Thanksgiving is one of my absolute favorite holidays. Covid really threw a curve ball at us last year and it was the first time ever that we didn’t get to eat together with my whole family. We tried to make the best of it, but at the time, there were no vaccines and my parents […] Read more…
How to Fight the Media Stigma on Postpartum Weight Loss
When I was going through pregnancy for the first time, I realized more then ever that there was so much buzz in the media praising celebrities for getting their “pre-pregnancy” bodies back. Without knowing what it was really like to give birth at the time, it was hard to resist grabbing every magazine off the […] Read more…
Halloween Weekend 2021
This Halloween weekend was packed with family time and spent mostly outside, enjoying the beautiful and cool weather here in Florida. Saturday It kicked off at the soccer fields for two very intense soccer games for the kids. They were later games which would typically be brutally hot, but it was perfect weather and made […] Read more…
Salty Sweet Roasted Pumpkin Seed Recipe
Every fall, after we hit up the Pumpkin Patch and carve our pumpkins, we always leave the seeds out so we can roast them up and make our favorite salty, sweet pumpkin seed recipe. Another perk of the fall pumpkin season! Tips For Making this Pumpkin Seed Recipe For the seeds, we carved three pumpkins […] Read more…
A Fall Florida Adventure the Whole Family Will Love
When the weather cools down here in Sunny Florida, the family fall Florida adventures begin. Some of my favorite childhood memories are of my brother and I taking trips to the local orange groves as a family down in South Florida. There was something special about the sweet smell of citrus in the air, rows […] Read more…
Unexpected 10 Year Anniversary Trip to Mexico
I knew I wanted to share the recap of our 10 Year Anniversary vacation to Puerto Vallarta on the blog, but I pictured this story being told a little differently. Our trip was supposed to be everything we could ever want in a vacation—a beach side, all-inclusive paradise, with a view we could look at […] Read more…