the GOATs
Hi friends! Happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend. It feels like spring here! It’s hilarious because last week it was snowing and this week we’re putting on sunscreen, but I’LL TAKE IT. If only it could stay like this forever, but before we know it, it will be a scorching oven so just making the most of it for now.
It was a fun-packed weekend over here. I took a barre3 class with a friend on Friday morning, and then we got smoothies at Nekter and watched the kids run around the courtyard and played hide and seek with them. Gymboree is having a huge sale, so I picked up some shoes for the girls and some outfits for baby August. I can’t believe he’ll be here in a little over a month!
When the Pilot got off work, we headed to the Funny Foot Farm to pet all of the animals.
We were greeted by the most enthusiastic rooster, who cockadoodled his face off the entire time we were there. Last time we were at the Funny Foot Farm was shortly before the Pilot left. It had been a while, and now they have the sweetest baby goats! It didn’t help our major goat fever. The only thing stopping us is our homeowner’s association. When we’re old and likely living somewhere else, chances are that we’ll be surrounded by goats.
We saw the pigs (who grunted at us excessively), the emus (which scared the bejeezus out of poor P), capybaras, tortoises, donkey, and porcupines. There’s something super fun about feeding a slice of sweet potato to a porcupine, I tell ya.
We saw all of the animals and walked to the car, laughing and recapping the adventures, and I felt so happy in that moment to have the family together again. It still doesn’t feel real that the Pilot is home and actually lives here now. When he leaves for work in the morning, I still have to convince P that he’ll be home in the afternoon. She still asks how many days until he’ll be home.
Dinner was courtesy of the Whole Foods hot bar. It’s one of our favorite casual dinner spots because they have something for everyone. 🙂
Saturday morning, the Pilot had to work, and the girls and I took off for ballet and a trip to Coscto. My nana met us there to watch the girls while I had an eye doctor appointment, and then we walked around and picked up some essentials. (+ we snacked on copious samples.) When we got home, the girls played outside most of the afternoon, during quiet time I caught a Peloton ride, and the Pilot and I had a date night.
We went to Flying V, which was one of our favorite spots when Kyle used to work there. Unfortunately, the food has gone wayyyy downhill. My salmon had some bizarre flavorless almost-raw beets and fennel on the side, the chips were stale, and my jalapeño prickly pear margarita looked gorgeous but tasted off. Even though the food was kind of disappointing, it didn’t really matter. We got to spend some time catching up and enjoying time with each other, and our babysitter put the kids to bed. That alone is a huge win.
Sunday morning, I took an early Orangetheory class, and then we went to the heritage conference to check out all of the old war planes.
Our first trip to the Heritage Conference:
And now:
(Wearing the infamous Leith dress)
We grabbed lunch at Zinburger, the Pilot took the girls to the park while I caught up on some work, and we had sushi roll bowls here at home.
Today, I have a pretty intense to-do list to crank through and I’m taking the day off from the gym.
This is random, but a friend mentioned going to a float tank here in Tucson and I’m totally intrigued. Has anyone tried it? Did you feel claustrophobic? Did you worry about drowning? I think it sounds SO peaceful, but am kind of nervous about trying it. (Apparently the salt content in the water makes you float, and it’s a dark room or little pod type thing, so you’re totally removed from sensory input. You’re supposed to feel like you’re floating through outer space and it can help with anxiety, depression, or pain. It sounds amazing and terrifying at the same time.)
I hope you have a happy Monday and I’ll see ya in the morning with a new workout!
xo
Gina
PS. Need a laugh? Just watch this. I was cracking up the entire time.
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**I really want to try one of the float tanks! It seems so cool but also scary like that feeling of falling that sometimes happens when you’re going to sleep, since it’s sensory deprivation. There’s a petting zoo near us that does March Baby Bottle Feeding Madness where you get to feed the baby goats and lambs with bottles. They are so cute and I love going, even if we are the only couple who isn’t there with kids! ???
*that margarita looks delicious, so disappointing it wasn’t! (8 months pregnant, and I miss margs so much!)*
**Cutest goats! Love it.
Glad the pilot is back home!**
**We love goats, too! Looks like you all had a great weekend:)
Go floating!!! I can’t recommend it enough! I did 7 floats this fall after a TBI (traumatic brain injury) kicked me off my mountain bike (and alcohol, and working full time, and sleeping, and not having headaches every second of every day…) for 3 months. The floats were life changing! It’s an experience I can only describe in words that might seem scary (you might hallucinate, you might have a crazy falling/dropping feeling, you might lose track of your own hands and feet) but it is absolutely NOT scary and so worth experiencing. Also, you seem pretty into fun and new experiences, and it is so unlike anything else that I think absolutely everyone should try it!
**The goats are adorable! I also would like to try floating!
I love baby goats!!! They always make me smile:) **
**Love the pic of P holding the baby goat! So cute!!
** I’ve heard mixed reviews on the float tanks. I’m with you – not sure if I could get past the claustraphobia! Your obsession w goats cracks me up!
** You’re the best!
** looks like a great time with the goats!
Love your sneakiness!**
We have a petting zoo here – where they also make fresh asadero. So good. Glad you’re getting lots of family time in! **
So fun! I find Ms. P looks so much like Kyle ( maybe its the eyes or smile!
Looks like a great weekend! **
That sounds like an awesome weekend! So happy to see your family all back together again! **
They need petting zoo in NY!! **
I’m from New England. I thought this post was going to be about Tom Brady 🙂 **
Love the goats! **
SAME
I love that your family loves goats! Glad your family is back together! **
*****Isn’t it always great when someone else does bedtime?! Lol
You recently said bedtime can feel like a 5k after a marathon and that so perfectly explained my feelings about it. It’s comforting to know I’m not the only one! ??
Looks like so much fun! *
Super cute goats along with the girls holding them!**
yooooo I would float so hard right now. i’m pregnant and the idea of being weightless in a quiet little zen fantasy is **
A float place and salt cave just opened in my town, I haven’t tried it yet but I’ve heard nothing but good things about it!**
***Goats!!! So cute!
**is there anything better than baby goats?! Maybe baby goats and a margarita!
Now I want a baby goat! **
** That pic of P and the baby goat is basically the cutest thing ever!
How was the Costco eye doctor? Was it legit or basically like what you would expect from a doctor inside a giant warehouse ***
**Sounds like an awesome weekend! I have a friend with goats and one just had 3 babies yesterday and I can’t wait to go visit
Looks like a fun weekend**
Oooooooh I love this **
*Looks like a great weekend all around! Bummer that date night food wasn’t stellar but love that someone else did bedtime!
**I’ve floated in a deprivation tank! It’s pretty cool and relaxing! The only thing that was a liiiiiitle distracting is I got salt water in my eyes towards the end ???*
**Goats are so much fun! My parents have had them since I was little and they are just like dogs and will follow you around.
**So jealous you got to pet capybaras!!!
Aren’t baby goats the cutest?? My son tried for years to convince us that we needed pet goats … he never succeeded LOL *
That margarita looks so good too bad it didn’t taste as good as it looks! I love the comparison pictures between Liv as a teeny tiny baby and your family now – how special!! **
**ooo Funny Foot Farm seems like another fun thing to add our Tucson Bucket List!
** I had never really understood why some people love goats until now. So stinking adorable!
**i love the samples. The sample ladies at my local grocery store know my name and I consider them my friends. We chat about lives, days, plans, and goals all while trying 95 different cheeses and wines. They’re good people.
**so glad the pilot is home!
**goats really are the best!!
*** I’ve always wanted to try the floating thing!! The thought of it makes me anxious for some reason, though (which is the opposite of what it’s supposed to do!???)!
Love the then and now photos!**
I love float tanks! I like to have the lights off and wear earplugs so it’s almost total sensory deprivation…trippy lol
** I love goats too! The baby one P is holding looks tiny! My sister got me a voucher for Christmas to go to a goat farm and we got to feed the goats milk and pat them and they showed us how they make cheese. They also make goat’s milk gelato there and we got to taste a few flavours and then bought some to take home. Love seeing all four of you together again! 🙂
My kids love goats! A farm near us has some that we see every fall when we go for the fall festival! **
*While I was reading this I couldn’t stop thinking, “I’m so happy their family is back together again!”. I’m so glad you guys are getting back to a normal routine with family time and date nights ??
**Looks like you had a wonderful weekend!! 🙂
Sounds like a fun weekend! All of those animals are soooo cute! **
**what a fun weekend!
**I’ve never tried a float tank but I have been intrigued as well!
** when i used to tan in the tanning bed (15 years ago before we knew how bad it was) I always thought it was so relaxing maybe the float tank is the same way?! It would be fun to try sometime!
The cutest goats!! Looks like a wonderful weekend **