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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Something making me happy this week is that I am about to leave to go see Eliie Goulding with onw of my best friends, wohoo!
Happy that it’s the weekend!
I’m happy to have worked up to running nearly 30 minutes straight. It was a big accomplishment this week!
I’m happy about the angel food cake and fruit I plan to have for dessert. It sounds so yummy.
Something making me happy is the last minute train tickets my boyfriend got me to visit him this weekend! We’re doing a Philly-Boston romance, so spontaneous visits make me so happy!
We just moved back for the summer from Italy, and my in-laws are coming to visit after not seeing us and our son since November 🙂
It’s the last week of school! (I’m a teacher.) 🙂
It’s HOT! I’ll take it 🙂
I went to a megaformer class with my mom! So nice to spend time with her and we both really enjoyed our first megaformer experience- it was fun supporting each other through not being able to walk the next day haha
I’m so happy you are partnering with Wild Friends! I love your blog and their products! What a great combination!
Night swims after dinner
The farmer’s market opens for the season tomorrow!
My mom is in town this weekend!!!!
The humidity broke and we actually had nice days this week.
It’s finally Friday and my geo-separated husband (we are both Air Force…my hubby flew with yours at Moody actually) is flying to see me the weekend because my birthday is Sunday, and we are going to the zoo tomorrow! This all makes me a happy girl! 🙂
Hi Gina! Happy Friday!
You know what’s making me happy? Getting lots of sleep most nights this week. It doesn’t always happen, but I’ve enjoyed it. 🙂
I LOVE Wild Friends! Pick me!!
Something that makes me happy this week – kiddo’s upcoming 4th birthday!!! We’ve only ever done small/family gatherings for birthdays in the past, but this is our first year to have a REAL party, complete with bounce house, out-of-town visitors, kids’ friends, etc. I have twins so its a shared party, but I still think they will just LOVE it and eat up all the attention and love from everyone. It’s going to be an absolutely blast and I can’t wait!
Oh my goodness, those look amazing!
My 11 week old daughter finally smiling consistently when she sees me or my husband is making me happy, despite sleep deprivation… smiles are worth it!
We have nothing on the agenda and I’m finally cleaning/organizing the house after a crazy year so far!
I love the chocolate coconut peanut butter and have the cranberry sunflower seed butter in my pantry ready to be consumed 🙂
I’m happy to be spending my only day off this week with my dogs. Best company ever!
I’ve been loving going to the beach with my husband of 2 weeks! It’s so nice to relax after the stress of wedding planning!
I’m happy this Friday because we are planning a quick getaway for next weekend!
I’m pretty happy that it’s the weekend, and that my first week of summer classes is over 🙂
How old is liv? Is she starting kindergarten in the fall?!?
School’s out for summer and I love nut butter of any kind!
My students always make me happy! I teach kindergarten and it’s so sad to think we only have a week left!
So happy that it’s finally summer!
My 2 year old daughter’s dance recital rehearsal and pictures are this weekend. It makes me so happy to see how much fun she has at dance class.
Im happy that summer is here. Lazy days with my boys. Extra play time and waterpark days every week for the next 3ish months.
Summer weather! Beach trips, longer daylight hours, etc.
Moving into my new apartment 🙂
Finding out that my husband and I’s house will be finished in ONE month! 🙂 Woohoo!
My sweet little guy turns THREE on Sunday!
I’m happy that I’ve officially been cleared to start running again after having to take time off after a knee injury! I’ll be running at the beach this weekend 🙂
what’s been making me happy this week (in a bittersweet sort of way) is knowing ill get to see all my good friends tomorrow at lil goodbye party im having before i start driving to move to CA next week . these wild friends flavors sound amazing!
The fact that I have three days of work left till Summer vacation! I think I’m more excited than my students are ;P
Something making me happy is movie night with the kiddos!
What’s making me happy is the beautiful weather we’ve had this week and our new patio where we can sit outside to eat and spend time with friends.
I’m happy that one of my favorite shows returned this week with new episodes (and another starts again next week)!
The weather is making me happy!
something making me happy this week is the grand prix!
going to la for 4th of july is making me super happy!
I’m happy because my wedding is 3 months from today!
I’m happy that I have a wonderful family!!!
Happy about having our garden all planted!
Wine and dine date night last night with my hubby! Especially since I was planning to cook and got to treat myself!
i’m happy that the weather was so beautiful this week that i could get in some solid runs outside!
Warmer temps! Pool season has arrived!
that honey sunflower butter would make me happy! but what’s really making me happy is that today is 3 months out from my wedding 🙂 can’t wait!!