Hi friends! I hope that you all had a fabulous weekend. Not surprisingly, I must say that 3-day weekends are pretty sweet! There seemed to be 3 themes to my last 3 days: ... [Read More]

Sharing my passion for living a healthy & happy life

Looking for things to do with kids in Palm Springs? I’ve got you covered with a list that features some of my favorite things! Palm Springs is known for being many things: Desert chic. A historic celebrity enclave. A mecca of Mid-century architecture. Funky, artsy and a little bit out there. It’s all of those… [Continue Reading]
Planning a family trip to Death Valley National Park? Here’s a great 2-day itinerary full of ideas of what to see in Death Valley with kids! A couple of months back, my family and I hit the road from Southern California for a trip to Death Valley National Park and Las Vegas. We hiked at… [Continue Reading]
Planning a trip to Hawaii? Check out this awesome one-week family-friendly travel itinerary on the Big Island – one of Hawaii’s amazing islands full of beautiful places to explore! A few months ago, my family and I enjoyed nine days on the Big Island. We’ve visited Kauai and Honolulu before, so it marked our third… [Continue Reading]
Heading out on a family road trip and looking to set it up for success? Today I’m sharing 5 tips for road tripping with kids! I’ve included some of my favorite tidbits that have helped make traveling full-time with my young daughter a success. When it comes to road tripping with a child, I… [Continue Reading]
Visiting Southwestern Utah? Check out my list of favorite family-friendly hikes near Zion National Park. They’re moderate trails with no shortage of amazing views! During my nomad adventures with my family, I spent a few months living in Utah this year, including a five week stay near Zion National Park. Southern Utah is full of breathtaking… [Continue Reading]
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Hi friends! I hope that you all had a fabulous weekend. Not surprisingly, I must say that 3-day weekends are pretty sweet! There seemed to be 3 themes to my last 3 days: ... [Read More]

Happy Friday! Are my fellow American readers as excited for a three-day weekend as I am?! So today I'm talking about the health of something that we all have about 206 of.... bones! When my great grandfather was still alive, I remember that he fractured his foot while in bed sleeping. His bones were so brittle that just moving around in bed proved to be too much force for them. Like me, I'm sure that most of you have known someone older who has had osteoporosis, but why is awareness of the disease important for young people too? (source) ... [Read More]

Last weekend my mother-in-law, hubby, and I were sitting at my kitchen table. We had just finished up a yummy dinner, and all of a sudden, I jumped up. ME: "Ooooh I have to make dessert now!" THEM: "But we're pretty full. Why the rush?" ME: "Because it's going to get dark soon!" THEM: "We're using the grill for it? We can still grill after the sun goes down." ME: "No we can't, because I have a feeling it's going to be yummy, and if it gets dark, then I can't take pictures and blog the recipe!" Ah yes, bad lighting... classic case of #foodbloggerproblems. ... [Read More]

Hey friends! So, I wasn't planning on blogging today, but here I am chatting with you because I found out.... It's National Dog Day! I know that there are lots of random, silly holidays on every day of the year, but truth be told, I think some of them are fun because 1.) I love any excuse to celebrate, and 2.) I enjoy acknowledging days designated to something near and dear to my heart. And pretty much everyone that knows me knows that I'm obsessed with dogs, especially my own pooch! ... [Read More]

Hi there! Hope that you all had a fabulous weekend. My mother-in-law has been in town visiting from Jersey, so my weekend was full of showing her a good time in SoCal. More on that later, but today, I'm recapping my third day of the IDEA World Fitness Conference! (Yoga posing in front of the convention center, of course.) My Saturday morning began bright and early with a 4:45 AM wake-up call to get ready for a.... ... [Read More]

Chocolate peanut butter. Strawberry vanilla. Chocolate covered cherry. Basically friends, I'm totally smoothie crazed. And those are a few of my favorite smoothie creation combos. But sometimes, instead of just making a smoothie to drink in a glass, I like to put my blender to work to make something a bit thicker. I then pour my creation into a bowl and eat it with a spoon, because I'm fancy like that. ... [Read More]