Let’s talk beauty products! There are so many out there and if you’re anything like me, it’s hard to tell which ones are good and which ones aren’t. I love trying new things and usually look to my friends & family for recommendations, especially when it comes to skincare. I get asked often about the make-up I use (especially my lipstick colors), so I thought I’d share some of my favorite Read More
Gifts for the Guys: A Holiday Gift Guide
It’s that time of year again! Time for holiday decorations, a fire in the fireplace, hot chocolate with marshmallows & peppermint sticks, excited little children trying to be on their best behavior, lots of precious family time & the dreaded gift buying (am I right?). Well, I actually LOVE the gift buying part of the holidays. I enjoy spending time trying to find the perfect gift for everyone. I love watching Read More
Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats
We woke up to our first cool morning of the season this morning in Southern California, which calls for a delicious bowl of warm oats. As most of you know, I recently purchased an Instant Pot and while I have definitely made a few things that we didn’t love (Brussels sprouts and hard boiled eggs), we have made a few things that we LOVE!! One of them being these Read More
Baked Pesto Chicken
It’s a Tuesday afternoon, I just got off a video conference call for work and I’m standing in front of my refrigerator wondering what I’m going to fix for dinner. How many of you have been there? {It’s okay to raise your hand!} I typically do a decent job of meal planning, however, I definitely have those weeks that I’m just not in the mood to plan ANYTHING! It Read More
Quick 10-Minute Core Workout
I’m so excited to introduce my first guest blog post by my good friend, Julia, with 37 FitCo! We became good friends many years ago, share a passion for fitness & are now both mothers of two young kiddos. Julia has competed in multiple fitness competitions and truly enjoys helping others achieve their fitness goals. She’s also a great friend and mother, and I’m thankful to have her in my Read More
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potatoes
I love using my slow cooker this time of year! As the weather gets cooler and our lives get busier with school activities, it’s so nice to throw something into a slow cooker and have a hot meal ready when you walk in the door after school & work. This week we experimented with a new recipe and it was a huge success! I’ll definitely be making this one again Read More
Back to School: Lunch Ideas Part 2
Let’s hear it for another round of school lunch ideas!! If you’re like me, I fall into routines when packing school lunches. So, now that the kiddos have been back in school for a week or so, I thought it would be the perfect time to put together another round of school lunch ideas. Once again I used the plastic bento containers that I found at Dollar General. These come Read More
Back to School: After School Snacks
If your kids are anything like mine, they come home from school every single day starving and looking for snacks as soon as they walk in the door. If I don’t have healthy, ready-to-eat snacks available for them to grab, they end up snacking on unhealthy food and ruining their dinner. I spent some time this past weekend putting some snacks together for my boys, and I’m excited to share Read More
Back to School: Lunch Ideas
As the littles are starting back to school, new routines are being formed and our mornings are becoming even more hectic. My youngest little guy moved from a daycare to preschool recently, and we were both excited that I was going to be packing him lunch along with big brother. Well, that excitement turned into even more rushing around in the mornings to prep two lunches rather than one. I Read More
Friday Five: My Top Nordstrom Sale Purchases
With the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale coming to an end this weekend 😢, I wanted to share my top five purchases from the sale. I think over the past few weeks I was in a Nordstrom store four times and shopped online close to ten times. A lot of those times were checking to see if out of stock items I wanted were back in stock, and I did get lucky Read More