tank The chocolate coconut pb is the BEST!
The beautiful summer weather is making me HAPPY!!!!
My coworker brought in her foster puppy today and it made my week being able to cuddle and love up on him! I managed to only get a teeny bit of work done! Whoops! 🙂
Friday makes me happy this week! Haha sunshine and 90 degree weather tomorrow.
I am a teacher and school is out for the summer….that makes me happy! I’m loving spending time with my kiddos!