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Hi friend!  I hope you are having a fabulous week and looking forward to the first weekend in December!  Can you believe we’re already in the last month of the year?! Jordan asks or reminds me everyday how many days ’til Christmas.  It makes me happy being an older mama to still have a child that has so much joy and exuberance for the holiday.  It’s the magic of Christmas! And, it’s our Favorite Things party tonight! I’ve been a little under the weather this week, but I tried to lay low and conserve my energy for tonight and thankfully,...

Hi friend!  I hope you are having a fabulous week and looking forward to the first weekend in December!  Can you believe we’re already in the last month of the year?! Jordan asks or reminds me everyday how many days ’til Christmas.  It makes me happy being an older mama to still have a child that has so much joy and exuberance for the holiday.  It’s the magic of Christmas! And, it’s our Favorite Things party tonight! I’ve been a little under the weather this week, but I tried to lay low and conserve my energy for tonight and thankfully,...

Packing is one of my least favorite parts about traveling, but packing for a trip to a country as wildly diverse as Iceland had its particular challenges. We were heading to Iceland in June, on the eve of the summer solstice, when we could enjoy six “nights” of daylight and five days jam-packed with adventure, and I was perplexed about what to wear in Iceland in the summer and what to put on my Iceland summer packing list. On our itinerary were activities and tours like a puffin boat tour, glacier hiking, a zodiac boat tour through the glacier lagoon, a...

Always on the move? Traveling can be hard enough without substandard gear adding to the pain. With the right carry and accessories, your trips can become easier and more comfortable! These travel gift guide picks include Carry Award winners and some personal favorites while on the road over the last year. Matador Travel Accessories (from US$7.99-$35.99) Matador are experts at creating thoughtfully designed travel accessories that are genuinely useful and easy to pack. There are a wide variety of pieces to choose from including packable towels, toiletry cases, waterproof canisters, compressible toiletry bottles, and more. All built tough for many...

It’s here! The gift guide I create every year for the trickiest people (in my opinion) to shop for: Guys! I could shop for women and kids for days on end and still have ideas but when it comes to shopping for the men in my life, I’m often over here like, “Ummm, Ryan, you got this?” Ryan is a wonderful gift-giver and always comes up with thoughtful ideas for our male family members so he’s pivotal in the creation of my gift guide every year. We have fun brainstorming gift ideas for our male loved ones together and thankfully...