Something I ask myself every Sunday evening is how Something I ask myself every Sunday evening is how am I going thrive this week?  It is so easy to get bogged down in the day to day. The to do list and the kids needs and my businesses needs and on and on. Add on the heaviness that is our world right now and it can feel like all you are trying to do is survive. But I don’t want to just survive. I don’t want to be looking forward to the weekend each and every week. I want to look for a way to thrive where I am.  Ok, so how do we do that?  I’m going to give you three intentions I’m taking into the week. 1️⃣ I will find excitement and fulfillment in the mundane tasks or difficult situations. 2️⃣ I intended to do my best each day to achieve the goals I have set for the day. 3️⃣ I will do my best to lead by example and embrace challenges I face with a calm mind. Have a wonderful week. 
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Our lake trip was quiet and calm. We spent the day Our lake trip was quiet and calm. We spent the days swimming, kayaking, playing bocce ball, making art projects and feeding the fish. Full transparency… the kids brought their iPads so plenty of roblox was played too. Overall we give it 10/10!!!
Paradise on earth 🌍 Happy first day of summer ☀️ #summersolstice #lakelife #lakevacation #paradiseonearth #swimmingfun #swimday #swimming_pool #summersports #swimtrunks #swim #swimming #swimmingtime #pool #swimmingpooltime #kids #kidscrafts #summersoff #epicadventures #summersofficialpage #outsideisbetter #summeradventure #changeofscenery #freshairandfreedom #familyfuntime #memorymaking #summerbreak #summervibes #longweekend #bringonsummer #funinthesun
A little recap of our beach trip. We played in the A little recap of our beach trip. We played in the sand, swam, rode go karts, ate huge milkshakes, played miniature golf, kids learned how to dive, made friends, stayed up too late and had just the right amount of fun. We are home repacking our bags and headed out for three days in the woods at Camp Chaos. Bring on the @redbull. #sleepwhensummersover #campchaos #beachtrip #laketrip #camping #campingfun #summerofyes #wefivekingssummer #summerfun #familybeachtrip
We are on our way Jurassic World: Dominion this mo We are on our way Jurassic World: Dominion this morning. Have you seen it? 
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Hands down the best shower is the one after you’ Hands down the best shower is the one after you’ve been at the beach all day. Your skin is a little golden and toasty and you wash all of the sunscreen off and the salt in your hair. Nothing is as refreshing as that shower.
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Skin care is always a big priority for me but in the summer it becomes even more important. The sun and salt water and chlorine suck all of the nutrients out of your skin. I have been using @yensabeauty CBD Superfood Dual Cleansing Oil to remove sunscreen and give my skin a nice glow. 
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Summer time vacay means road trips in our family. Summer time vacay means road trips in our family.  I would love to #wheelsup everywhere we go but, alas, I don't have #wheelsup money currently.  I love short road trips.  3 to 4 hours is our jam right now.  A few things I do to plan for being in the car.  1️⃣ I make sure everyone's electronics are charged and on the hotspot or they have games downloaded.  2️⃣ Earphones.  No one can agree on a station and the level of the volume so earphones it is. 3️⃣ Snacks.  I pack everyone and individual snack basket that they can have in the car for the first few hours.  Lord knows we have to make a snack stop because my kids are obsessed with finding every @racetrac they can.  4️⃣ Finally, bingo cards (our printable ones are on the blog) or something they can play like tiktacktoe since they will get board of their ipads at some point in the ride.  What are your road trip tricks?
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It’s BEACH WEEK on We Five Kings. We are headed It’s BEACH WEEK on We Five Kings. We are headed to the beach next week for vacay. This week I am going to be sharing all of my beach and road-trip tips here, in stories and on the blog. Follow along for all of the fun!! 
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We Five Kings is 5️⃣!!! I have loved creating We Five Kings is 5️⃣!!! I have loved creating this space more than I even knew I would. It’s allowed me to grow and learn and listen. I love hearing from you, meeting you and listening to your ideas. I cherish the times you trust me with your difficult stories, insecurities and struggle.  I’ve always made it a goal to try to respond to your comments and messages so you know how much I appreciate you being here. These years have refined me as a person teaching me how to use my voice, respect my body and navigate conflict in a productive way. I love the person I was 5 years ago and I am proud of the person I am today.
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If you have ever had a favorite moment, picture, outfit tell me what it was here so I can walk down memory lane a little. 😘😘 LOVE YOU ALL
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Sunday Skim · June 11, 2017

The Sunday Skim – 06/11/17

 

I am writing this as i am enjoying my second glass of rose’ on this National Rose’ Day!  Cheers!

Fashion

I am going to focus on the guys this week since it is Father’s Day on Sunday.

Banana Republic is having a men’s sale this week that includes their polos, shorts and dress shirts.  GAP is having a 40% off any purchase sale with code WARMER.  Old Navy is doing 50% off their entire stock plus an additional 20% off (almost everything) with code SWEET.  JCrew is offering 25% off all their merchandise with an additional 40% off all sale items with code FRESHPICKS.

Big Deal Sale at Brooks Brothers!  They are having their Semi Annual sale through the 27th of June.  Oxford shirts are marked down to $100 and men’s dress shirts are buy 4 and save 40% or buy 2 and save 25%.

I did a Father’s Day Gift Guide earlier this week but in case you missed it you can find it here.

Health

It’s really easy to go to the gym on the days  that you are motivated but what do you do on the days that you just can’t get into it?  This week was a challenge for me.  I was committed to doing VBS every single day from 9am until noon and we were all tired when we got home.  How was I going to get myself in gear to get 5 workouts in?  Here are a few of the things I did…

  1. I scheduled my workouts for the whole week last Sunday.  I committed myself to getting to the actual gym three times and then I gave myself two at home workouts.
  2. I organized myself completely the night before so I could be at the gym by 8am the days that I was doing my workouts with my trainer.
  3. I enlisted the help of Big Daddy to make sure to keep me accountable and to give him advance notice that I would need more help with the kids the days I was going to the gym.
  4. I thought about my long term fitness goals rather than how I was feeling that day.
  5. I just went.  Even when I didn’t want to.  I told myself that I would go and if after 10 minutes if I wasn’t into my workout then I would leave.  Except once I’m there I never leave.

Creating healthy habits is like any other habit that you create…  it takes time and a plan.

Food and Drink

In honor of National Rose’ Day I thought it would be a great opportunity to share a recipe for the newest craze which is Frozen Rose’ or Frose’.  \

Frose’:

1 750 ml bottle of your favorite Rose’ (mine is pinot noir)
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 cup water
2 cups of strawberries (hulled)
1/4 cup lemon juice (fresh)

 

Pour rose’ into ice cube trays and freeze for 6 hours (Know that this will not freeze completely though because of the alcohol content).  Combine the water and sugar in a saucepan over low heat making a simple syrup.  Remove sauce pan from heat and add strawberries and let pan sit aside to cool.  Strain mixture and cool in fridge.  In a blender you can combine the frozen rose’ wine, 1/2 cup simple syrup, 1/2 cup lemon juice and 1 cup of crushed ice.  Blend until smooth.

Family

So I am not sure how it is in your house but in mine summer means non stop snacks.  Literally.  It’s like I’m in the middle of the plague of locusts.  The other day my 4yo finished his breakfast (eggs, sausage and a waffle) and he immediately asked me if he could have a snack.  What the actual what!?!?!?  I am going through sacks at an alarming rate so I am thinking of installing these in the fridge and pantry.  These will be all the snacks they can have for the day and when they are gone that is it.  Obviously I will put less in them than this pic but you get the idea.

Has anyone else instituted anything like this?

 

 

News

Hurricane season has officially begun and we will be on alert until the fall.  I wrote a post last year on emergency preparedness that I think would be a great refresher for all of us.  We learned last year with the floods in March and in August that we don’t just need to worry about flooding and emergency situations in hurricane season only.  You can read the article in it’s entirety here.

Enjoy your coffee and I hope you can catch a little sun before the rain comes again this week!

XO,
Tippy

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Something I ask myself every Sunday evening is how Something I ask myself every Sunday evening is how am I going thrive this week?  It is so easy to get bogged down in the day to day. The to do list and the kids needs and my businesses needs and on and on. Add on the heaviness that is our world right now and it can feel like all you are trying to do is survive. But I don’t want to just survive. I don’t want to be looking forward to the weekend each and every week. I want to look for a way to thrive where I am.  Ok, so how do we do that?  I’m going to give you three intentions I’m taking into the week. 1️⃣ I will find excitement and fulfillment in the mundane tasks or difficult situations. 2️⃣ I intended to do my best each day to achieve the goals I have set for the day. 3️⃣ I will do my best to lead by example and embrace challenges I face with a calm mind. Have a wonderful week. 
.
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#positivemind #intentions #weeklyintention #thriving #intentionalliving #iamhealthyiamwealthy
Our lake trip was quiet and calm. We spent the day Our lake trip was quiet and calm. We spent the days swimming, kayaking, playing bocce ball, making art projects and feeding the fish. Full transparency… the kids brought their iPads so plenty of roblox was played too. Overall we give it 10/10!!!
Paradise on earth 🌍 Happy first day of summer ☀️ #summersolstice #lakelife #lakevacation #paradiseonearth #swimmingfun #swimday #swimming_pool #summersports #swimtrunks #swim #swimming #swimmingtime #pool #swimmingpooltime #kids #kidscrafts #summersoff #epicadventures #summersofficialpage #outsideisbetter #summeradventure #changeofscenery #freshairandfreedom #familyfuntime #memorymaking #summerbreak #summervibes #longweekend #bringonsummer #funinthesun
A little recap of our beach trip. We played in the A little recap of our beach trip. We played in the sand, swam, rode go karts, ate huge milkshakes, played miniature golf, kids learned how to dive, made friends, stayed up too late and had just the right amount of fun. We are home repacking our bags and headed out for three days in the woods at Camp Chaos. Bring on the @redbull. #sleepwhensummersover #campchaos #beachtrip #laketrip #camping #campingfun #summerofyes #wefivekingssummer #summerfun #familybeachtrip
We are on our way Jurassic World: Dominion this mo We are on our way Jurassic World: Dominion this morning. Have you seen it? 
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#jurassicworlddominion #jurassicpark #movieday #saturdayfun #familyday #familytime #jurassicparkphotoshoot
Hands down the best shower is the one after you’ Hands down the best shower is the one after you’ve been at the beach all day. Your skin is a little golden and toasty and you wash all of the sunscreen off and the salt in your hair. Nothing is as refreshing as that shower.
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.
Skin care is always a big priority for me but in the summer it becomes even more important. The sun and salt water and chlorine suck all of the nutrients out of your skin. I have been using @yensabeauty CBD Superfood Dual Cleansing Oil to remove sunscreen and give my skin a nice glow. 
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#skincare #skin
Summer time vacay means road trips in our family. Summer time vacay means road trips in our family.  I would love to #wheelsup everywhere we go but, alas, I don't have #wheelsup money currently.  I love short road trips.  3 to 4 hours is our jam right now.  A few things I do to plan for being in the car.  1️⃣ I make sure everyone's electronics are charged and on the hotspot or they have games downloaded.  2️⃣ Earphones.  No one can agree on a station and the level of the volume so earphones it is. 3️⃣ Snacks.  I pack everyone and individual snack basket that they can have in the car for the first few hours.  Lord knows we have to make a snack stop because my kids are obsessed with finding every @racetrac they can.  4️⃣ Finally, bingo cards (our printable ones are on the blog) or something they can play like tiktacktoe since they will get board of their ipads at some point in the ride.  What are your road trip tricks?
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#swimmingfun #swimday #swimming_pool #summersports #swimforlife #swimtrunks #swim #swimming #swimmingtime #pool #swimmingpooltime #kids #kidscrafts #summersoff #epicadventures #almostbacktoschool #summersofficialpage #outsideisbetter #summeradventure #changeofscenery #freshairandfreedom #familyfuntime #memorymaking #summerbreak #summervibes #longweekend #bringonsummer #funinthesun
It’s BEACH WEEK on We Five Kings. We are headed It’s BEACH WEEK on We Five Kings. We are headed to the beach next week for vacay. This week I am going to be sharing all of my beach and road-trip tips here, in stories and on the blog. Follow along for all of the fun!! 
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#swimmingfun #swimday #swimming_pool #summersports #swimforlife #swimtrunks #swim #swimming #swimmingtime #pool #swimmingpooltime #kids #kidscrafts #summersoff #epicadventures #almostbacktoschool #summersofficialpage #outsideisbetter #summeradventure #changeofscenery #freshairandfreedom #familyfuntime #memorymaking #summerbreak #summervibes #longweekend #bringonsummer #funinthesun
We Five Kings is 5️⃣!!! I have loved creating We Five Kings is 5️⃣!!! I have loved creating this space more than I even knew I would. It’s allowed me to grow and learn and listen. I love hearing from you, meeting you and listening to your ideas. I cherish the times you trust me with your difficult stories, insecurities and struggle.  I’ve always made it a goal to try to respond to your comments and messages so you know how much I appreciate you being here. These years have refined me as a person teaching me how to use my voice, respect my body and navigate conflict in a productive way. I love the person I was 5 years ago and I am proud of the person I am today.
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If you have ever had a favorite moment, picture, outfit tell me what it was here so I can walk down memory lane a little. 😘😘 LOVE YOU ALL
I love layering outfits but in the summer it’s s I love layering outfits but in the summer it’s slightly more complicated since it is so hot!  The key is looking for lightweight pieces that will give you that visually interesting look but not add a lot of weight 💁🏻‍♀️
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