4.3 Friday Faves

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Hi friends! Happy Easter weekend and also happy Passover to my friends who are celebrating. I hope you have a lovely weekend ahead! We’re hanging out at the pool – ours is still too cold so it’s nice to have a heated option!- meeting up with friends to watch the U of A game (GO CATS!) and spending Easter with the fam. We’re having Easter brunch at my dad’s and then my mom’s side of the family is coming over here to BBQ for dinner.

(pics from our fave blues and brews brunch at Loew’s this weekend! Dress is from Rent the Runway)

For now, I’m hanging out with my red light, avoiding the laundry pile, and thinking about a last-minute run for Easter supplies.

It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves roundup! This is where I share some of my favorite finds from the week and around the web. I always love hearing about your faves, too, so please shout out something you’re loving in the comments section below.

4.3 Friday Faves

Fashion, beauty, random:

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Smash Burger Tacos (Easy Viral TikTok Recipe)

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a hand picking up a smash burger taco

A Smash Burger Taco is the craziest food combo that was totally meant to be! Imagine a crispy, smashed and caramelized beef patty with melty cheese on a toasted tortilla topped with a killer burger sauce.

Ready in just 15 minutes, Smash Burger Tacos might be the easiest tacos you’ll ever make.

someone holding a smash burger taco over a plate loaded with crispy beef, shredded lettuce, melted cheese and a burger sauce

I’ve loved different Smashburgers for many years now and it all started with our curry Smashburger and now I don’t know which one I prefer! Try them both and let us know which one you prefer! They are so different but equally delicious!

Why You’ll Love These Smashburger Tacos

The best of burgers and tacos – You get everything you love about a smash burger…crispy, caramelized beef and melty cheese (we love our traditional smash burgers!) all wrapped up in a warm, toasty tortilla.

Crazy easy to make – No complicated steps here. Just smash, cook, flip, and top. Dinner is ready in about 15 minutes.

Crispy, cheesy, and full of flavor – The beef cooks right on the tortilla, creating those irresistible crispy edges while the cheese melts perfectly on top.

Minimal ingredients – Just a handful of simple ingredients come together to make something seriously crave-worthy.

Perfect for busy weeknights – Fast, filling, and family-approved—this is the kind of dinner everyone gets excited about.

Totally customizable – Add pickles, onions, tomatoes, or switch up the sauce to make them exactly how you like.

all the ingredients for a smash burger taco including cheddar cheese, flour tortillas, ground beef and shredded lettuce

Ingredients You’ll Need…

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Top posts and pages from 2025

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Sharing my top blog posts and pages of 2025.

Hi friends! How are you? How was the weekend? Ours was a good one. The kids had lots of friend time, P had a basketball game, I had an NCL meeting and taught a barre class.

For today’s post, I’m sharing a roundup of my top blog posts and pages from the past year. It’s always fun to go through analytics and see which posts perform well, and almost all of these are posts I created to try to give a ton of value, like a recipe, a how-to, full review, etc. I’m also interested to see how this changes in 2026 since everything in the blog world has changed with AI search. SEO doesn’t quite work like it used to, so I’ll just be here doing my thing and always appreciate any feedback or things you’d like to see here!

Here’s the full roundup!

Top posts and pages of 2025

1. The blog homepage

This one means the most to me because it means that a majority of readers are my internet besties who click directly to the blog without finding it through Google. I love hanging out with all of you each day and it means that world to me that you check in to see what’s going on. <3

2. Healthy Homemade Dog Food

Maisey’s dog food recipe! I loved putting this post together because she LOVES this dog food so.much, and so many people have let me know that their pups love it, too! I make a huge batch every two weeks or so and freeze it in blocks. We introduced Lola to it and she goes absolutely WILD.

Healthy homemade dog food recipe

3. Homemade gelatin gummies for gut health

This is a recipe that the kids ask to make all the time; they love it and it’s such a good way to get in some gut-nourishing ingredients.

4. Homemade protein ice cream

This protein ice cream is so good if you want a sweet treat with a lil protein in there!

5. Easy enchiladas with rotisserie chicken

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looking back on 2025 and my goals for 2026

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Looking back on the year and sharing some of the things I’ll be working on in 2026.

Hi friends! How are you? I hope that you’re having an amazing week so far. The kids are back in school, Liv’s 14th birthday is this week (HOW?!), and I’m just now starting to get my life together. I was feeling so productive until we hit winter break, and I’ve been very slowly getting back into things.

I’m looking forward to finding a routine again, for some fun things coming up, and cautiously optimistic about the New Year.

Some personal highlights from 2025:

– We went to Disneyland to celebrate Liv’s birthday

– Beefsteak with friends

– The Pilot retired from the Air Force

– We celebrated Wyatt’s Bar Mitzvah

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11.21 Friday Faves

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Hi friends! Happy Friday and happy Wicked day!! Are you going? Did you already go?? The girls and I are going the second they get out of school and I can’t.even.wait. (I’m a little bit more excited than they are, but they’re good sports and they know they get movie lunch and dessert out of the deal.)

In other news, P went back to school today. I’ll share more in an upcoming post (and will probably blab all about it over on Substack in the meantime), but it’s the end of a homeschool era. It was never meant to be a permanent thing unless it needed to be, and she was ready to go back to her friends and teachers. I’m happy for her, cautiously optimistic, and kind of a secret mess emotionally. I know I’ll be crying on and off most of the morning with complex emotions, and will probably cry more at Wicked so there ya go.

For now, it’s time for the weekly Friday Faves party. This is where I share some of my favorite finds from the week and around the web. I always love to hear about your faves, too, so please shout out something you’re loving in the comments section below.

11.21 Friday Faves

Fashion + beauty + random:

Some LA pics! I had the best time with business besties last week masterminding and learning from Jill.

Walking to dinner in the rain:

Dinner outfit:

(dress is from Rent the Runway <— this link gets you 50% off your first month which is perfect timing with the holidays and winter travel! I’ve been using it for years and it keeps me from shopping so much)

This ornament!!!

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