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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movie + the Bar

Hiiiii 🙂 How’s your day going? So excited you liked the almond milk truffle recipe. So glad round two wasn’t a total fail… in fact, most of them are gone. 🙂 Also, don’t forget to check in here with today’s workout to win an amazing prize pack from Sizzlefish! Yesterday, Livi and I had a…

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Dark Chocolate Almond Milk Truffles for Valentine’s Day

This post is sponsored by Blue Diamond Almond Breeze, my favorite almond milk. Just like many other holidays, it’s fun to look back at past Valentine’s Days and see how different they’ve all been: -with my middle school best girlfriends, when we all made brownie batter, ate it straight-up, and watched classic romance movies -my…

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Livi-isms

    [Pointing at a bush] “Oh, that looks like holly! Holly makes me JOLLY!”   Me: “My little noodle!” Liv: “I’m not a noodle. I’m a girl.”   Tom opens the door to the pantry, where Livi commonly hides, and finds her with the honey jar. It’s open, and she’s dipping her finger into…

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do you even know the squat track, bro?

The family that Menchie’s together, stays together. Yesssss. How’s the day going? We’re going to clean up around the house -I have suitcase/laundry explosion to deal with- and then head to see a movie. I love morning movie dates with my favorite little lady. 🙂 At spin last night, I ended up playing a more…

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Sedona Yoga Festival and adventures

Hi friends! How’s your day going? Hope you’re having a lovely afternoon! I taught BODYPUMP this am, took Livi to her gymnastics class, and we made a fun dessert together. 🙂 I’m still feeling pretty glorious after this weekend’s yoga adventures, and I thought I’d write a recap post with the sessions I attended at…

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