READ | Shaken by Tim Tebow

I received a complimentary copy for the purpose of this review, all opinions are my own. 

I was excited to read this book, I don't know that much about Tim Tebow's career other than what I've read and him being a very public figure in both sports and faith. So I was excited to read this book. 

It did surprise me though, it's less of a biography than you think. Using real life examples from people he's me through his foundation and examples from scripture Tim uses them to illustrate God's goodness and grace. And how through Him we can tackle anything in life that comes our way. 

I enjoyed hearing the inspiring real stories of children and adults that he's met along the way through his charity work. I also loved that he spoke about salvation and at the end gave an invitation to accept and know Christ. 

If you're looking for an inspiring book to add to your reading list this is it. 

Girls Getaway Beach Weekend at The Carlsbad Inn

This post is brought to you by Grand Pacific Resorts & The Carlsbad Inn. Thank you for helping support the brands and companies that help make this blog happen. 

Last month my best girls and college roommates had a girls only getaway weekend in Carlsbad, CA. If you haven't ever taken a girls trip before I can't tell you enough how awesome it is to have a few days kids free and just enjoy time with friends! Four of us came together from all over the U.S. for this weekend together. 

Today I wanted to share with you about our trip which included our stay at the Carlsbad Inn. Carlsbad is my new favorite spot in California to vacation ever since going their earlier this Summer with my family. 

Carlsbad is the best little beach town and the location of the Carlsbad Inn is right in the heart of Carlsbad Village. It's close to all kinds of restaurants and shopping, all within walking distance. We didn't drive at all the entire weekend! Check out their full list of resort activities. 

The Carlsbad Inn sits on a gorgeous property that over looks the ocean. Not only is the property beautiful but everything you could ever need is right there on property. One of our favorites we took advantage of was the beach cruiser bikes you can check out for a few hours at a time. We rode all the way down the beach and back. It was the perfect morning on the beach together. 

Our room over looked the ocean, there's nothing quite like waking up to the ocean and falling asleep to crashing waves at night while on vacation. The suites come with fully equipped kitchens, we even cooked a few meals so we weren't eating out every meal. We rested well each night on the super comfy beds! 

Just minutes away from the beach, you walk off the property and you're at the beach already. The Carlsbad Inn has beach chairs, sand buckets and boogie boards available for you to use on the beach as well. We took full advantage and parked it right in front of the ocean for the day. Taking in the ocean and having fun on the boogie boards! 

We had the best girls trip! We all kept saying how much of a dream location this was to stay at for our trip together! We're already thinking there's no way we can top this and have just decided to come back to the beach. 

Time like this is precious together. Grab your girlfriends, take a trip. I promise you won't regret it. Find out more about staying at The Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort visit their website here www.carlsbadinn.com

NOVEMBER Goals.

Happy November 1st!! Can you believe that we're already here? I knew October was going to fly by! We were so busy but had the best month. I celebrated my 34th birthday and I hit a brand new promotion with Younique that I'm super excited about! 

So for November, I'm looking forward to getting ready for Christmas and Thanksgiving. Also celebrating my husband's birthday. Here's a run down of my November goals:

Younique

• $1000 PRS
• Recruit 1 new Presenter
• Host 4 parties

Personal

• Read 2 new books
• 2 dates with my husband
• Work out 3x/week

Home

• Finish Christmas shopping
• Paint 1/2 bath
• Paint kid's bathroom cabinets
• Take Christmas Pictures
• Order Christmas Cards

What are some of your goals for the month? I'd love to hear them in the comments below! 

READ | How Big Is Love

This post is brought to you by B&H Publishing, I was given this book for the purpose of this review. All thoughts are my own. Thank you for supporting brands that help make this blog happen. 

We have a child who is reading these days, so I'm loving finding books that are easy for her to read. What I love even more are books that are faith based and share the love of Jesus with my kids. 

'How Big Is Love' is based on the scriptures of 1 Corinthians 13, and shares the love of Jesus through the love of parents in this book. 

I also love the vibrant illustrations in this book. It's hard bound with a soft cover, a great book for your toddlers and early readers. They also have other books in this series 'How Far is Faith' and 'How High is Hope.' 

Get your copy here:

Our Kitchen Reveal

Last we left off we'd just painted our kitchen cabinets. This entire year we've been working on our kitchen, and after we painted the cabinets there were just a few other small changes that we wanted to make. 

I'm excited to share with you where our kitchen is at today, it's truly been a labor of love. I've loved making these changes over the last year. It's been good to live in this house for a while before tackling this project. We were really able to see what changes we wanted to make that would add value to our home and make the biggest impact! 

Before we get into all the changes let's take a look at what our kitchen looked like the day we moved in; 

Our kitchen in this home was much smaller than our last, but I loved the dark granite and knew painting the cabinets would make a big impact in this space! Since the kitchen us a U shape, had dark granite and in the corner of our home our goal was to brighten up this space. 

Below are a few images of our kitchen cabinets before we painted them and after we installed a white subway tile backsplash; 

And here's the beautiful after and how our kitchen looks today: 

I knew I wanted a contrasting pantry door, so I painted it with chalk paint. It was a quick and easy weekend project that makes a big impact I think. The magnolia wreath was a DIY and the "EAT" letters are from Hobby Lobby. 

We had a cabinet that was detaching from the wall and it turns out our predicament was the perfect reason to get rid of them and add these industrial inspired farmhouse open shelving. There's tons of tutorials online to make these shelves. 

I'm so glad we choose to do this in our space, it adds a little something extra and we get tons of compliments on them. It also gives me a great excuse to display some of my favorite dish and glassware. 

We're completely in love with our new kitchen, we love how this space has turned out. To see more of our kitchen progress check out these posts;

How We Painted Our Kitchen Cabinets

Tile Backsplash

Our Kitchen Before & After

Source List:

Cabinet paint - General Finishes Milk Paint in Snow

Cabinet Hardware- Lowes

Light Fixture- Lowes

Bamboo Shade- Overstock

Breakfast is Poured Sign & "EAT" Letters- Hobby Lobby

Magnolia wreath- DIY

Open Shelves- DIY (all supplies from Lowes)

Subway Tile Backsplash- DIY (supplies from Lowes)

Pantry door paint- General Finishes Milk Paint in Driftwood