Nakita Grinie

Happy Friday!

I am SO happy it's Friday because it's our last day of school and then we have all week off for Thanksgiving Break!

Family Photos are my favorite. Monika took them 2 weeks ago....she has taken our family photos every Fall since Luke was born. The past 3 years, her oldest daughter has come and taken a video of our photo shoot. It's one of my favorite things about the photo shoot. 

Here is a behind the scenes picture of the photo shoot.  I can't wait to get the pictures back. She has sent me some sneaks & I love them so far!

As you can tell our colors where navy & gray.

Speaking of our family photo shoot, THIS is the sweater I wore.

 It is reasonably priced for cashmere! It is SO soft & cozy. I want to wear it everyday.

It comes in 14 colors. I am tempted to get another one. It is a perfect sweater!

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year.

I have a firm "No Christmas anything before Thanksgiving rule"

I am so excited for next Thursday....Thanksgiving dinner is one of my favorite meals of the year. 

Turkey, stuffing, baked corn, brussels sprouts cranberry sauce, Pumpkin Cheesecake....I LOVE it ALL!

One of the traditions I do for our kids teachers & our neighbors for Thanksgiving is make them pumpkin bread with a little printable I made:

You can find the printable & recipe {HERE}

Girls weekends are my favorite!

This past weekend, myself and some of the other Level 5 leaders on our team had an incentive trip for girls on our team. We took the girls who earned it to a beach house near Santa Cruz for the weekend. It was a blast!

 The Beach House was so nice!

 And, great views of the ocean:

 Such a fun group of girls!

This is Angie, she was the winner from my team. She lives in Michigan started reading my blog years ago & then joined my R+F team 1.5 years ago. 

 It was such a fun weekend spoiling & pampering the girls who earned the trip. If you are looking for something like Rodan + Fields....that you can do in very part time hours, I would love to chat with you more about it & have you on our amazing team!

Our first stop was The Painted Ladies....if you are a Full House fan, you will recognize them from the opening credits :)

We also drove over the Golden Gate Bridge, 

 Went down Lomard Street, 

Went through North Beach (little Italy) Chinatown & Union Square!

It was such a fun day!

I have talked about the Instant Pot before & it really is my new favorite kitchen appliance.

As you know, college football is my favorite.

My Buffs are ranked 10th in the country right now!!!

We haven't been good in over 10 years, so the fact that we are #10 right now is AMAZING.

We have a big game tomorrow against Washington State (my aunt & my grandpa's alma mater)

It feels so good to have a winning season again....it's been YEARS of agony!

Buffs 4 Life!

Happy Friday & Hope you have a great weekend!

Go Buffs :)

Happy Friday!

My awesome new Pink Indoor Soccer Shoes:

I played again on Monday night & it was so much fun. 

Last week I was sore for about 5 days.

This time, I was only sore for 1 day!

Speaking of shoes...almost every single day in the summer I wear my Rainbow flipflops.

The ones on the left are over 5 years old. They used to be the same color as the new ones on the right.

Can you believe how much the leather changed? YIKES. They are the most comfortable flip flops ever, but they are falling apart. Time to break in the new ones.

My sister watched the kids while I set up for the swim meet this week.

Luke was napping & this is what she texted me:

I guess during his nap, Luke took 2 photos off his wall that hang above his crib, took off his pants & his diaper AND peed in his crib. AWESOME.

At least it wasn't poop like last summer....Read about that {HERE}

Did you watch the World Cup game on Thursday morning? So bummed we lost, but SO excited we are moving on to the round of 16!

Luke & Jack were mesmerized by the game also :)

Last night I had a Mom's night out with some of my friends. We had to check out one of the new hot spots in town!

  I love that my girls are friends with their girls. So much fun!

Our AMP Roller can reduce scarring caused my Acne. Amazing!

I am here to help you love the skin you are in!

I do have a Special going on right now:

My girls were at VBS at our church this week.

They had an amazing time. I am so thankful for all the volunteers that helped out for VBS and loved on my girls! They had the sweetest high school girls as counselors, so we made them Thank you notes & Cookies. 

Monster Cookie Recipe Coming Soon.  The best ever Snickerdoodle Recipe {HERE}

I think it is so important for my girls to learn at a young age to give people thank you notes & gifts, you know what I mean?

Girl meets World premries TONIGHT on Disney.

It's a little pathetic how excited I am for this show! 

Before you go, watch this awesome 3 minute video. 

You need to watch this.
 I got a little teary.