Alyssa Dawson

a condensed version of my weekend

Friday was National Teddy Bear Day -let’s get real, every day is some kind of National Day. But this one was fun to celebrate because I got to take Hazel to what I thought was going to be a quick trip to Build a Bear. Long story short we were in line for almost three hours. I know, I know, you wouldn’t have waited in line for that. So what happened was… we were waiting in line for about 30 minutes when we finally made it to the front of the store, we get there,… Read More

what I’m liking, Friday

via I think this week everyone officially started posting about Fall. While the rain we got this week was nice it’s feeling nothing like fall here in Phoenix, but I’ll enjoy everyone’s fall pictures while inside. My favorite thing about this time of year is all the decorations that get brought out. Halloween decoration, Thanksgiving decorations, and Christmas decorations! I cannot wait for Hazel to see it all this year, last year was so fun but I have a feeling this year is going to be even better with her. Here are some of my… Read More

7 ways to explore San Diego for free!

A few weeks ago we took Hazel on her very first vacation. Although we were there for only two days they were probably the best two days of our summer break. We had so many fun (FREE) things to do -and to be honest we could have spread the whole vacation out into another day or two. It was fun to be at the beach and be outdoors -the weather was perfect, and it’s nice to have such a great memory of our first family vacation. Here are some of the fun things we did… Read More

a condensed version of my weekend

So our plans for the weekend were all over the place. First we were going camping and then we got sick. Then we were going to go somewhere and explore -I don’t know you guys, I’ve got the itch to get out and go! And neither of these things happened, in fact something really unfun, more tiering and backbreaking happened… we did yard work. If you follow me on snapchat you would have seen the forest our backyard once was. In my opinion there are way too many plants in our backyard (we’re renting so… Read More