Galentines Party

Sasha and Jenny put together this awesome Galentines party a little bit ago, and I've honestly not laughed that hard in so long. I know I always say this, but the blogging world is such a crazy one! I met all these ladies online, and now we get together for fun girls nights and bond like we've known each other for ages. That is so dang weird if you really think about it!

Delicious heart cookies, a cute heart photo backdrop, and the quality company made for such a blast of a party. These girls nights will definitely have to happen more often, because I love getting together with such a fun group of ladies and having an excuse to go out and party on a weeknight ;)

Weekend Update: Baby Ford

This past Saturday I went to my blog BFF's baby shower for her little girl who's due on Valentine's day! How cute is that?? Everything was decked out in pink & gold by her awesome mom and sisters, and the food was deeeelish. I seriously had 10 of some sausage roll-up finger foods, cause they totally hit the spot. Yummmmm. {Check out Kyla's full post on the shower!}

Ryan and I had a blast picking out adorable little girl outfits for Kyla's little one, and it makes me look forward to that time in my life when I'll be buying little baby clothes up the wazoo. Tutus, baby jeggings, and frou-frou galore! Until then, I'll just spoil my friends babies :)

After the shower, Ryan & I just vegged the rest of the weekend because we are exciting married college students and all. Hooray for sleep & a ridiculous amount of Sodalicious runs! 

Xtend Barre Provo

After a really awesome Winter, Spring & Summer full of consistently working out {average 2-3 times a week}, I epically failed this Fall. My school schedule had me running around like a chicken with my head cut off so I didn't put any emphasis on gym time. Sure, I walked the 30 minutes to and from school 3 times a week and had dance classes, but I'm usually accustomed to a more rigorous workout. Which means that lately I've been feeling unfulfilled in regards to workin' up a really good sweat.

I've heard about Xtend Barre before, more specifically about how it's a new style of working out that is similar to a dance warm-up...but way more intense. After my first class there, I totally agree. Two days later I'm still feeling the muscle soreness, but it hurts so good and I love it! Our teacher Kacey was a total rockstar, keeping everyone motivated to do just 4 more reps. We did: arms with weights, abs, and leg strengthening on the barre, along with cardio; so this workout is not for the faint of heart, but it's absolutely worth it. It's pretty much addicting, and I honestly cannot even wait until the next class I'm able to attend. 

At the end of the blogger Xtend Barre class, the teacher came up to me & asked if I was a dancer? I told her that I had taken some ballroom classes at BYU, but didn't consider myself a dancer by any means. She complimented me on my foot-floor connection, pointed toes, and how I was able to keep good posture pretty much the entire class. Suffice it to say, I was pretty stoked to see that the teacher was impressed by my technique and even came over to compliment me on it!

Deidre, our awesome host of the event, handed out prizes for Most Creative Instagram pic, Cutest Instagram pic, and Best in Class...which I won! The teacher had picked me to win Best in Class and while I definitely wasn't expecting it, I was super stoked to win that Albion Fit gift card! I seriously had a blast here, and will definitely start making Xtend Barre classes a part of my routine. The teachers, support from your classmates, high energy music, adorable venue, and creative full body workouts are AMAZING. Make your way over to Xtend Barre Provo in the Riverwoods, you will not regret it one bit!

Thank you to our event sponsors!
Xtend Barre: Website \\ Facebook \\ Instagram  
Rock These Socks: Website \\ Facebook \\ Instagram \\ Twitter 
Blickenstaffs: Website \\ Facebook \\ Instagram \\ Twitter 
Mend Juicery: Website \\ Facebook \\ Instagram \\ Twitter 
Provo Beach Resort: Website   
Lime Ricki: Website \\ Facebook \\ Instagram \\ Twitter
Sodalicious: Website \\ Facebook \\ Instagram \\ Twitter 
Sammys Cafe: Website \\ Facebook 
Albion Fit: Website \\ Facebook \\ Instagram \\ Twitter 
3B Yoga: Website \\ Facebook \\ Instagram

Blogger Christmas PJ Party

Last week I went to a blogger Christmas party thrown by the lovely Gentri Lee with my blogger BFF Kyla. It was a low-key party where we wore Christmas pjs, brought our festive mugs, and exchanged white elephant gifts. Honestly, it was one of the funnest parties I have been to in a while because there was no pressure to be fancy shmancy bloggers and there was none of that dumb girl competition/comparison. {Why do we even do that to ourselves?!}

Kyla & I walked in to an apartment full of laughter, amazing treats, and smiles all around. It was the perfect recipe for the best kind of holiday party. Everyone was relaxed because duh, we were in our pjs! It was nice to get to know a bunch of other bloggers in the area, though I wish I would have gone around more and talked to everyone. Guess I'll have to save that for next time ;)

{Picture borrowed from Elise}

We all sat in a circle to introduce ourselves and the names of our blogs, there was a lot of "ohhhh, I know who you are!" It's exciting to finally piece together the blog to the blogger. We threw our white elephant gifts in the middle, everyone grabbed one then a Christmas story was read where every time there was a "right or left" said in the story we'd have to pass it around. Gosh, it was a blast!

I hope to host one of these low-key blogger parties soon, because I love the idea of rallying everyone together to truly enjoy one another. Especially since us bloggers have so much in common! Thanks again Gentri for the relaxing and fun night! :)

Harvest Your Fashion at Francesca's Blogger Party!

I had the opportunity to host another blogger event at the Orem, UT Francesca's {check out the Valentines Bash}, and it was a total blast! We were showing off the new Fall merchandise that we have in the store to our local bloggers, and of course that comes with food and games ;)

As an icebreaker we played a game called "Describe Me", where there was an index card pinned to everyone's backs. Most everyone was meeting each other for the first time, so when the bloggers when chat up someone new they would ask to write on their note card a comment or compliment! The goal was to get around to everyone at the party and write on everyone's note cards, it was such a fun and sweet way to get to know the other local bloggers.

After hopping in a circle and introducing ourselves, we were split up into 3 teams to compete in a styling competition. Each team was given a trend-specific rack of clothes and had to create a "quintessential fall look" with the trend they were given, and also dress up their model in less than 10 minutes!

Not only did each team have to put together a full look, including accessories, but the models walked in a catwalk competition while the other two teams scored the look! It was so fun to see the fall looks everyone put together with their specific trends, and the models were totally rockin' :) {If you were wondering, Team #2 won, woot woot!}

{A group photo with all our awesome UT bloggers!}

{Natalie, Alacia, Brittany, and Kim lookin' fabulous!}

{Eryka & Deidre being a couple of goofs ;)}

{The Bang's deciding on which stuffed animals from Francesca's to add to their amazing collection!}

{The Francesca's workers that helped make it all happen! They created the spooooky Insta-Photobooth for everyone to enjoy. Thanks Josee & Krislyn!}

Fran's Insta-Photobooth

{If you have any more pics from the Intsa-Photobooth that I can add here, use the hashtage #harvestatfrans}

It was such a fun night getting to know everyone, styling some fall looks, snacking on sugary treats, and shopping! Thanks to everyone who came & made the party such an awesome success :)

Blogger List

Alacia Hood Hoodwinked

Bri Rios Breezy Days

Brittany Davis Love Stitched

Deidre Miller Love, The Skinnys

Elise Hunter Hunters of Happiness

Eryka Clark ABCDE 

Jessi Bingham Haircut and General Attitude 

Kelsey & Jake Bang Kelsey Bang

Kim Bird Life as a Bird

Kyla Ford Ford-ology

Natalie Fielding Natalie Grace

Rachel Porter Rachel Sayumi

Sue Stange Chevron and Lace