Guys, I hiked Half Dome this past weekend with my cousin… It was way harder than I thought it would be! Sunset at the cables. This hike has been planned since back in February and this past weekend the date finally arrived. (We hiked on Friday, 9/11 which was, I think, a slightly ominous date). […]
Today is a special guest post from Marie at Marie Makes! She bakes and decorates beautiful cakes in England and today she will be sharing a few tips with us all. Look at how adorable her cakes are. Marie, we wish you lived closer so … If you’ve noticed a decrease in blog activity lately…we have […]
Proof 2016 went too fast: we’re halfway through January and we’re just posting our top recipes from last year! But better late than never, right? It’s always interesting for us to see what posts were the most popular. Some of these aren’t even from 2016! … Why is it that I always seem to make holiday […]
If your Pinterest feed is anything like mine, you’ve seen protein and energy bites all over it for months. Kelly made a haystack version of them and my fiancé even got an email from Golf Digest with a recipe for some. As usual, I’m behind … As baking bloggers, we struggle with finding a balance between […]
This post is sponsored by Imperial Sugar. I have received sample products for writing this post. All content and opinions are mine. While I love to garden and have a small container garden on my patio, I think I love coworkers with gardens even more. The best … It’s finally Fall. That means it’s time for college football, […]
Happy Monday!! Why am I so excited about a Monday you may ask? Well, that’s because today is one of the best days of the year! It’s the Virtual Pumpkin Party! An annual event where almost 100 bloggers post everything PUMPKIN all day long. Even … It’s once again time for the #VirtualPumpkinParty put on by […]
I’m a little behind on sharing, but I went to Europe for the first time! My husband and I spent about 9 days in total, traveling through Paris, Belgium and Amsterdam. I’m so excited to share all of our European adventures with you! I’m a little upset because my camera started having issues the first day […]
I can’t believe this trip was 2 years ago. Nothing like procrastinating writing posts! We should have been in Italy this summer, but…we all know how that turned out. To satisfy the travel bug I’ve had fun looking through pictures and reliving these trips. If you missed the earlier posts, I’ve shared our time in […]
I’m baaaaaaack! Wow, it’s been a hot minute since I last posted a recipe. Thank you Steph for holding down the fort and keeping LDB alive. Seriously, you are the best! As some of you know, I stepped back from LDB to open up a … Now before anyone gets scared of this recipe title and […]
Welcome the best time of year: #Choctoberfest! With everything going on in the world I think we can all agree on one thing… 2020 needs more chocolate. #Choctoberfest is our annual celebration of chocolate recipes, now in its 6th year. We teamed up with some …
If we’re being honest here, I’m not much of a frosting person. I’ll eat it, but I’d prefer whatever is underneath. Frosting kind of just gets in the way. When I made this Red Wine Chocolate Cake, I knew I wanted to incorporate the fruit … Remember when I took that cake decorating class to prepare […]
If you know me at all you know I’ve been fully embracing fall for the past month. At least. I’ve had to stop myself from watching Hocus Pocus already and have had “This is Halloween” stuck in my head on repeat. BUT. I just spent the weekend sweating in New Orleans, which reminded me summer […]
Travel Along with baking, we both love to travel to new locations and try new things! Here are the places we’ve been and are headed to soon. Have you been to any of these cities? Do you have any “must-see” or “must-try” things we need to check out? Please let us know! We’d love your […]
In honor of our 3 year blogaversary today (YAY!!!), here is the very first LDB post! And here is our most recent LDB post! And you thought your job was stressful… Who knew ping pong could be so intense?!? This next season of the BBC’s … This is probably the happiest graveyard ever. I hate when […]
