01/09/2026
Today I turn 41 but wanted to reflect on this past year. A year filled with so much sorrow for many in America and around the world. I’ll continue to try to spread kindness every chance I get 🙏🏼
1) I turned 40 & have everything I want 🥺
2) My girl turned 4! She does amazing in school and make us so proud. And she loves a theme party of course! 🧜♀️
3,4,5 & 6) Visited my family’s vacation home in downtown Miami only once in 2025 and we missed it a lot. But we still managed to enjoy South beach, have dinner at our favorite; Carbone and build more memories in the east coast.
7) Love preparing for a road trip. It’s chaotic but so fun to get away from the demands of everyday responsibilities.
8) Mom and dad are a bit tired of going to Disneyland 1-2 x a year 😅 So we decided to take Ale to Universal Studios and had the best time EVER.
9-10) Shoutout to the in Newport Beach where we have stayed at several times and they always go above and beyond for us 🙏🏼
11) I got into antique shopping over the summer and it has become my favorite hobby 🪹
12) Fall arrives to Arizona and is my favorite time of the year. 100 degrees and all 😭
13) We hosted G’s family for pumpkin carving and an ornament exchange over Christmas and this will become a new tradition for us. Everyone coming together was the best 🤎
14) Our small business got into Silobration with Magnolia in Waco, Texas and it was our highest profit three day market EVER which lead us to have our best year in business yet. We took selfies with Jo Gaines.
I’ll always treasure the community of small business owners that I met. This experience also brought G and I closer together because it reminded us what a good team we make in life.
15) Our alpaca wool stuffed animals 🧸🦙My pride and joy. We launched new items again such as sharks, goats, rhinos, eagles etc and of course our much anticipated HIGHLAND COWS!
16&17) Of course I ended up taking my girl to Disneyland. The Christmas parade was 👌
18,19&20) Took Ale with my mom back to my old neighborhood in Beverly Hills and later visited The Grove ( my fave in LA), took photos with Santa and visited the Jellycat pop up up shop ☕️🛍️