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Holiday Gift Guide for Him

Shannon Jenkins of Upbeat Soles does a holiday gift guide for him 2020 with ideas for Christmas gifts for men like tools, shoes, and watch

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Happy Monday babes! I hope you all had a great weekend! We had so much fun down in Miami celebrating Griffin’s brother getting married! It’s always a good time getting together with family! Sorry I have been slacking with my normal outfit posts! This month has been so insanely busy and Griffin has been insanely busy with his job right now we haven’t had a chance to take outfit photos! I’m hoping to be back up to normal next week! Are you all done with holiday shopping yet?! I am about half way done (which is stressing me out because I am usually always on top of holiday shopping!) The men are always my last to shop for because they are SO difficult! I thought I would put a gift guide together to help if you struggle with the men on your list too! One thing that is always a safe bet is tools! One thing my dad asked for this year was a circular saw! I always think leather too! Leather bag, wallet, shoes! Electronics is always a good idea too! This portable speaker has amazing reviews and is under $30! I hope you all have an amazing start to your week! <3

Shannon Jenkins does a toddler holiday gift guide 2020 with Melissa and Doug toys, climbing toys, play kitchen, and wooden trains

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Happy Hump Day babes! Any one else starting holiday shopping super early this year? I have already ordered Sawyer’s big gift this year and already have a list of other things I am eyeing! Shopping for kids I think is the most fun! Although toddlers can be tricky since they can’t actually tell you want the want! Sawyer is a big fan of playing with play food at my parent’s house so I went back and forth on getting him a kitchen or the grocery stand. I decided on the grocery stand since there are a little more features with the cash register and I think he will love it! Also he pretty much needs that adorable grocery cart to go with it! For a smaller gift these letter and number puzzles are great! Sawyer is obsessed with his letter puzzle and can identify almost the whole alphabet now! I need to get a number puzzle next! Sawyer is so into climbing I think he would love this soft climbing shapes set! I hope you have a great Wednesday! <3

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Christmas at Gaylord Palms

Shannon Jenkins of Upbeat Soles does a review of Christmas at Gaylord Palms 2020 and their new Snow Factory and I Love Christmas Movies

Happy Monday ya’ll! I hope you had a fabulous weekend! We spent the end of last week at Gaylord Palms and attended their Christmas event that just opened. If you followed my Instagram Stories you know we had SOOO much fun! It was the perfect way to kick off the holiday season! First off the resort is decorated so beautifully! If you have never been in a Gaylord resort you need to go! They are large atriums that are almost like a small town that make you feel like you are outside but not. There are also tons of restaurants, shops, bars, you name it! Gaylord goes all out for Christmas so it is beautiful to walk around the resort even if you are not attending the event. Although the Christmas event is basically pure Holiday magic!

This year there is a Snow Factory where you can enjoy the Snowball Build and Blast which you can build your own snowballs and throw them for points. This was Sawyer’s activity! He LOVED throwing the snowballs! They also have Snow Flow Mountain where you can go ice tubing! So cool! Other activities include gingerbread decorating (along with Characters! Nutmeg was Sawyer’s favorite!), Elf Training Academy, where you can paint your own ornament, and of course a meet and greet with Santa and Mrs Claus! You can also go on the Grinch’s Wonderful Awful Idea Scavenger Hunt or attend the Grinch Character Breakfast. Back in the St Augustine Atrium you can enjoy the #LIT light show, Cirque Dreams Unwrapped live performance, and The Greatest Story, which is a multicultural musical celebrating the story of Christ. But that’s not all! Debuting this year is their new I Love Christmas Movies! This is an interactive, multi sensory experience where guests can walk right on to live sets of their favorite Christmas Movies! Movies include POLAR EXPRESS™, A CHRISTMAS STORY™, ELF™, NATIONAL LAMPOONS CHRISTMAS VACATION™, and THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS™. Our favorite was of course Christmas Vacation! They even had the dried out turkey! Haha! All in all we had the best time and would highly recommend the event if you are going to be in Orlando this holiday season! We already can’t wait to go back next year! <3

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Holiday Gift Guide for your BFF

Shannon Jenkins of Upbeat Soles does a holiday guift guide for friends or BFF with cute wine glasses, cozy slippers and fur robe

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Happy Friday Eve babes! I’m super excited because our weekend starts today and we are heading to Gaylord Palms in Orlando for their Christmas Experience. If you haven’t heard, Gaylord Palms DOES Christmas and they have a whole new I Love Christmas Movies exhibit where they are recreating scenes from favorite Christmas movies. Also they have fake snow!!! I cannot wait and I will share a lot more about it next week! In the spirit of kicking off the holidays I wanted to start with some gift guides! Today is all about your BFF! This charcuterie board just looks amazing , so much I want one for myself ha! Also I don’t think you can ever go wrong with wine glasses and these are too cute and would even make a great pair with the charcuterie board! Another thing you can’t go wrong with is cozy!! These slippers are my all time favorite and how cute is this robe and blanket?!

Holiday Home Decor 2020

Happy Wednesday! I officially got all My Halloween decor put away and I cannot wait to put out all my Christmas decor this week! I use to be a person that had to wait until after Thanksgiving to put out my Christmas decor but the past couple of years I put it out in the beginning of November and it is so nice to be able to enjoy it an extra month and get in that holiday spirit early! With 2020 we definitely need some of that holiday spirit! Every year I always add a few more things to my holiday decor and this Days until Christmas sign is just too cute! Also this wooden nativity set is so beautiful and at such a great price! I am a sucker for throw pillows and this merry everything pillow is adorable! Are you all decorating now or do you wait until after Thanksgiving?! I hope you all have a great hump day! <3

Gingham

Shannon Jenkins of Upbeat Soles styles a cute holiday outfit with mock neck turtle neck, Chicwish gingham skirt and metallic booties

Happy Monday loves! I hope everyone had the most amazing Christmas! Can you believe we only have two days left of 2019?! Like how?! Also I cannot believe it will be another decade! 2019 was definitely the best year yet with welcoming Sawyer and figuring out the whole parenting thing so it is a little bitter sweet that this year is coming to an end but I am also excited to see what 2020 brings! I actually wore this look on Christmas Eve but it would totally work for a cute New Years Eve look! I love a good mock neck turtleneck! They are so chic dressed up or down! I paired it with this a-mazing gingham and tulle skirt. The hemline is just so dang cute and then I added a pop of metallic with my booties. I hope you all have a fabulous start to your week! <3

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Merry Christmas

Shannon Jenkins of Upbeat Soles posts her family Christmas pictures with an infant and shows how to style a family for holiday photos

Merry Christmas week! I cannot believe how fast this holiday season went by but I am SO excited for Sawyer’s first Christmas! He is already grabbing all the tissue paper out of every bag so I think he will have fun opening gifts haha! We took our Christmas pictures a little early this year to get ahead and just had to share them. Can you even at that little smile?! I just love him so much!! I will be taking the rest of the week off to enjoy the holiday week with family but wanted to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and happy holidays! See you next week! <3

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Christmas Cards 2019

Shannon Jenkins of Upbeat Soles does a Shutterfly Christmas cards and personal gifts review with foil holiday cards, personalized ornaments and book

Happy Friday Eve loves! I FINALLY got our Christmas cards out this week, I am usually early but our vacation definitely through me off ha, and I could not wait to show you guys this year’s card! I was SO excited for Christmas cards this year with it being our first year as a family of 3 and Sawyer’s first Christmas! We of course ordered them from Shutterfly because the have the BEST selection of not only cards but also personalized gifts! Also I love Shutterfly’s option of getting the addresses printed on the envelopes for free when choosing a designed envelop! I have my address book saved to my Shutterfly account so every year I just have to select the names and boom done! It saves so much and looks so fancy! Definitely worth the small extra cost! This year I couldn’t just choose one picture from our Christmas photos so we went with a design with 5 pictures and kept with the theme of last year and did a fun matching Christmas pjs photo on the back! I also went a little crazy on the personalized gift this year for ourselves and family and got a ton of Sawyer’s 1st Christmas ornaments to give out. I even got Sawyer a personalized Night Before Christmas book that has his name through out the book that we can read him every year. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! T-minus 6 days till Christmas! <3

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Holiday Sparkle

Shannon Jenkins of Upbeat Soles styles an edgy holiday outfit with sequin peplum Adelyn Rae top, Lee flares jeans, and BlankNYC leather jacket

Happy hump day babes! Ya’ll how is there only ONE week until Christmas! This holiday season went by WAYYYY too fast and I am definitely not ready for it to be over! With the holidays come holiday outfits and parties and if you are looking for a last minute outfit idea this sequin peplum top is so good! I love that it can be dressed up or down and I love how a peplum top looks with flares! I dressed the sequins down a bit with some flared jeans but it would be perfect with a leather mini skirt if you wanted to go a little more dressy! Keeping this look a little causal I finished it off with a leather jacket, because you know I love a hint of edge! I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! <3

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Holiday Gift Guide for Her

Shannon Jenkins of Upbeat Soles does a holiday gift guide for her 2019 with leather Spanx leggings, Revlon hair dryer, Apple Airpods, and T3 curling iron

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Happy Hump Day babes! How are we half way through the week already?! This week is flying by! Anyone chin deep in Christmas shopping yet?! I have a lot of people checked off and still a lot of people to go haha! Here are some ideas for the ladies on your list! I don’t think you can ever go wrong with some cute pj’s and these are so perfect for the holidays! Hair tools are always a good idea and I have heard so many raving reviews on this Revlon hair dryer! I’ve even been thinking of getting one myself! I don’t think you can ever have too many Echo Dots! We have 3 and use them all the time! If you really want to get her on your good side get her the coveted leather Spanx leggings! I just got them and they are sooooo good! I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! <3