Practicing Gratitude. Celebrating Life.
For my kids nothing says Fall like some Pumpkin Dip to dip your apples into for snack time. It’s their version of the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte I suppose. Ingredients: 6oz cream cheese 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 can pumpkin (not pie filling) 2 teaspoons maple syrup 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon apple slices […]
National Collection week for Operation Christmas Child is November 12-19, 2012. Operation Christmas Child is a ministry program from Samaritan’s Purse whose mission is to demonstrate God’s love to needy children throughout the world, in a very tangible way, on Christmas Day. This year our family is participating in Operation Christmas Child. I can […]
When we first adopted Bean I think we were “drinking the adoption Kool-Aid”. There were so many thoughts and beliefs I had concerning adoption, how we would relate to our daughter’s birth parents and how we would discuss her adoption with her. But I’m not really sure that any of them were mine. They were […]
I have a new item in my make-up bag that I think you need in yours. It’s Mud’s Cake Eyeliner and it’s amazing. I may never go back to the pencil eyeliner again. You can use it on your eyebrows and to line your eyes. It is water activated and goes on smoothly and precisely. […]
Eyelash extensions are very popular in my neck of the woods. Basically, if you want longer lashes and you’re too impatient for Latisse, then you get eyelash extensions. I contemplated Latisse for about 2 minutes. Impatient, much? My Before Photo I must really have grown as a person if I’m posting a picture of […]