Happy Monday friends! How was the weekend? We had a low key night at home on Friday and a really lazy Saturday morning before heading out to explore tide pools in the late afternoon! Sometimes we feel the need to rush out and do something fun ALL day long on Saturdays but lazy mornings at…
Inspired By: Mom of Boys Sara Wells {Our Best Bites}
I’m really excited to start a new monthly feature on the blog this year–Inspired By–where you get to meet some of my favorite, inspiring mamas of boys! I always feel an instant connection to moms with boys, like, we just get each other. And I love talking to them, picking their brains. Feeling like we…
Bai Pineapple Cream Smoothie
We are obsessed with Bai Bubbles drinks. OBSESSED. And our Costco just started carrying them sooooo oh, happy day! We grabbed two cases! Favorite flavors we’ve tried are the Waikiki Coconut, Peru Pineapple and Blood Orange. Go get some guys. They’re the perfect refreshing, bubbly pick me up and only 5 calories in a…
Classroom Valentine Cards with Minted
This might come as a big shocker, but no, we aren’t doing Star Wars themed classroom Valentine cards this year! Can you believe it? We live and breathe Star Wars at our house but I convinced the boys to go another route with their Valentine cards. They still got to pick their cards out…
Creamy Turkey Tomato & Spinach Pasta
This weekend was all about the carbs. And sugar. And the beach! It was a good one. We threw this Creamy Tomato Turkey & Spinach Pasta on Friday night and we were all surprised by how tasty it was. Good news is, this cheesy, carb loaded dish is actually pretty healthy…
White Chocolate Conversation Heart Bark
I just started reading The 5 Love Languages of Children and it’s been eye opening! We always talk about love languages in relation to our significant other, but what about our kids?! I tell you, this parenting game is a hard one. One thing I worry about the most is making sure each of my boys…
Easy Kodiak Cakes Banana Muffins
We switched up our morning breakfast routine– KODIAK PANCAKES every single morning–and made these Kodiak Cakes Banana Muffins!! We just started buying the Protein Packed FlapJack & Waffle Mix at Costco a few months ago (i know, soooo late to the party) and my boys seriously eat them at least 4 days out of the week! Now…
Busy Mom Lunch | Sausage and Pepper Quinoa Lunch Bowls
You guys. For the first time ever last week, I did a little lunch-time meal prep at the beginning of the week. Whyyyyy have I never done that before? Because most days lunch time rolls around and instead of taking the time to fix myself a decent lunch I just grab a handful of crackers…
Peanut Butter & Honey Overnight Oats with Bananas, Blueberries & Granola
Overnight oats? Do you guys love them or hate them? I go through phases where I want to eat them ever single morning, do it for a couple of weeks, and then take month or two break from them. Lol. But really, my food obsessions are cyclicle.
Work Hard. Be Nice. Choose Happy!
We decided we wanted to have a motto for our family this year! I guess most people choose a word for the year, but we’ve chosen a phrase. We’ve been thinking about it for several days and finally nailed it down. I ordered this “Work Hard & Be Nice” print from Minted for my office (or…
Slow Cooker Curry Quinoa Turkey Bowls
Happy happy 2016!! I’m declaring today the start of my new year…because, holy cow I ate so much CRAP over the weekend! It was like the partying + good food + eating out just carried on. It was too hard to start on Friday. Ya feel me?
Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Chip Toffee Cookies
I saved the best for last! Cookies! My last post on the last day of the year. Can you even believe it? Where has the year gone?