2025 Mother’s Day Gift Guide

April 29, 2025

Sharing some gift ideas for all of the ladies in your life! Moms, grandmas, nanas, friends, mom figures, new moms, whoever you want to shower with something special this Mother’s Day. I also wanted to recognize here that I know Mother’s Day can be hard and sad for various reasons; please know I’m holding you…

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Friday Faves

 Hi friends! HAPPY FRIDAY! What are you up to this weekend? We have some fun events ahead of us: a date night, friends’ housewarming party, and a potential 5k. I say “potential” because the time springs forward this weekend, and getting out of the house early has never been my strongest suit, so we shall…

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La Jolla holiday

Hi friends! How’s the day going? Thank you so much for all of the sweet words of encouragement on my latest training endeavor. Our course starts in two weeks, and I can’t wait! I’m excited to post some yoga YouTube workouts in the future, too. <3 The Pilot was off work today, so after breakfast…

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Triple Threat Tabata Workout

(and some fun news!)  Hi friends! How’s the morning going? I LOVED reading your comments on the “Is Zumba dead?” post and the things that almost screwed up my fitness life. I’m so excited to try out some new dance cardio classes, like Werq, and I’ve been meaning to give Jazzercise a whirl forever. Also,…

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Lactation cookies for new mamas

When a friend or family member has a newborn baby, I’m always excited to stop by and take them a meal or some snacks and goodies. Some of my favorite baby meals are here, and here are two items that usually make an appearance: Mother’s Milk tea and lactation cookies. When Liv was first born,…

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5 things that almost screwed up my fitness life

(the title of this post is a little dramatic, but so am I, so there ya go. haha) Today, I thought it would be fun to talk about things that stood in my way when I was first getting started on a healthy lifestyle. There was a lot of information out there, and I was intimated,…

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