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“Daddy pee in cup. Throw it out the window. MORE PLEASE!”

That’s what a toddler says on hour 8 out of 9 total hours in the car when your 3.5 hour road trip to Tahoe turns into 9 hours due to mudslides, and you are at a dead stop at the detour, and the husband reaaaally has to pee. A lot. I now fully believe that Calvin’s first memory in his little brain will forever be his dad peeing in a cup and dumping it out the window…. more than once.

We went up to the snow a few weeks ago, my wonderful wedding clients had me travel there to do their engagement photos in the snow, and we decided to stay a couple of extra nights for some family ime after my work was done. It is so much fun showing this silly little guys new things for the first time. He loved exploring a new house- we stayed in a VRBO house ( want to check it out? See it here…) which was cooovered in snow and super comfortable for our little family. It was a complete time capsule from 1989 complete with severely dated people magazines, canned goods that expired in 1991, and carpet in the bathroom- or maybe that’s a thing in coler climates? What to you do when the toilet overflows? I just have so many questions about carpet in a bathroom….)

Calvin’s favorites were waking up to see the snow plow come up our driveway, watching Mike + I hurl ourselves down a hill on a sled (he went with me a few times too), and he was fascinated by the icicles. We had fun exploring with him and getting a few days of time to relax together after I was done working. Can’t wait to plan our next little getaway.

 

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Photos are a mixture of my iPhone 4s (I’m ancient…) and my MIII

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(Please note the follow post contains affiliate links and reviews of products that were given to me complimentary in an in-kind partnership.)

As a toddler mom who works about 30+ hours a week running my business, there is zero time to think beyond the basic levels of keeping myself alive. 1) Have I eaten in the last 48 hours? 2) Have I slept my usual 4-5 hours? That’s usually about it. Skincare? Nope. No room in my brain.

Enter Rodial, who was kind enough to send me out full sized samples of their top notch products to give me some winter-rejuvenation to my severely lacking skincare and beauty routine. I wanted to take a moment to share a few of my favorites from all of the goodness they sent me… because they were seriously amazing.

My FAVORITE…

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Rodial Stem Cell Super Food Facial Oil

The “oil” in the title left me feeling a little worried that I was self-inducing a countdown to a breakout, but this facial oil was the most amazing, lighweight, rejuvinting moisturizer- so perfect for winter. It smells amazing and absorbs really well. I am going on two full months of using this bottle and it is a little over halfway empty so a little goes a long way with this!

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Rodial Glamoxy Snake Mask

I am usually ther low-maintenance girl who refuses to use masks… but this one was such a winner and has converted me to change my ways. TIt did an excellent job and cleaning out pores and removing dead skin.

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Rodial Glamolash Mascara

Love the jet-black color of this along with its thickness- I am used to applying layer after layer, and was good to go with just two applications of this. It has had minimal smudging when I wear it on shoots (which is hard to find).

All photos are courtesy of Amazon.com

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