Sharing a recap of Disney cruise #7! Disney Fantasy to Nassau and Lookout Cay. Check out all of my top Disney Cruise tips in this post.

Hi friends! Happy Monday! How are you? I hope you’re having a wonderful start to the week. The kids are off for spring break (bless it) and we’re looking forward to planting all the things – the weather has been gorgeous – in addition to pool time with friends. We wanted to take a big trip but P said she was, “traveled out” (does such a thing exist?!) but after giving her some days to chill, we’ll probably go to San Diego for a night or two.

Today, I wanted to share a recap of our latest Disney Cruise. It was lucky #7 and it was an amaaaazing one. I never thought I’d be a *cruise person* but here we are. I LOVE IT. It’s a great opportunity to see parts of the world with your kiddos without having to schlep your stuff to multiple hotels. You have the same hub each night, with entertainment, food, and lovely acommodations on board. Disney cruises are a huge part of the reason why we’ve taken our kids to such amazing places since they were little, including Italy,  France, Greece, Bahamas a few times, Mexico, and Alaska, in addition to Disney’s islands at Castaway Cay and Lookout Cay.

This cruise was a short one, and it was the perfect length to sneak in on their Rodeo Break.

Disney Fantasy Cruise Nassau and Lookout Cay

Embarkation day:

We traveled out of Port Canaveral, which was a pretty easy flight. We had a pretty early port arrival time, so we got on the ship and immediately went up to the pool for buffet lunch and swimming. The pool isn’t busy during this time, so the kids can ride the water slide a bunch of times while we enjoy a drink of the day.

We did the muster drill, the Sail a Wave party, and then enjoyed exploring the ship until dinner.

TBH dinner the first night… was bad. Usually the meals are pr

Hi friends! Happy Friday! How was the week? Ours… sucked the life out of me lol. I’m so glad it’s the weekend! The Pilot has been traveling a lot, so I was doing to solo parenting thing and Liv had her Junior High show, plus P’s basketball and their insane amount of homework.

Flowers for Liv:

Our weekly stop at Chilln for nitrogen ice cream:

(my go-to is Nutella almond milk ice cream with Reese’s)

Now, it’s spring break, we’re chillin’ and I’m so glad! We were planning on leaving for a big trip this morning but decided to wait. (We were going to non-rev and flights to Paris were wide open.) The kids are pretty burned out and tired – P said, “Can we please stay home?”- so we’re giving them some extra time to relax. We might head up to Sedona for a couple of days but other than that, we’ll just be hanging out here at home, meeting up with friends, and going to the pool.

I’d love to hear what you have going on!

3.14 Friday Faves

Fashion, beauty, random:

Jeans from Ruti! They sent me a pair of their Palazzo pants to try and they fit so well (I’m in a size 4 petite) and the fabric is a dream. They’re definitely on the splurge-y side, but I can totally see the hype. I need to figure out how to style them (I’ll prob just wear with a tank and Sambas) but here is the link!

Ordered a couple of new things from Vuori inc

Sharing a quick, easy and super delicious ceviche recipe where you actually cook the shrimp but preserve the perfect texture. This recipe is ideal for an spring or summer BBQs or dinner parties!

Hi friends! How are you? I hope your week is off to an amazing start. I’m still working on my Disney cruise recap post – should be up Wednesday! – but for today, I wanted to share a DELICIOUS healthy appetizer recipe: ceviche!!

Ceviche is a classic and especially good during the summer. It wasn’t something I make often at home, but my friend Kathryn brought it over last summer and we all devoured it. It was fresh, beautifully flavored, and so so delicious. When we had family dinner last night, I knew it would make a perfect appetizer.

Here’s the deal, though: “cooking” the shrimp in lime juice freaks me out. I know it’s the common method for making ceviche, but I know too much about parasites lol.

Yes, the acid from the limes can turn the color of the shrimp opaque so that they appear to be cooked. It kills a little bit of the bacteria, but not all of it. (You can download my free parasite cleansing guide here!) I don’t eat a ton of raw fish anymore, and while I definitely wanted ceviche, I wanted HEAT to kill the bacteria so I could stuff my face and not worry about any creepy crawlers.

So I did what any girl would do: called my brother the chef and asked him if I could saute the shrimp first.

He legit laughed at me and informed me that it would be a rubbery disaster.

“Blanch it. Just for like a minute and then put it in an ice bath.”

“Ok, so just put it in boiling water for a minute?”

“Yes but add stuff to it so it actually tastes good. Make a blanching liquid with peppercorns, lots of salt, flavor it up.”

So that’s what I did! It turned out AMAZING and I’m pumped to share the recipe with you!!

The best ceviche recipe (with cooked shrimp!)

Ingredients:

Blanching liquid: water, salt, peppercorns

Raw deveined shrimp (I get ours from ButcherBox)

3 large avocadoes

The juice of 6-8 limes (about 1 cup of lime juice)

1 1/2 large English cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and diced

1 red onion, diced

3 large tomatoes, seeded and diced

2 jalapeño, seeded and diced

1 buch of cilantro, diced

Garlic powder, salt, pepper, sriracha, and Worcestershire sauce (the secret ingredient!!!)

Worth mentioning here that I chopped almost everything with this contraption and also cut the heck out of two of my fingers. It says, “don’t touch the blades” and this means even while you’re washing it, even if they don’t *seem* sharp. Don’t do it.

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Hi friends! Happy Friday! How was the week? Ours was a good one. We came back from the cruise and both kids had stomach bugs (the worst! Also this is the first time this has happened following a cruise), so a pretty low-key start to the week. I’m working on my cruise recap now and will post it early next week!

Take me baaaaack to the land of no chores, beach time, nightly shows, and gluten-free Mickey waffles.

What are you up to this weekend? P has a basketball tournament, we have a couple of NCL events, and the family is coming over for dinner. I hope you have a wonderful weekend ahead!

3.6 Friday Faves

Fashion, beauty, random:

Loving this lip pencil. It gives the perfect little pop of color and is hydrating instead of drying. I’ve been wearing the Kiln shade.

This Farm Rio dress! The kids said I looked like the abuela from Encanto which I took as a huge compliment.

Latest Vivrelle! Obsessed with this Chanel bag. Everything they send is in perfect condition. If you want to try it out, you can use GINAHARNEY here for your first month free. You have to apply – it takes like 30 seconds – and then when you’re approved, you get access to their huge closet of luxury handbags and jewelry. It’s so much fun to try something new each month.

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Sharing a lil recap of what we’ve been up to lately.

Hi friends! How are you? I hope that you’re having an amazing week so far! We’re back from Disney cruise #7 – I’ll share a recap this week – and getting back into the routine. We came back and it feels like summer – it was 91 degrees yesterday! Ready for POOL TIME and for school to be over lol.

For today’s post, I wanted to share some of the adventures and faves from lately! It’s been a packed few weeks around here.

Our friends the Kleigers came into town for Beefsteak, which is one of our favorite events of the year. The Pilot is part of the organization that produces the event, and it’s an epic party with amazing food, auctions, raffles, cocktails, dancing, this year they had a full casino, and the proceeds support veterans and military families.

I was lucky to have an entire morning with Betsy before the event:

we hiked Tumamoc hill,

(I hadn’t done this one in so long and remembered how much I love it. The views are incredible)

grabbed coffees at the Mercado,

then headed to La Encantada for blowouts at Drybar.

Our babysitter met us at a nearby hotel and stayed with the girls and one of P’s besties. They swam, ate dinner, and watched movies while we were at the event.

Some pics from the fun:

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