Happy birthday to my bestestest friend in the whole wide world!!! 🥳 It was actually his birthday yesterday, but I wanted to unplug during our trip to just focus on having fun! ✨ . I love you with my whole entire heart, and every single day I get to spend with you feels like the best day ever!! I had the most incredible time exploring Redding + soaking up alllll the sunshine. 🌲☀️ Between our mini snowball fight in Lassen, cave exploring, hiking the steepest incline EVER to get to a waterfall, and scootering around all the gorgeous parks – it's hard to decide which memory is my new favorite 💛 . I'm feeling so lucky that I got to celebrate you the last five years in a row, and I promise I'll never run out of cool ideas to plan for you on your special day!!! 😘🎂 
It's Brandon's birthday on the 13th, and we're going to Lassen Volcanic National Park this weekend to celebrate!! 🌲🌋 We're SO excited to head up north + check it out – it looks so incredibly beautiful! . If you've been, I'd love to hear what your favorite hike or sight was! (Except if the hike was realllllyyyy hard or more than 5 miles round trip, then like, don't bother sharing 😂) We'll also be staying in Redding, so if you have any recommendations for that area as well, I'm all ears! ☀️ . 📸 @annaaelizabeth 
It's Monday + this week I'm coming at you with a tip to spend less time on your phone! ✨ . The biggest game-changer for me is the app Forest! You specify the amount of time you want to stay off your phone, and then you "plant" a tree on your little plot of land. If you swipe off the app and use your phone, your tree will die! But if you don't use your phone for a set amount of time, then you'll grow the trees you planted! You earn coins for the amount of time you're off your phone, which you can use to get other options to grow. Right now, I'm planting cherry blossom trees, but they also have flowers and bushes and other cute stuff haha OR you can trade-in your points, and Trees for the Future plants a REAL tree out in the world!!!! Which is so cool 🥺🌎💛 . In the morning, I'll set the timer for two hours and dive into my day! Anytime I mindlessly grab my phone, I'm reminded that I shouldn't be using it, and I put it back down. It's honestly helped SO much with my productivity, and if you're struggling with distractions, I think you should check the app out! 🌲 (Also, not sponsored – I just really love it!)(okay but wearing all @americaneagle and if they’d like to sponsor me I’ll gladly agree 😂) . Have any other tips to stay off your phone? I'd LOVE to hear what you do in the comments below!! 👇🏻