Valentine's Day weekend

I hope you had a nice, long Valentine's Day weekend!

The bird and I were pretty mellow, but went on a beautiful hike along the Barton Springs greenbelt.

I picked out all the pink attire pieces I could find and the bird got in the spirit too!

Lululemon zip up (similar here & here) // Anthropologie vest (floral version here or similar & on sale here)

I also managed to whip up some Valentine's dessert, like I mentioned on Friday.

These dipped Oreos were delicious and the perfect treat after our hike.

Life Lately

Our world has been a whirlwind. My apologies for the radio silence.

We are excited to say that we have decided to stay in Austin for the foreseeable future.  That being said, we put our house on the market and are currently in escrow. Fingers crossed!

It was bittersweet flying back last week and packing up our first home.

While we were home, we had a family dinner to celebrate Christmas early.

It was so nice to be with family and I loved putting our table together.

Last week I also planned the bird's work holiday party. We hosted it at Tellers, complete with catered texmex, a live band and homemade desserts.

In other news, the bird and I are off to Spain and Portugal on Wednesday! So excited to celebrate Christmas and New Years abroad this year. We're headed to Madrid, Porto and Lisbon. If you have any recommendations, we'd love to hear them!

Happy Christmas week!

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Weekend Recap

Happy November! I hope you had a good Halloween weekend and enjoyed the bonus hour yesterday.

Here are some of our Austin Adventures from the weekend:

Austin's iconic postcard mural

S 1st Street & Annie Street

Gourdough's

(The most ridiculous and delicious donut truck around!)

We even managed to pull together some diy costumes for a fun date night.

They look strikingly similar to last year... Cat Burglar. (Same costume, different city = safe, right?)

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Weekend in Vegas

Today is our last day in Vegas celebrating my brother's 21st birthday & his departure to Spain for a semester abroad.

And you will find us poolside at the Wynn allll dayyyy since it's been about 110 degrees! 

Recent Recap

I've missed out on posting on Mondays lately. But I'm excited to unload some fun pics and get this week off to a good start!

Friday's look + homemade iced coffee with almond milk

Tassel necklace // Joie sandals // Rag & Bone tee (old, similar & on sale)

First time Stand up Paddleboarding

One of my favorite local coffee shops

Saturday afternoon sips at Bravas in Healdsburg

Hope you had a great weekend!

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Weekend Things

Happy Monday! We are slowly easing into summer over here with baseball games, peonies and clean eating.

First peonies of the season + Orange La Croix

So many exciting events this summer // Celebrating my brother's 21st birthday!

Go Giants!

Meal planning for our last week of Whole30.

Recap with thoughts + meals soon!

Hope you had a great weekend! And, how is it June already?!

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Fun filled weekend

It was such a fabulous weekend over here. Every bit of it.

It started with an early Friday... which always kicks off the weekend right. We had fun dressing up and greeting all the trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood.

"Cat Burglar"

We also made our own treats: homemade nachos and margaritas. Recipes to come soon!

On Saturday, we went on a long bike ride through town.

puffer vest // perfect white tee

It was such a beautiful day and 15 miles later (!!!) we returned from an amazing ride, a picnic lunch and some champagne tasting.

On Sunday, we went to a huge antique faire. If you ever happen to be up here on the first Sunday of the month or are a local... this is not to be missed. They have so much good stuff, old and refurbished. We ended up purchasing our dining room table (custom made!). So exciting getting our house in order, slowly but surely.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend as well!

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Weekend recap at the Pumpkin Patch

We finally got into the Halloween spirit and went to the pumpkin patch this weekend.

I have to say, I was smitten by the assortment of pumpkins and gourds this year.

We ended up picking up a couple small ones and a 'his + hers:'

Big orange one with a stem for the bird and pink for me.

I also picked up a couple minis in white and orange that I was hoping to spray paint gold. Hopefully I'll get to this diy before Friday!

Hope you had a great weekend!

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Weekend Recap

The most exciting thing we did this weekend actually happened on Thursday... I'm including it here anyway! Gooo Giants!

We went to game 5 of the championship playoffs... and not only that, but they ended up clinching the title and advanced to the World Series! Yay!

Very exciting! :)

On Sunday, we took the bicycles out for a picnic and some bubbles:

I also found a great trail near work to run a couple times per week.

Its a good loop of 1.8 miles. I swear I'll work up to going around twice. :)

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The weekend

So sad to see this weekend go. Do any of you have Columbus Day off? #lucky.

We were very productive unpacking boxes and finishing up painting this weekend. So nice to get things done and stop living out of suitcases!

Here is a beautiful sunset from the back of our home:

And a new yummy drink I discovered, mixed with a sneak peak of my desk set up.

Unpacking means finally being able to use our kitchen and cook at home again!

Our first meal was Mexican food, ground turkey burrito bowls. My favorite!

And here is a round up of sales ending today for the holiday weekend:

• C. Wonder: Extra 50% off sale items.
• Macy's: Shoe + Boot sale. 30% off 3 or more pairs. Code GREAT
• J. Crew: 30% off full-priced items, 40% off final sales. Code WEEKENDPLANS
• Piperlime: 20% off fall must-haves. Code FALL20
• Gap: 40% off purchase. Code NEWOUTFIT

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Book review: At Home with Madame Chic

I was lucky to receive a copy of At Home with Madame Chic. I have admired the author, Jennifer Scott, since her first book Lessons with Madame Chic and through her insightful blog posts and videos.

Her books are about living your life the best you can by presenting yourself, home and family well, celebrating everyday life and making the absolute most of what we have. 

One of my favorite quotes in this book is in reference to morning madness and learning to slow down, enjoy life:

"Life is in the present moment... Anxiety is caused by thinking about the future."

Image source // via Design Sponge 

I feel like it's so important to enjoy all life's moments and processes, not only the destinations. This was such a great reminder for me...

In this book, the author also shares her perfected 10 item wardrobe pieces, brings new meaning to 'exercise' and why it's ok not be a 'gym person,' and provides yummy recipes and hostess tips. She has a fabulous brunch layout and music playlists that really make me want to be her next house guest!

Image source // Quote by Jennifer Scott

I hope to implement many of the wonderful concepts and ideas into my own life and with my own family. I especially look forward to reading this book again (one day) when our family grows and learn how so many of these things will help us to be better parents and a stronger family.

Huge congrats to Jennifer Scott for her second book, which was released yesterday! It's a keeper... and you should definitely pick up a copy!