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 Motherโ€™s Day. I also wanted to recognize here that I know Motherโ€™s Day can be hard and sad for various reasons; please know Iโ€™m holding you…

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Is Zumba dead?

Hi friends! Howโ€™s your evening going? Tuesday nights are a little treat because I donโ€™t teach; itโ€™s just a fun evening to hang out with the fam. We went to take Bell and Caro to the dog park, but we couldnโ€™t find Bellaโ€™s harness ANYWHERE. After searching high and low, the Pilot and Liv set…

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Kettlebell Circuit Workout

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the day going? Hope your morning has been lovely so far. <3 Iโ€™m a little later posting today -did get some Livi-isms up on the Family page- because I had an appointment and hit up the gym for an easy run. Now it’s time for a workout post–a kettlebell circuit workout! But…

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Livi-isms

  โ€œI love you more than lollipops and marshmallows.”   Me: โ€œYou can be anything you want to be when you grow up.” Liv: โ€œI want to be a doctor. No, a robot.”   โ€œLetโ€™s go shoot some ladders!” (= play Chutes and Ladders. I think she thinks chute is โ€œshoot,โ€ because play basketball fairly…

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Luscious grain-free lemon cake

Hiiii. Howโ€™s your Monday going? Weโ€™ve had a lovely morning. Still tons of rain, a sweaty BODYPUMP class, and Liviโ€™s gymnastics class, which is one of my favorite things ever.  So, there are a few customs I wish the US would adopt. #1: the siesta. WHY CANโ€™T WE HAVE A NATIONAL SIESTA? My family is…

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the not-so-cold front

Hi friends How was your weekend? Ours was gloriously relaxing. It was sunny on Friday,  but Saturday and Sunday were cozy rain days. Similar to Tucson, everyone tends to hibernate here what it rains… except for the snails. Our old jalapeรฑo plant is Snailpalooza 2015. We embraced the 54* cold front (my bro Kyle, who…

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