Sharing a Spain packing list and all of the things I packed for our trip!

Hi friends! I hope you’re having a wonderful week so far. The kids and I are off to a base event, and I’m looking forward to a hot yoga class later today.

I’ll share a full recap of our amazing trip to Spain next week, but in the meantime, I wanted to share a packing list with some of the things I brought!

Spain summer packing list

Wear on the way there and back:

(I did a couple of loads of laundry while we were at the Airbnb)

Spanx Air essentials set. I’m always cold on planes and this keeps me warm, and is comfy enough to sleep in

Dresses:

My goal with travel dresses is to bring short ones I can wear with sneakers during the day, and just swap to dressy sandals for dinner at night. I also brought a couple of dinner-only dresses. I found that the vibe there was pretty casual and anything goes (besides athleisure. Don’t do it lol). Skirts, shorts, dresses, with sandals and sneakers all worked.

Daytime dresses:

This floral mini dress (so cute with the white Vejas)

High-neck traveler mini dress

A Maeve short sleeve collared mini shirt dress (OOS right now and I can’t find anything similar)

Hutch mini shirt dress (size down)

Rails striped dress

Ulla Johnson dress

Derek Lam flutter sleeve dress

An old Madewell short floral dress

Dinner dresses:

Farm Rio ocean tapestry dress. SO pretty, true to size, and on sale right now.

Embroidered Farm Rio dress. The details on this are exquisitive. It was a splurge, but I’ve worn it so many times already. This one is on sale right now, too!

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Sharing my top picks from the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale!

Hi friends! How are you? I hope you’re having an amazing morning so far! The girls and I are off on some adventures, and I’m going to get in a Sculpt Society workout this afternoon.

For today, let’s chat about the Nordstrom Sale! It totally snuck up on me this year. The past couple of years have kind of been blah, but when I perused the catalogue after we returned from our trip, I was actually excited about the sale. This is always a great opportunity to get new fall items at a discounted price, and I’ll use this sale to stock up on new fun finds and some essentials.

*I’ll update this post as new items are released and as items sell out, so pin it or save it to reference later!

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale top picks

Here’s when everyone has access to the sale:

Icons: July 9th

Ambassadors: July 10th

Influencers: July 11th

Public access: July 15- August 4

How to shop the Nordstrom sale:

My biggest tip for shopping the sale is to build your wish list early. Many of the best products sell out quickly! I’m an Influencer, so I’ll have stuff in my wish list ready to go when I have access to the sale, I can quickly add to cart.

What I purchase each year during the sale: new North Face jackets for the kids for the upcoming season, back-to-school shoes, bras, underwear, jeans, holiday gifts (like jewelry for stocking stuffers), and pajamas.

The sale can be super overwhelming, so I went through EVERYTHING to find the best of the best stuff to link in this post. Many of the items below are things I already own and love, and also some new finds that I’ll be adding to our cart! Just a friendly reminder that these are affiliate links that don’t impact purchase price, but enable me to earn a very small kickback that I use to keep this lil blog going. I know a lot of creators share Nordstrom sale links, so thank you thank you to those of you who choose to shop through mine.

Here are my top picks for this year!

For her:

The best pajamas

Cute and comfy joggers.

Great price on Bombas socks or go for the 6-pack.

Buying more of these no-show socks.

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Sharing the books I read in June and if they’re worth adding to your collection!

Hi friends! How are you? I hope you’re enjoying the morning so far. We are back from Spain, with happy and full hearts after such an amazing time. I’ll share a full recap soon!

For today’s post, I wanted to share a recap of June’s books. I had more time to read this month – 10 hours on a plane from Phx to London will do that to ya lol – and there were quite a few great ones (and one suprising flop). I’d love to hear what’s on your list and what you’re reading right now!

Here are the books from June!

June 2024 book recap

The Strands of Health: A Guide to Understanding Hair Mineral Analysis

This book offers an in-depth exploration of how hair mineral analysis can be used as a powerful tool for assessing and improving overall health. The book provides a comprehensive guide to understanding the significance of mineral imbalances, the impact of toxic metals on the body, and how this non-invasive testing method can uncover hidden health issues. By presenting detailed case studies and practical advice, Malter empowers readers to take control of their health through better understanding of their body’s mineral needs and the benefits of hair mineral analysis.

I found the info repetitive, but I liked that. It helped me to truly understand and retain the information and I feel like I’ll likely refer back to it many times. 9/10

From Amazon:

This new book by Rick Malter, Ph.D. is an introduction to understanding hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) and its role in preventing disease and maintaining optimal energy and health. This book relates nutrient minerals to chronic fatigue and other common health problems that are poorly understood by traditional medicine and psychiatry. Drawing on over 40 years of personal and professional experience with hair TMA, Dr. Malter explains how the mind and body are closely connected by the effects of stress and other life style factors on nutrient minerals. This is a comprehensive book that will help you to make sense out of the vast amount of health and nutrition information that often seems contradictory and confusing. If you take vitamins and minerals, this book is essential reading.

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Hi friends! How are you? Happy Friday to ya! What’s going on this weekend? We had the BEST time in Spain and are back in the states after 10 amazing days in one of our new favorite places. I’m working on some blog post recaps to share, but in the meantime, here are some pics!

It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves party! This is where I share some of my

I’m back to share some fitness tips for busy moms today. SO many of us are juggling work, kids, life, and it can feel overwhelming. You’re not alone.

Hi friends! How’s the week treating ya? I have 1:1 client calls all day today and am excited to meet up with a friend for a morning workout.

For today’s post, I wanted to put together a roundup of tips for my busy mom friends out there. I know that my mama friends have to think about so many things and juggle a variety of tasks throughout the week, and it can be hard for moms to focus on their own self-care, fitness goals, and staying fit.

In today’s post, I’m sharing some practical tips on how to make fitness a part of life despite busy schedules. Remember, even if you can just take 20 minutes out of your day, it will make a difference.

Fitness Tips For Busy Moms

Wake up early… if you can

For my friends out there who can be early birds, this is your time to shine. For all of my friends who are fellow night owls, this one may not work so well. This also may not work if your sleep quality is terrible, or you’re up frequently throughout the night feeding, changing diapers, or comforting from bad dreams. I’m a big believer that sleep ALWAYS wins. If you’re exhausted, take the time to rest and recover. If you try to power though a workout (particularly something like high intensity interval training), it’s only going to spike your cortisol, make you feel more stressed, and chances are that you won’t have a great workout, anyway.

And if you’re sleeping well throughout the night and enjoy making time for fitness in the am, set your alarm before the kids are awake. It can be pretty amazing to crush your workout early in the morning before the crew is up and get your heart rate up.

Break up your workouts

Don’t be afraid to split up your workouts into multiple time blocks throughout the day. Before I had kids, I had a mentality that if it wasn’t an hour long, full-body workout that left me sweating from my eyeballs, it didn’t count. Little bits of movement throughout the day absolutely add up. You could split your workout into 10-minute blocks: 10 minutes of strength training, 10 minutes of cardio, 10 minutes of core work and stretching for 30 minutes of total exercise time.

I share more ideas on how to do this in this post. It’s also important to note here that overall daily movement is HUGE and it’s a pretty active time of life when you’re chasing a crawling toddler around the house all day.

Stay flexible

Something that helped me dramatically in ALL aspects of child raising: drop your expectations. If you have high expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. I went into each walk with the stroller knowing it could either last an hour, or 5 minutes. I was mentally re