Spain packing list

May 14, 2025

Sharing some of the things Iโ€™ve packed for our Spain trip and Europe adventures this summer. Hi friends! How are you? I hope youโ€™re having an amazing day so far. Cue the Mariah Carey *itโ€™s tiiiiiiiiiiime* because weโ€™re escaping the scorching Tucson oven before it begins and are off on some adventures. (To be honest,…

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Family: Weeks 21-23

ย 2nd pregnancy updates so far: Weeks 5-9 Weeks 10-13 Weeks 13-15 Weeks 15-17 Weeks 17-19 Weeks 19-21 ย  Now, weโ€™re at 23 weeks! Itโ€™s hard to believe that next week Iโ€™ll be 6 months pregnant.ย  Random thoughts and things that I noticed: Baby punches me when itโ€™s time to eat. If itโ€™s been a while…

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My summer bucket list

Last year, I shared my summer bucket list and thought Iโ€™d create another one for this year. There are so many fun outdoor and summer events here in SD, and Iโ€™m looking forward to time outside with the fam and pups, enjoying the beach as much as possible, and reveling in the season of sand castles,…

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West Maui Eats

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the morning going? Hope youโ€™re having a great day. In the spirit of reviving Indian Food Wednesday, Iโ€™m making channa masala, veggies, gf naan and basmati rice for dinner tonight. Itโ€™s nice to have some kitchen motivation since Iโ€™ve been feeling blah about food since our vacation. Everything we had in Maui…

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Would you eat cricket flour?

[+ other unique protein sources] Heyyyy. Howโ€™s your day going? Iโ€™m slowly crawling out from the black hole of tiredness that a red-eye flight will do to you. We all slept about 3 hours on the first flight, and then got home from the airport, ate breakfast, then Liv and I took a nice, long…

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Livi-isms

  Livi: โ€œIโ€™m going to be a doctor.” Me: โ€œWhat kind of doctor would you like to be?” Livi: โ€œA brain doctor. Then Iโ€™m going to give you a shot.”    โ€œI would NEVER, ever, in the whole wide world. I would never kiss a frog!”   โ€œMom, listen to me. Wait, listen. I said…

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