4.18 Friday Faves

April 18, 2025

Hi friends! Happy Friday! What’s going on this weekend? We’re meeting up with friends at Mt. Lemmon, P has a basketball game, and Sunday, we’re celebrating Easter and my brother Trevor’s 30th bday with the fam. The Pilot has been traveling a ton, so we’re looking forward to having him home for *most* of the…

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24 Days of Thanks

Thankful: 1.) For my husband, who makes me swoon and feel so very lucky every single day, 2.) the sweet baby growing in my belly, 3.) my family, 4.) my Bella and 5.) for friends. The ones who live all over the world, and still manage to make me feel like they’re close by, and…

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‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving

and all through the house not a Gina was cooking neither was her spouse.” What was supposed to be “cookstravaganza as soon as I get home from work” turned into “let’s watch Family Guy” instead. I may or may not have fallen asleep.   It’s a good thing I work better under pressure 😉 Work…

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The best kale chips

Mystery #1: Our lime/orange/grapefruit tree. When we first moved in, I was convinced that they were limes. Then they turned orange and are now splitting open. A fruit mystery, fo sho. Mystery #2: Our dehydrator is broken. You see, things go in… but they never come out. They just disappear. The most recent disappearing act:…

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I’m her favorite….

until the Pilot comes home. Or anyone else comes over. At least she makes me feel like her BFF for most of the day 😉 Bell has a little bit of cabin fever, hence the stink eye. I don’t teach on Tuesdays, so I almost always manage to get in a long walk with her,…

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34 weeks

and feeling sappy. 22 weeks:                                                                     28 weeks: 32 weeks:                                                                             34 weeks:       Is it just me, or has the belly gone through a major growth spurt in the past two weeks?! It’s also taking on the torpedo shape that I had predicted. I’m kinda goofy with the belly sometimes –I’ll rub it, make silly faces…

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