It's been about a month and a half since we moved into our new home, and while we are still getting settled, we have been enjoying every minute that we get to spend here. Although our to do list is still quite long, we are taking things a bit slower this season and enjoying our life, our new home, and quality time with family and friends. It seems with each passing year life tends to get busier in the fall, and as soon as the highly anticipated holidays arrive, they are over before you know it.

When Ryan and I were first married, I had every intention of sending out Christmas cards to all of our loved ones with beautiful photos from our wedding. Because it was the busier time of year, and we had our honeymoon and so many pre-planned events, and then the holidays, time slipped away from me and I never got around to it. Fast forward six years, and I still haven't "gotten around" to it. We started to joke that having never sent Christmas cards before, we might as well wait until we have something really exciting to announce before we send any out. Now that we've moved into our new home (and have a new address), we want to share that excitement with our loved ones, so this seems like a good excuse to finally get around to it! Which is why I am so excited to partner with Basic Invite to show you all a peek of our very first Christmas card!

My night time routine has gotten a recent upgrade with the addition of the Avistar Care whitening products. As I’ve mentioned before such as in this post, I have begun making the transition from harmful, toxic beauty and self-care products to clean, non-toxic, more natural beauty and self-care products. So far, I have successfully switched my toothpaste, deodorant, face wash, face and body lotions, and many make up products. So when Avistar reached out to me about trying their charcoal teeth whitening powder and natural activated charcoal mouthwash, I was excited and intrigued to try them!