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Importance of Rest Days

October 20, 2016 by Julie 21 Comments

Importance of Rest Days

There’s no denying the importance of rest days in a balanced fitness routine and today’s post focuses on why it’s imperative to give your body time to recover from your workouts. Thank you to CopperJoint for teaming up with me for this post! When it comes to creating a balanced fitness routine, whether you’re training… 

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Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: importance of rest days, rest, rest days, tips, workout rest days

Scenes from the Week

October 19, 2016 by Julie 30 Comments

Chase 14 Months

Hey, hey, hey! How are you guys!? I feel a little jumbled and behind on life right now, but I’m beginning to realize that’s my new normal these days. It’s a busy stage of life but a fun one thanks to this little blondie… I wanted to stop by the blog today to share a… 

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Filed Under: Random Musings Tagged With: Amazing Maize Maze, birthday party, Carrigan Farms, corn maze, Huntersville, pumpkin patch, random, weekend

Maple Cinnamon Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes

October 18, 2016 by Julie 83 Comments

This recipe for Maple Cinnamon Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes is a fresh take on traditional twice baked potatoes that incorporates nutrient-dense sweet potatoes, fragrant cinnamon and a splash of maple syrup for sweetness. This recipe also pairs well with traditional Thanksgiving fare, making it the perfect alternative to traditional sweet potato casserole.  I think many… 

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Filed Under: Gluten-Free, Holiday Recipes, Lunch/Dinner Recipes, Side Dishes, Vegetarian Recipes Tagged With: sweet potato, sweet potato recipe, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving recipes, twice baked sweet potatoes

Mountain Vacation Highlights (Black Mountain, Montreat and Asheville)

October 18, 2016 by Julie 31 Comments

Fagan Family

Our 2016 fall mountain vacation was incredible and I cannot help but feel a little sad that the vacation I’ve been looking forward to for months is over. Post vacation blues are reeeal! I am crossing my fingers that an autumn mountain vacation becomes a tradition in our family. Ryan and I first got the… 

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Filed Under: Family, Travel Tagged With: Asheville, Asheville travel, Black Mountain, Black Mountain hiking, family, Montreat, Montreat hiking, North Carolina, travel, vacation, WNC Nature Center

Things I’m Loving Friday #156

October 14, 2016 by Julie 18 Comments

Chase 14 Months

Hello and Happy Friday! Normally I check in on Friday mornings feeling excited for the weekend and while I am looking forward to the birthday party we have on our agenda on Saturday, I’m feeling the post-vacation blues beginning to bubble up inside of me. Today is the final day of our family mountain vacation… 

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Filed Under: Things I'm Loving Tagged With: Asheville, Black Mountain, The Admiral, Things I'm Loving

Asheville Adventure: Navitat Zip Lining

October 13, 2016 by Julie 14 Comments

Navitat Zip Lining Asheville

Tuesday’s Asheville vacation adventure took us into the mountains for a day of zip lining! When Ryan reserved a mountain home for us just outside of Asheville, we asked my family for activity suggestions and when my dad brought up zip lining, we all loved the idea and began researching. It quickly became clear that… 

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Asheville, Asheville zip lining, Navitat, Navitat Asheville, North Carolina, travel, zip lining

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