Happy Black Friday. I hope it was a wonderful Thanksgiving for those of you celebrating. And if it wasn’t, I see you too. Some years are like that and I’ve had my fair share of them. I spent Thanksgiving in Florida with Finn, my parents and my grandmother. I was thinking back yesterday while chatting [...]
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Giving Thanks
November 24, 2022 { 11 comments }Hello and happy Thanksgiving! I am sitting with my grandmother watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Finn is with his dad for Thanksgiving. I dropped him off at preschool Tuesday morning all decked out in a tie-dye shirt that he made with his class. They all wore them to school on Tuesday and had a [...]
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Thanksgiving Weekend: Turkey Trot, Dinner for One, Holiday Decorating + More
November 28, 2021 { 3 comments }I hope that all of my U.S. readers have had a nice holiday weekend. My Thanksgiving plans were really up in the air and I ended up staying in Charlotte. Finn and I were hoping to make it down to Florida to spend Thanksgiving with my grandmother but my parents are still in Durham and [...]
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A Grateful Heart
November 26, 2020 { 5 comments }Happy Thanksgiving to those who are celebrating the holiday today. I know that many of you are missing family and traditional celebrations as we all work to navigate this unprecedented time in life. My family made the difficult decision to not see each other for Thanksgiving this year. While I know it was the right [...]
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A Beautiful Day
November 29, 2019 { 2 comments }Thanksgiving 2019 was maybe the most relaxing Thanksgiving of my adult life! I enjoyed spending the day in the kitchen preparing a meal for two, a long walk with Zoey and an evening at the movies with my mom. I had hopes of sleeping in but woke up shortly before 7a. I made my way [...]
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Peaks and Valleys
November 27, 2019 { 16 comments }Happy Thanksgiving lovely friends. Life is full of peaks and valleys but one thing that has become abundantly clear to me since becoming a mom is how powerful gratitude is in accessing happiness, joy and love no matter if I’m high on a peak or low in a valley. This little guy has brought me [...]
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Weekend + Welcome Mom
November 25, 2019 { 5 comments }Happy Thanksgiving week, friends! :) My mom arrived in Charlotte yesterday morning to spend some time with me and Finn. We are so happy to have her here but definitely missing my dad and grandmother down in Florida. Thanksgiving is my most favorite holiday of them all because I love how it’s family and food [...]
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Thanksgiving in Florida + Finn’s First!
November 23, 2018 { 12 comments }Hi. I hope that those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday had a nice day. Finn and I traveled to Florida on Tuesday evening so that we could spend the holiday with my family. The Charlotte airport was super insane and I was very glad that I finally got TSA pre-check a couple of months [...]
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Best Bodyweight Workouts for Holidays and Travel
November 21, 2018 { 5 comments }Hello, hello! Turkey day is upon us and I know many of you are gearing up for a day of family, friends and food. I also know that many of you are like me and enjoy squeezing in a workout along with your holiday festivities. I have pulled together some of my favorite bodyweight workouts [...]
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Balsamic Glazed Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Shallots
November 14, 2018 { 6 comments }Just in time for Thanksgiving, I have an easy, healthy and delicious vegetable side dish for you! These Balsamic Glazed Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Shallots are sure to be a hit at your Thanksgiving table with the brussels sprout loving crowd. BALSAMIC GLAZED ROASTED BRUSSELS SPROUTS AND SHALLOTS Fun story, about 8 years ago I [...]
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Scenes from Thanksgiving Week + The Weekend
November 27, 2017 { 10 comments }Good morning. I hope you’re getting settled back into your normal routine after Thanksgiving week. It was such an incredible blessing for me to have my nieces here with me for most of the week and I have lots of photos to share from it. Thanksgiving is always my favorite holiday of the year because [...]
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Thanksgiving with Two Cute Turkeys
November 23, 2017 { 6 comments }I hope that all of my U.S. readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had a really great day here in Charlotte with Tanner’s family and my nieces in town visiting from Georgia. THANKSGIVING 2017 RECAP My alarm went off at the early hour of 5:45 a.m. because I was scheduled to teach a Thanksgiving morning [...]
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Scenes from Thanksgiving 2016
November 27, 2016 { 9 comments }Happy Sunday! I’m currently listening to Classical Christmas on Spotify and I’m getting really excited to go pick out our tree later this evening. Before we go fully into Christmas mode, I wanted to share a few scenes from our Thanksgiving. I always love to get a glimpse of everyone’s family traditions and menu spreads [...]
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Thanksgiving Eve + Pumpkin Crunch Cake Recipe + The Best Turkey Trot
November 25, 2016 { 11 comments }I hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving. If you’re needing a quick 30-minute “do anywhere with no equipment” workout in, don’t forget about my Torch the Turkey workout! :) We traveled to Beaufort, South Carolina to celebrate Thanksgiving with Tanner’s mom. Before we left on Thanksgiving eve, we taught our annual Butterball Boot Camp [...]
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Your Thanksgiving Workout Guide: Body, Mind and Spirit
November 23, 2016 { 7 comments }I have been sharing holiday-themed workouts for years but this Thanksgiving I want to deepen my workout offering to include not only the physical body but mind and spirit as well. Most of you have shared with me in the past that you enjoy getting a good workout in on Thanksgiving morning before you spend [...]
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Tried and True Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes
November 17, 2016 { 9 comments }Thanksgiving is just a week away and if you’re finalizing your menu plan or deciding what you’ll be contributing to a family or group meal, this is the post for you. It’s not secret that I love to cook and Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. Over the last 10 years or so, [...]
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Thanksgiving in Edisto Beach
November 27, 2015 { 9 comments }Happy Black Friday! We are heading back from a wonderful 48 hours in Edisto Beach where we spent Thanksgiving with my fiance’s family. Edisto Beach is a small, charming coastal town just south of Charleston and Kiawah. I have visited many South Carolina beaches but this was my first time in Edisto. We drove down [...]
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Give Thanks Workout + Guilt-Free Thanksgiving
November 25, 2015 { 14 comments }Happy Thanksgiving Eve! I’m currently traveling to beautiful Edisto Island in South Carolina where I will spend a few days with my fiance’s family. The original plan for this Thanksgiving was for my parents and grandmother to come to Charlotte and I would host Thanksgiving for the first time but we had to cancel. We’ve [...]
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Thanksgiving 2014: Friends, My First Turkey, Yoga and a New Addition
November 28, 2014 { 17 comments }Thanksgiving 2014 is a wrap and it was a success. I stayed here in Charlotte and celebrated the day with friends. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday to spend with my family and I always especially enjoy planning the meal and spending the day in the kitchen with my dad. It’s been a little weird to [...]
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An Unconventional Thanksgiving
November 29, 2013 { 7 comments }I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed family, friends and feasting. If you’re out braving Black Friday I am wishing you warmth and good luck! :) My Thanksgiving was a bit unconventional this year. One of my dearest friends is getting married this weekend in the Dominican Republic. She and her fiance are [...]
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Practicing Gratitude
November 25, 2013 { 9 comments }I hope your Thanksgiving week is off to a great start! I taught my regular Sunday morning yoga class yesterday and the message that we focused on was letting this week of Thanksgiving be about actively practicing gratitude and celebrating the abundant blessings in our lives. To begin class I read my yogis the following [...]
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Thanksgiving 2012
November 22, 2012 { 9 comments }I was really undecided about what to do for Thanksgiving this year. Part of me wanted to pretend like it wasn’t happening. I almost stayed in Charlotte and planned to take friends up on offers to celebrate with them but I made a last minute decision to drive to Georgia to be with my family. [...]
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Thanksgiving and Cheesecake Torching
November 24, 2011 { 11 comments }Well, Thanksgiving 2011 is in the books and the feast may have been one of the best ever! I started my day with pie baking, a run and some yoga before setting up shop in the kitchen for the next five hours. I love Thanksgiving. More so than Christmas. I love that the focus is more [...]
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7 and 20 on Thanksgiving Morning
November 24, 2011 { 9 comments }Happy Thanksgiving! I kicked off my morning with a seven mile run. It was a beautiful morning and the miles felt effortless. I felt so much gratitude to be out in the sunshine and fresh air and able to run without pain. After my run I unrolled my yoga mat in my parents front yard [...]
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Tuesday and T-Day Prep
November 22, 2011 { 17 comments }Hello, hello! I hope that you guys are enjoying the short holiday week and getting geared up for Thanksgiving. I’ve been in full-force planning mode and have all my recipes planned. I’m contributing roasted root vegetables, brussels sprouts gratin, chocolate pecan pie and sweet potato cheesecake with marshmallow topping to the feast. Cannot wait to [...]
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A Lovely Long Weekend
November 28, 2010 { 5 comments }Lots of highlights to cover from the last couple days. I took a little break from the blog to spend time with friends and family. It’s been so nice to have all this time off and stay in Charlotte. I have really enjoyed our long weekend! Get ready for a photo-heavy post…here we go! THANKSGIVING [...]
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Gobble, Gobble
November 22, 2010 { 24 comments }I adhere to the Thanksgiving mantra of “workout before you pig out.” When we were living in Birmingham our Y always had special classes on Thanksgiving morning and used that sales pitch. I’ve pretty much been hooked ever since. This year’s “Workout Before You Pig Out” is a new adventure for me. I’m running an [...]