Travel – Jenn Delle Fave

On 7.10.10 we celebrated 9 years of marriage!!

We were actually away this year, up in the mountains at Lake George. It was so great to be able to hang out together all day! Since my dad and step-mom came up for a few days, we hung out all day with them and my niece. They stayed at a fun place right on the water with a beach, so we did a little beach day on the perfectly sunny day.

That night they took the kiddos to dinner so we could have a quiet fancy meal all to ourselves! We tried out the The Club Grill at the Sagamore Golf course and OH MY GOODNESS!! It was so good. We were originally going to just bring the kids, but we are so grateful my dad and step mom came up last minute!

Photo Op in the fantastic lit up mirror in our bathroom at the Holiday Inn!

It was such a quiet dining atmosphere and all would have been enjoyed in such sweet silence with a 4 and 6 year old! Don’t get me wrong, our kids love nice restaurants and good food, but it was a perfect give for us. Even the butter had little squirts of honey in it! I had surf and turf filet/lobster and Joe had a fancy fish dish. We had dessert; it was divine!

Once our dinner was over, we headed back to the main part of town, hit up the arcade and played Guitar Hero like the good old days. We found everyone and had a fun evening. It was a happy anniversary and so nice to make new memories.

Looking back, year 8 certainly had its trials and just so much happened. Joe was so sick with Crohn’s, we had some job changes, my mom got re-married (aka we all rode a plane!) our oldest went to Kindergarten, the youngest began pre-school, I decided to take on life coaching to better myself, and yet once again we became stronger and better than ever before. Once again, communication remains key and get in as many date nights as possible!! I honestly believe the best is yet to come.

Cheers to year 9 and many many more!!

Hello!

We just got back from our big family vacation to the ADK mountains, specifically Lake George!! I want to share tons of phots and experiences with everyone, but this thing called REAL LIFE has sucked me back! All things real estate and of course the never ending laundry has literally taken every waking moment, other than what my two littles demand of course!

I decided to take a quick break and post before resuming all the fun chores and such. That’s the thing I have noticed most lately…if I just take a few minutes here or there, and use that time WISELY (key word!) I feel so much better about getting back to the grind! I have to attribute my work with Lindsay Preston, my life coach for this. It’s not selfish, and life actually goes so much better when you squeeze in time for you and what you love to do. {Remember you can still use code: JENN20 and save $20 and grab the Life Luvers course for just $77!!} Speaking of, I am prepping for my upcoming “Release” and will certainly be sharing more on that soon.

I did scoop up one thing on Amazon Prime Day. I have had my eye on an Instant Pot FOREVER and the price was just too good to not pass up! I believe I scored it for $66 and it’s back up to $88, which is still a good price though!

I did pick up two library books and our book club chose the next book to read as well. I also just finished Before we Were Yours-–super sad, and yet so beautifully written. Yay for Summer reading!

Until I get another little stretch of time, I’ll be staying cool in this gorgeous hot Summer weather, detoxing from all the starchy white carbs, sugars, drinks and crazy fatty vacay foods!

Don’t you just love July? It’s by far my absolute favorite.

Have a beautiful day sweet friends!

We go up to Toronto every few years and always have such a great time! We were so excited to bring the kids and they did great! It did rain pretty much the whole weekend, but we still made the best of it. We tried to get photos, but it’s not easy with two littles and living in the moment. Memories were made and that was the most important!

We left on Thursday afternoon and made it to about 40 minutes outside of the city before we were all starving. We stopped at a Japanese restaurant and ordered sushi and noodles.

We arrived at the hotel a little after 8 and the kids were blown away at how beautiful it was.

Our view from one of the windows.

The first thing I did was slip on that amazing Ritz Carlton robe and made myself some tea!

Brooke loved the robes too!!

Bradley took this photo!

I took a video and some blurry photos of the kids enjoying some warm cookies and milk delivered for them!

The man who delivered them told the kids to dunk them in the milk. They loved it!

Friday morning I scheduled a Hydrafacial (another post coming on that!) so hubby ran and got me a quick Starbucks breakfast and of course a Matcha Latte–Canadian soy milk tastes so different! This drink is not sweet at all up here. I still loved it. I also took a few minutes to work on my coaching!

Although it rained, the kids and Joe had a ball exploring a bit!

The kids could see the CN tower out of their side of the suite which was pretty cool.

Joe ordered an Uber and the kids had their first experience riding in one. They found a really yummy breakfast place (so good we went back all together on Saturday!)

Mama was still hungry since I didn’t eat anything for lunch, so we walked the wind and rain to this little restaurant/bar Gabby’s. I had a yummy goat cheese salad and Joe loved their wings.

Bradley is really getting into his selfies haha!

After our mini walk in the rain, we came back to chill in the hotel until our dinner. I stopped at the hotel bar and grabbed a glass of delicious rosé, threw on my robe and relaxed in bed. It was glorious!

We put on our fancy clothes and I was determined to get a family photo of the kiddos looking so adorable. The hotel had this beautiful Easter egg display that the kids loved. We were heading to dinner at East Thirty-Six.

I mean, come on!! I know I made them, but how cute?!

Always let them take a silly photo too!

They’re something else.

Saturday we went back to Cafe Landwer so that I could experience it!

The kids had pizza and it was really really good!

I went with an Eggs Benny Florentine—yum!

Nutella Hot Chocolate = bomb!

The boys had homemade vanilla ice cream

The kids & Joe loved the daily candy bar!

My little shopping spree at the mall consisted of a fun new black coat, sunnies, earrings and some skincare products. After shopping we did go swimming in the pool. Brooke loved it but Bradley wasn’t a huge fan…hoping to change that by the next vacation!

Brookie and the CN tower.

For dinner Saturday night we returned to Rodney’s. This place RUINED us for oysters the last time we were in Toronto! They were so fresh and never once do you get a shell.

We were proud that the kids at some butter noodles with scallops.

Joe enjoyed a Bloody Mary and a lobster roll. I had some really tasty Thai seafood soup.

On the walk back, Bradley cried because he wanted to Uber (LOL!) and we stopped so they could get a little mango ice cream which helped ease the crying a bit.

Sunday was Easter morning and the bunny sent Joe a photo text saying he hid the baskets at home, but the kids had a few eggs and some ears in the hotel waiting for them.

We went to Fran’s for breakfast–it’s right by the mall and super tasty!

Little rabbit ready for the ride home.

Once we got home they found their goodies and played a bit, before we hit up a restaurant for a quick dinner.

We didn’t end up at the Aquarium or the CN Tower, mostly because we didn’t have a ton of time up there, we wanted to relax a bit and enjoy our hotel, and it takes a long time to eat out at restaurants! We figured we will return again soon (maybe later this Summer or early Fall?!)

Overall it was just so nice to escape the everyday life, not have to cook every day, and most importantly spend some great quality time with just us four. Brooke and Bradley both loved the big city, the different foods, the fancy dinners and hotel. We can’t wait to explore many more places with them.

I hope all of you had a lovely Easter weekend! We spent our up north in Canada! I’ll do a bit of a recap later on, but I wanted to at least say hello!

It was a bit of a rainy weekend, but we had so much fun dining out eating some amazing foods, did some shopping, family time and enjoyed being all together.

I’m staring at an incredibly messy home, and I have thousands of things on my to do list, but thanks to my life coaching, I’m just b-r-e-a-t-h-i-n-g in the chaos and doing all things in a calm manner. It’s funny how just a quick jaunt away can reset the mind, body, and soul.

If you too are feeling overwhelmed, just take a few minutes to pause and breathe. It will all get done, everything will be okay and life will go on.

Namaste.

I figured I would just blog a quickie today!! I may have some newer readers around here so I wanted to share some fun facts about moi.

I’m the oldest of 3 girls
I went to a state college for my teaching degree
I taught English (grades 7-11 throughout 8 years) and loved it.
I met my husband on Match.com and MySpace in 2007 and we actually met and began dating in 2008.
We went on a cruise only after knowing each other a month!
We bought our first “fixer upper” in 2008.
We got married 7.10.10
Joe and I honeymooned in Amsterdam, Paris & Rome.
We now own 10 properties, plus our home and 20 acres of land to build on.
When I no longer wanted to teach, I became a stay at home wife.
After trying to conceive since August 2010, we were blessed with our first born on January 11, 2013.
She was the perfect baby ringing in 8 lbs 6 ounces!
I gained over 70 lbs during pregnancy
I became healthier and in better shape than before I got prego (thank you AdvoCare!)
2 years and 6 days later, we welcomed our son into the world at 8 lbs 14 ounces.
It was shortly after baby boy that I realized how involved I had to become in our real estate. (All the paperwork!)
In 2017 we upped our real estate game and decided to offer rent to own homes.
I enjoy cooking gourmet meals.
I have no desire to go back to teaching.
I want to write multiple books.
My favorite color is pink.
I prefer cheese pizza over any other kind.
I hate sweet wine.
I’m obsessed with the moon phases.
We will own a lake house one day!
I used to hate working out but I really have grown to love it.
I kill all plants.
My body does best when I eat clean real whole food.
Traveling is one my favorite things to do.
Reading and writing help me process thoughts so much.
Dancing makes my soul feel soul good.
I can be shy but I’m pretty funny and outgoing once you get to know me.

Any questions? Ask me anything!

Happy Friday friends!

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