Tag: parenting
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From Pond to Table: Day spent fishing with the family
Happy Thursday, friends! In a couple of my blogs from last year, I wrote about patience. I wrote about how important practicing patience has become to me in this chapter of life. I mention how gardening, cooking, and fishing all allow me to continue to learn patience and make me a better calmer person. To follow…
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Our 9 hour trip to Tijuana to try the place where the Caesar salad was invented!
Hi friends, Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a magical Christmas and that it was more than what you wished for. My Christmas was amazing! Lots of family time, eating, and of course, our yearly Christmas mass to celebrate our Jesus Chris to complete it. Im so excited to write this blog because I want…
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What’s it’s really like growing up in a large Mexican family
Happy Tuesday, my friends! How is this week flying by this fast? I can’t believe Thanksgiving day is in exactly two days. I can’t wait to watch the Macys Thanksgiving parade, enjoy some Thanksgiving day football, and be in the company of my family all day. Most importantly, though, I look forward to a day…
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Season of Change
If someone asked me about a hard week in my life where I really needed God, I would tell you all about the last two weeks. The last two weeks seemed to have been unfortunate events after another. My baby had to have oral surgery and be put down for it, which was such a…
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Spring Strawberry Salad
Hi friends! For Easter, a few weeks ago, I made a delicious salad that my coworker/friend took in to our latest work potluck. I have never been much of a fruit or nuts in my salad type of person, but OHMYGOOOOSH. This salad was everything. Sweet, crunchy, and so fresh. Anytime, I try something at…
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Crossing a HUGE item off my bucket list
Hi friends, Happy Monday and happy end of month. I hope this month was nothing short of blessings for you. I want to share a very cool and meaningful thing that I recently did and share how important it was to me. Recently, I crossed off a HUGE item off my bucket list, and I…
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50 Things to do on your weekend that will bring a Week of Content
Many of you have heard the phrase, “A Weekend well spent brings a week of content”. I am a firm believer in that, and I truly believe that when you have a good, relaxing weekend, you are better prepared for a great week. All throughout my 20’s, I didn’t prioritize slowing down or preparing for my week ahead,…
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My family’s favorite easy meal ideas for those long workdays
HI friends, Happy Wednesday. As I am sitting here mid work weekday, fighting the Wednesday blues, I am thinking of what we can put together for dinner time later today. Dinner time has been such an exciting thing for our family the past year. We have really learned to enjoy slowing down at the end…
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The Minimalist lifestyle obsession
Good morning, and happy Sunday. I want to talk about my minimalist obsession in this blog post! As you know, I have been on a health journey for the past years. I am all about eating clean, home made remedies for everything, getting good quality sleep, and just being a healthy whole person overall in…
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Our Little family Disney Getaway
A few weeks ago, we headed out to Disneyland for the last week of their Holiday Celebrations! It has always been by far our favorite time of the year to visit. We used to go every year with our oldest and 2 more kids later, we had not been in about 8 years. We were…
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5 things that I do every morning to conquer my day as a busy mom
Hello friends, Happy beginning of the week. What a week it has been so far! Here in our home, some of us are recovering from being sick this past weekend. We look forward to lots of rest and hope to have a nice healthy weekend in a few days. Today, as I was working from…
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Your sign to have a vision board night
Hi friends, Happy New Year to you all. I hope this 2025 has been off to a productive and great start for everyone. This is the time of the year when we all set new goals, whether that be fitness goals, career goals, or personal goals, and this is the time most of us commit…
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Wishing you a Merry Christmas
If you’re currently feeling the holiday burn out, you are not alone. I stand with you. Between kids being on break, gift shopping, wrapping, fighting colds left and right, and trying to make everything magical; some of us are barely surviving. Gosh, it looked so easy when our parents pulled off all this holiday cheer when we…
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How I am setting up my kids for a successful day
With school already a few weeks in, it’s become even more important to for me that my kids continue to keep an easy flowing morning schedule. I think a lot of us working moms will agree that every minute in the morning is GOLD. Between getting our little ones up. out the door and having…
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