Whew, I mentioned this post and have received quite a few messages asking about my experience with microblading. So, I'm spilling all the details on it and introducing you to my girl, Raegan Smith -- aka The Lash and Brow Gal. I had my eyebrows microbladed by Raegan back in April of this year. I wouldn't say my eyebrows were super thin before, but I did fill them in daily, and anything to simplify my daily beauty routine is a plus in my book. (I'll include my before and afters below.) I don't know a lot about brows, but I DO know who to trust with taking care of mine. Eyebrows are a key feature to shaping your face, so I highly recommend going to someone that really knows what they're doing. If you want my two cents, if you live in ... VIEW POST
Pumpkin Spice Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Every time Fall comes around, this is the first thing I want to whip up! My mom has made this for years, and it's one of the biggest hits in our family cookbook. Let me start by saying, this isn't something that has a strong pumpkin flavor. Tyler isn't a big fan of pumpkin flavored anything, and he really enjoys this... Our whole house does, actually. Which is why I could only photograph half of the cake, because the other side is gone, ha. But the fact that it isn't super "pumpkiny" makes it a great thing to take to fall parties and events because it seems mostly everyone can enjoy it! And can you EVER go wrong with homemade cream cheese frosting? Fair warning, if you've never made it before.... it's very dangerous once you know how ... VIEW POST
Baby Raborn #3
Whew! It's been a hot minute since I've made my way over here. I tell you, only I would start a blog and find out two and a half weeks later I am pregnant, ha! Needless to say, I had to take a little breather and focus on keeping my people alive. (Well, and myself for that matter.) It's been a crazy, sleepy, 12 weeks full of lots of naps and take-out, but we couldn't be more excited to be adding another little one to our family! Tyler and I have always wanted a lot of kids (I think Tyler would have ten), and we're thrilled the Lord has blessed us with another peanut! #GiveMeAllTheBabies Now that I am no longer likely to be found sleeping while standing up, I hope to make my way back over to this space a bit more. Thank you for hanging in ... VIEW POST
Homemade Salsa
So I am sure you know by now, I did not come up with this recipe. Nope. Norma over at Lyra & Jane did, and she's been saving me one recipe at a time for quite a while. Her recipes are always really fresh and flavorful -- my favorite! Now, I know it looks like a lot more work than unscrewing the top of that salsa in a jar but let me just say, it. is. worth. it. And it's actually really easy. It just all goes in a food processor and VIOLA! Disclaimer: my husband will no longer eat jarred salsa, or salsa in the premade section at the grocery store. So if you're not ready to have to make fresh salsa just about every week, maybe don't try this one, ha. We put it on just about everything, and it keeps for about a week. I ... VIEW POST
Girl Talk
Okay, let's chat for just a minute. I went for my annual appointment with my obgyn this week and I saw someone there I knew, that to my knowledge was not pregnant, with her husband and a nice little rolled up batch of sonogram pictures. This is unchartered territory for many but let's chat about unspoken etiquette. I have been on both sides of this little scenario. Over the last 3 years, I've had a lot of appointments at Jackson Healthcare for Women - some with my husband signifying a pregnancy... and some without him where I saw other people there with their husband, most likely signifying a pregnancy. (And if you go to this clinic, you know it's massive and you're never going to go and not run into someone you know.) First things ... VIEW POST