what I’ve been reading lately

May 5, 2025

Sharing a roundup of the books Iโ€™ve been reading lately and if I recommend adding them to your collection.ย  Hi friends! How was the weekend? We spent it in Phoenix for Livโ€™s dance competition. Her team did an amazing job, we enjoyed a family brunch, and I snuck away for a Lagree class – wins…

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Musical Cardio Playlist + solo spin sesh

Hi! Happy long weekend! Hope you fun plans ahead for the holiday. Weโ€™re grilling with friends and hopefully Iโ€™ll get to do a little paddleboarding adventure. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Iโ€™m also teaching spin again! When I taught last week, I was super nervous -it had been forever since my last class but decided to go in there…

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Welcome to the family

We have added to the amount of pets in our family, thanks to two lucky ping pong balls at a fair game. Livi has named them Tinkerbell and Goldilocks, and they live in her room in the swanked out aquarium the Pilot picked up for her. (โ€œWell they had this princess castle, and a Little…

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DIY brown sugar body scrub

Friends, we have a bit of a Sephora problem. While Iโ€™m pretty sure itโ€™s the basis behind all things Sephora, I go in for new mascara and well, you know how it goes. (photo source) I shared some of my latest beauty faves here, but (collective sigh of relief) failed to mention the hundreds of…

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Into the woods

Hi guys! Howโ€™s your week been? Iโ€™m so glad you liked the peach oatmeal recipe and the Choosing Raw post ๐Ÿ™‚ Itโ€™s been a little challenging to get back in the swing of things after our redeye roadtrip. Something exciting: my madre is here with us! Of course, Liv is in HEAVEN and weโ€™re having…

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The Choosing Raw Cookbook + Raw, Vegan, Blueberry Cheesecake

Oh friends, do I have an awesome book to tell you about. I was so excited about this one for a few reasons:  1) It was written by one of my dear friends, Gena Hamshaw from Choosing Raw (If you havenโ€™t heard of her blog before, please click here and enjoy) 2) I knew it…

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