| sweater| jeans | sneakers | My birthday is next week (Aries baby!) and I think it's always fun to put together a wishlist. While I'm not a big birthday person, I don't mind a nice gift from the husband ;) Here is what I'm eyeing! xx, A … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2022
Skincare Fact or Fiction: 5 Things I Learned from My Esthetician
My current line up If you’ve followed along for awhile you know that I love learning about skincare products and trying new things all in the pursuit of healthy, glowing skin. Before we moved to the Eastside, I was going to Sapien Skin (now located in South Lake Union in a gorgeous new space) at the recommendation of Pinky at Skin Spirit. I can’t totally remember why she referred me to … [Read more...]
Happy Hour
I'm surprising my daughter with a mother daughter trip to Seattle for her 16th birthday. We are spending the first day in Seattle, then doing a day trip to the Forks...then up for anything. Do you lovely ladies have any must see ideas in the Seattle-ish area (that are also acceptable for a 16 year old girl) Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated! What a fun trip! Here are some … [Read more...]
How to Simplify Cooking for Your Family + Easy Weeknight Meals
I was talking with my husband a few weeks ago about how I was feeling burned out of meal planning, prepping, etc. While I do like to go to the grocery store, it started to feel like a daunting task to come up with a new recipes and execute them on a weekly basis especially now very mobile 9 month old. He shared how when he was growing up his mom made dinner every night, but she made very … [Read more...]
Building Your Spring Wardrobe: 10 Essential Must Haves
Blazers or cardigans for layering are essential | mules (similar) Slides | Mules |White Jeans | Casual Jeans | Hat | Lightweight long sleeve | Basic Short sleeve in multiple colors | Lightweight jacket | Half Zip | Cardigan | White sneakers // More feminine option … [Read more...]
Happy Hour
How do you portion control? If my husband cooks I can't stop and I go back for seconds/thirds. I wrote a post a while back about mindful/intuitive eating that might be helpful. If you were my client I would look over your food records and see if you've eaten enough earlier in the day. If you've skimped calorically or did not have adequate protein and fat, you're likely going into your dinner … [Read more...]
5 Things I Do With Kinsley Everyday
Let me just start off by saying that everything on this list does not always happen every single day and I'm far from the perfect parent. Some days we nail it and check off all the boxes and some day we aren’t even close. Nonetheless, the following 5 activities are things I feel are really important for us and I make a big effort to incorporate them into our days. Eat TogetherKinsley is … [Read more...]
Spring Break Style: The Swim Edit
Spring Break and warm weather are on the way and I find myself shopping for mama-approved bathing suits on all my favorite sites. No one needs anything too cheeky or skimpy.. at least not this guy. If you have the bod, rock it and I’m jealous. But you’ll find me in the one piece or modest two piece with full butt coverageeeeee ugh lol. Here are my current faves. xx, Heather … [Read more...]
Happy Hour
If you were to have your wedding today, what would you do the same and what, if anything, would you change?! Beginning planning and need all the advice. Heather: I’m not sure I’d change anything about my wedding! My husband and I got married in the summer down in Newport Beach (close to where I’m from) and it was less than 125 people. Maybe I would have had a band.. that is one thing that my … [Read more...]
My Go-To Protein Rich Snack Combos
half-zip | vest | leggings | shoes | sunnies Lately, I've been noticing that I am mindless snacking between meals. I'm reaching for easy and palatable things like pretzels, crackers, granola bars, the kids' leftovers (we all do it!) etc. that really don't nourish or satisfy me. So guess what happens...I end up eating even more! I'm home a lot during the day with Kins and realize when I'm … [Read more...]
