Hello mates! Completely happy Friday! How’s your week going? Pals who’re celebrating this week: how have your holidays been?
Earlier than we head into immediately’s put up, a HUGE congrats to the winner of this yr’s Favourite Issues giveaway: Mary Anne C. Keep tuned for extra giveaways arising within the new yr!
It’s been a tremendous week. We spent a few nights on the Scottsdale Princess, which is one in every of our favourite winter traditions. They’ve so many attractive mild shows, Santa, ice skating, rides, and the ambiance is so festive and enjoyable.
(Additionally they have a ridiculous scorching cocoa cocktail referred to as the Nutcracker that’s SO good.) We met up with mates and loved all the actions on property, and in addition had dinner on the new Toca Madera.
We have been blown away by the meals and the service. All the pieces was cooked completely – we shared guacamole, chips, oysters, and the Pilot and I loved margaritas. For entrees, the children received truffle mac and cheese and a chopped salad with hen, whereas the Pilot and I loved steaks and sides. We ordered three desserts (we need to attempt all the things once we exit to eat lol) and the presentation was so distinctive – all the things was on a board adorned with a lit sparkler.
Whereas we have been in Scottsdale we additionally noticed the Ballet Arizona Nutcracker; one in every of my all-time faves!
The remainder of the week has been Winterhaven lighs and a celebration with mates, Christmas Eve at my dad’s, and Christmas Day at our home. This week has been crammed with all the things I really like: household time, chill time, and wonderful meals.
(All of our pajamas are from Hanna Andersson)
We had the same old nana’s egg casserole, tamales, beans, and homemade cinnamon rolls.
The Pilot made his well-known egg nog:
and for dinner, we had a large charceuterie board, caviar + accompaniments, shrimp cocktail, and for dinner, beef tenderloin with horseradish mustard sauce, smoked turkey, maple brussels, and mashed candy potatoes.
Dessert was a yuletide log from devoted,
do-it-yourself pumpkin pie,
assorted macarons, and 1,000,000 cookies that madre and I baked 😉 These are among the cookie tins we took over to our neighbors:
We performed the saran wrap ball recreation and some different video games, and the Pilot and I capped off the night sitting by the hearth pit by the pool. It was excellent 🙂
It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves occasion! That is the place I share a few of my favourite finds from the week and across the net. I all the time love listening to about your faves, too, so please shout out one thing you’re loving within the feedback part beneath.
12.27 Friday Faves
Trend + magnificence + random:
One in all my mates mentioned this was her favourite Christmas present so I ordered one for myself. I’m excited to make use of it for our subsequent get-together to maintain meals heat.
This sweatshirt is so cute for Valentine’s Day!
An ideal basic sweater costume
Learn, watch, hear:
Guidelines for contemporary life
Are you doing Dry January this yr?
Health, well being, life, and good eats:
Whereas we have been in Scottsdale, I used to be in a position to take a Pvolve class at their new Scottsdale studio. It was probably the greatest group health lessons I’ve taken in a loooooong time. The teacher had fabulous cueing and vitality, and I actually love the Pvolve exercise and format. It incorporates practical energy coaching with distinctive positioning – a lot of inner and exterior rotation – steadiness elements, and the instruments are efficient at including a further problem. It was HARD and I used to be pleasantly sore afterwards! My full weblog put up evaluate is right here.
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January detox begins January thirteenth if you wish to plan forward! My code is FITNESSITA10 when you’d like to affix in.
Thanks a lot for stopping by the weblog immediately! Have a tremendous weekend and I’ll see ya quickly!
xoxo
Gina
