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Cucumber Mint Martini

What to do on a rainy day weekend after Lydia's bedtime? Experiment with leftover ingredients and martini recipes! I...
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Pineapple Saketini

This summer, we went to a fancy sushi spot for my birthday, and I had the most delicious pineapple...
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Blueberry Moscow Mule Recipe

I'm starting to dream of warm temperatures and fruity drinks, so this Blueberry Moscow Mule Recipe was the perfect grown up fruity drink recipe.  Super easy to make, and somehow…..tastes even more amazing when drank out of a copper mug! Blueberry Moscow Mule Recipe This is so easy to...

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Sparkling Citrus Sangria

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Dr Pepper Snapple Group for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. It's Mommy Juice time again, and this sparkling citrus sangria disappeared quickly during taste testing! Mommy Juice is quickly becoming my favorite series.  Easy, tasty drinks you...

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Makeup Tutorial: 5 minute face

This 5 Minute Face shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #WalgreensBeauty #CollectiveBiasDisclaimer, this makeup tutorial comes from real life experience with poor nap time management……..  How Lydia's morning nap normally looks (in my mind): She's asleep. Nope, she's not....

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Imperfection

I've been meaning to sit down and write this post for awhile now….but wasn't sure where to begin.  If you follow me on Instagram, or have seen pictures of our darling daughter…..you may already know where this post is going. When Lydia was born, she had what appeared to...

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Maternity Pictures

I know, I know……I held this second set of maternity pictures back forEVER.  Mostly because I wanted to wait until around the time the baby was due…..so that I had something fun to share with y'all.  Remember our first set of maternity pictures?  We had a blast running around...

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Sometimes the Bunny needs a little help......⠀#W Sometimes the Bunny needs a little help......⠀#WBPromotion⠀⠀It’s easy to forget about making donations year round. At least, it is for us. We’ve decided to try to do a couple of different donations throughout the year (Easter Baskets in the Spring, School Supplies at thr End of Summer, and Toys during the Winter Holidays).⠀⠀I really like the idea of putting together tangible items that Lydia recognizes and relates to...this is a lot easier for her to understand than⠀a digital or monetary donation.⠀⠀We had a lot of fun arranging this basket we put together to donate to the Ronald McDonald House at our local children’s hospital.⠀⠀We brainstormed a theme (clearly Batman was on the brain), ordered everything on Amazon (thank goodness for Prime Shipping), and put⠀this basket together.⠀⠀I thought it would be fun to chat here in the comments.....about places we can all donate toys year round.⠀⠀Where have you donated? Do you work at an organization that accepts toys? Shout out where and any details.⠀⠀I can tell you, when I was teaching.....our nurse took donations to distribute to families in need. So did the children’s support services DCFS programs that supported our area.⠀⠀Now, let’s give the Bunny a little help this year!⠀⠀#BatmanEasterBasket #Amazon #DC #Batman #FoundItOnAmazon⠀@Batman @dcofficial @amazon
Have you ever attended a luau? This was the first Have you ever attended a luau?This was the first I’ve EVER attended (fun fact, when we came to Aulani 5 years ago we were supposed to and it was rained out). The night before on this trip, we had some storms and I thought….oh no, round 2? But……the Hawaiian sun did it’s job and the weather for this was PERFECT. To be honest, this was not cheap.  I was a little apprehensive about whether I would feel it was worth the money but…..WOW was it ever.  The food was amazing, there were really fun activities for kids at the beginning and the cultural performances were phenomenal.  All three of us (including not wanting to spend even more $$$ vacation Robbie) left raving about the experience. Aulani wins for us so far on this trip that I’m so glad I booked in advance (highly suggest doing this as far out from your trip dates as you can)- the luau (try night 2 or 3 of your trip so you’ve had time to adjust to the time change)- Aunty’s Beach House (this is still at limited capacity so you DO need to book in advance, I booked a session for days 2, day 3, and day 4 and we’ve enjoyed having a bit of time each day)- character dining and prix fix dinner at Makahiki (we are one big meal each vacation day people, so DON’T book these the same day, I’d do character breakfast early on your first full day….you’ll wake up early with the time change and the dinner on whichever night you AREN’T doing the luau)Already dreaming of booking another trip here.
🌴🌺Postcards from Aulani: the Food and Charac 🌴🌺Postcards from Aulani: the Food and Characters are the Best🌺🌴(if you could only pick one of these treats, what would it be?!?)🌺 Mickey Masubi from the Ulu Cafe🌴minnie red velvet waffles (character breakfast at Makahiki)🌺 aulani special from the coffee cart (available each morning until 10:30 am)🌴olu rice crispy treat from the Ulu CafeFav meals so far (ha) were both at Makahiki.  We LOVED the character breakfast (so many unique local food offerings) and the Disney Team treated us to the prix fix dinner our first night here….I can’t even begin to explain what a lovely experience it was.  Killer cocktails, a GREAT kids’ menu and I had the best Ahi of my life.Now swipe all the way to end for an appearance from Vacation Robbie.  We love to see it.And place your votes…..pick ONE treat.
Five years ago. This exact place. Robbie had jus Five years ago.  This exact place.  Robbie had just finished two years of grad school.  And it had been a long, tough two years.  That year involved one major teacher strike in my district, many many many jobs and gigs for both of us, minimal time off together, a whole lot of unknowns and a whole lot of stress.The Disney and Aulani team probably had no idea that they were giving us the gift of much needed peaceful time together when they invited us on a trip to this magical place.  A trip that….to be honest, was beyond our means at the time.  We cherished every moment. A lot has happened since then.  A move, buying a house, seeing those years of hard work pay off.  And now….we did it.  We’re back.  Lazy river here we come. TLDR? If you’re in the thick of it, I see you.  We’ve been there. Family, Welcome Home……we did it.  Aulani for the week.
Now, if I’m being totally honest…..this pulled Now, if I’m being totally honest…..this pulled muscle? I should have known better.  When training for my race, I didn’t stretch or warm up enough most days and….here we are.Lesson learned.  I’m 4 weeks post race (do not recommend running a 10k on a pulled muscle) and I’m……almost better.  I’m learning to stretch and walk and to take better care of myself so that I can start running again REALLY soon (we’re almost there I think).For now? I’m doing recovery walks and trying to strengthen my leg.  And trying to make sure I get enough protein.  When I talked about Built Bars on my stories, a LOTTTTT of you raced about their Puffs.  Yup, I get it.  They’re AMAZING.  I’ve been bringing them along on my walks (and gluten free friends….they have some great options for us).Have you ever pulled a muscle? What was recovery like for you?#youGOTTAtrythis #BUILTProtein #BUILT #BUILTbar partner
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