Week 37

The girls looked so cute on “college day.” They earn student council points when they dress up for certain spirit days, and the best part is that both of their ASU shirts were thrift shop finds.

I also love my silly alone time with Hunter. Most days I pick him up at 2:55, while the girls don’t get out until 3:30, which gives us a little pocket of fun together in the van—sometimes reading, sometimes practicing spelling words, sometimes just listening to music.

There’s a new little coffee truck that recently popped up right around the corner from the girls’ school, and Hunter sweet-talked me into stopping one day.

We also have an old-fashioned ice cream truck that rolls through our neighborhood once a week. Something about that nostalgic music makes both Justin and me want to yell “Ice cream!” right along with the kids.

I had the best day getting out on the field Friday. The morning started bright and early with a 7 a.m. wedding walk-through at the beautiful Desert Botanical Garden with Jessie, Tyler, and Jessie’s parents.

Afterward, Alicia and I teamed up to drop off gifts at a handful of our favorite venues—Sanctuary, Royal Palms, Omni Montelucia, Mountain Shadows, Andaz, and McCormick Ranch Golf Club.

The outing wrapped up with Melissa and Camelia treating us to lunch at McCormick Ranch Golf Club. As I sat there, I couldn’t help but reflect on how wild it is to think about the relationships this industry has brought into my life. The wedding world is full of such special humans who pour their hearts into creating magic for others, and I feel so lucky to be surrounded by them.

These two. I just love, love, love watching them.

This recent basketball season has been wild. The team is really, really, good. The team is currently number one in the league with the championship game coming up this Saturday.

I’m so proud of Hunter for pushing himself, I see his confidence growing each passing week. And I know he loves having his Dad as his coach and his number one fan.

Exciting times around here—Justin and I have been working hard on launching a podcast, the first big step toward eventually creating an online course. It feels so good to collaborate with him again on a creative project, a great reminder of what a solid team we are. I’m getting more and more excited with each step we take.

After Hunter’s basketball game, Dad took the kids to Casa Grande for the night, giving us the perfect window to dive in. Justin took new photos of me for the cover art, we filmed the promo video to introduce the podcast, and I chose the music while recording intros and outros. It’s a lot to learn, but we’re having so much fun figuring it out together.

We wrapped up the day with a celebratory sushi date.