Friday Favorites!
October 23, 2020

Julie Gimeno

4 years ago

It was a great week, let’s get right down to the highlights for the week…

Have you guys checked out my post for our favorite Halloween Books yet? If not you can see the post HERE.

Have you guys tried this pancake mix yet? It’s our absolute FAVORITE, you can find it HERE.

Another FAVORITE this week is all the pumpkin and Fall inspired items I picked up at Trader Joe’s!

I’m a consultant now for Beautycounter and I’m so excited about this killer deal they have going on right now for new clients! You get a 20% discount at checkout if you are a new customer when you use the promo code: CLEANFORALL20. I would love to talk to you about my favorite must try clean products…please reach out to me with any questions!!

You can also go to my Link Tree link in my bio on instagram @momwithaplan_ and click on the BEAUTYCOUNTER link to go to my BC page.

This past Friday night we had our weekly Family Fun Night and watched a cute Halloween movie called, Frankenweenie. It’s a Tim Burton movie and we all enjoyed it!

On Saturday we met up with our good friends, Megan & Cole and took our families on an outing to the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano! The produce farm was decorated so cute for Halloween, the store had a great variety of speciality items and fresh produce. It was a great local place to go with your family and it feels good to support our local farmers. I became a member and if you live in San Juan then you get a 10% discount.

Love this picture and the sweet rainbow in the background!

What a fun looking tractor and a great prop for cute pictures!

Have I ever mentioned how great Luke is with smaller kids?!?! Our friends son Hendrix is only 2 years old and they are all like brothers and have the best time!

Tyler couldn’t wait to have his own basket and go food shopping, LOL

I loved looking at all the specialty and clean sourced items they had.

Have I mentioned how my bestie has an amazing instagram account @hustleandbliss. She is an expert on health and fitness, and she is a wellness trainer. I’ve been a client in the past and she has helped me to achieve a healthier lifestyle that was attainable. Megan is so resourceful and will help you figure out the best plan for YOU. Go look her up, you won’t regret it!

It was a perfect day to enjoy doing something outside with our family and good friends!

After our fun outing we went back to our house to make lunch with some fresh produce from the Ecology Center.

We also enjoyed a Aperol Spritz, it was so yummy and tasted so fresh with the orange in it.

We of course hung out by our pool and played with the kids.

Hendrix is so funny with the water gun, he squirts you and then throws the water gun into the pool and he thinks its hilarious, LOL

I mean how adorable is he with his man bun!!!

In the evening we ordered in Mexican food and enjoyed some wine that Megan brought over.

She belongs to a wine club called DRY FARM WINES where she gets sent a few bottles from all over the world and they are all made with the most fresh ingredients and don’t have any sulfites in them. Can I get some praise hands please, one reason I don’t consume much wine is the sulfites due to them giving me bad headaches.

The wine was absolutely delicious and it did not give me a headache!!!

On Sunday, we decided to go on our first family run and it was a success! With the temperatures finally starting to drop in CA, we decided to get out and move our bodies together. The boys did great and we all felt accomplished afterwards 🙂

I gavw myself a mani/pedi and on Sunday afternoon, I carved out some ME time and painted my nails and then watched a Hallmark movie while they dried…perfection me time, if you ask me 🙂

I find my 4-point system works the best! I first use a nail cleaner, then a primer, 2 coats of the nail color, followed by a top coat that also helps them dry faster. I tell you my nails last 2 weeks at a time with this system and it’s definitely a FAVORITE!!

I hope you all have a great weekend! We are doing some fun things as a family this weekend. Family Fun Night on Friday, then Saturday we plan on carving pumpkins and going for a family run again. On Sunday we are starting a new weekly tradition of having Family Game Night and my parents are joining us for our first one. I’m making us all dinner then I have planned to make some Halloween popcorn to enjoy while playing games. The recipe will be up on the blog soon!