Hi friends!
I wanted to pop on here with a quick pre-holiday post to tell you all THANK YOU!!
This month marks TEN YEARS of blogging! I can’t even believe it. So much has happened with my life and this little blog of mine in those years.
We added three more kids to our family, we moved from Idaho to Oregon, back to Idaho and now New York, we’ve bought (and sold) two homes, Gordon got a great job, got laid off from said job, got his masters and landed his dream job, I reached milestones online, have made and shared thousands of recipes, have consumed even more calories (😬🙈🎉) and have found my place and my voice online.
I probably am not the most popular blogger you follow online with the largest following and that’s ok. My purpose and goal isn’t to be the most popular (though the more the merrier!) It’s to provide the highest quality, most reliable recipes so you can have more confidence in the kitchen.
So, for all of you who have followed along for however long, THANK YOU for trusting me to be a part of your day and for being wonderful and positive and supportive of me and my family. We read every comment, every email, every Instagram message and appreciate it all.
That’s it 🙂 Have a wonderful day!
And don’t forget to find me on Instagram for more NYC fun in real time.
1,890 Comments
Tracy Parks
October 23, 2019 at 2:39 pmI posted on your recipe for the acorn squash! Love your post and hope that your around for another 10 years
It’s been fun watching the kids grow! Thanks for sharing.
Benessi
October 23, 2019 at 2:43 pmCongrats on TEN years! That’s whole lot of work, what a wonderful accomplishment!
I left a comment on the best chili recipe, gotta try it when the weather finally cools (still 90)!
Shelley
October 23, 2019 at 2:44 pmLeft a comment on the best crepe recipe. Congrats on 10 years!!! I’ve only been following you for a couple of years, but you’ve become my go-to food blogger. Your recipes and general attitude about life and family have been such a blessing. Thank you all for your hard work and for sharing!
Michael L Ward
October 23, 2019 at 2:45 pmAll the best to you and your family, here’s to another 10 years. 🎉🎉🎉
Left my comment on Grandma’s cucumber salad.
Adoree Berg
October 23, 2019 at 2:47 pmI left a comment on your pad thai recipe..A fav of mine! Congrats on 10 years, I look forward to many more recipes!
Jessica trujillo
October 23, 2019 at 2:51 pmI left a comment on on your black fo
Rachel B
October 23, 2019 at 2:53 pmCommented on the buttercream frosting recipe! Love your blog!!
Susan Oler
October 23, 2019 at 2:55 pmPosted on your post about the best thing you made this year. Adorable baby boy Brennan.
Tara
October 23, 2019 at 2:55 pmI commented on the gingerdoodles post. I can’t wait to make them again this year!
MaryJo Frechette
October 23, 2019 at 3:02 pmI left a comment on your vanilla cake recipe. It is my go to vanilla cake recipe. It comes out great. I have dressed it up with chocolate fudge frosting and have also filled it with lemon curd. Yummy!
Michelle Schlief
October 23, 2019 at 3:05 pmI posted on your crockpot chicken taco meat! It will be a great food prep way for me to plan for low-carb eating. Wow ~ 10 years! That’s awesome! Keep it coming! I love your blog!
Shelby N
October 23, 2019 at 3:10 pmCongrats on the milestone! Lauren’s Latest is one of the first blogs I ever remember following years ago. It’s been so fun watching not just the blog get better and better, but following along on your family’s moves & adventures and seeing your family grow! Thank you for the amazing giveaway!
I commented on your Chewy Soft Cinnamon Rolls! They look so darn good!
Joanna Halpern
October 23, 2019 at 3:12 pmCommented on PB CC banana bread.
Congrats Lauren!!!
Patricia Gray
October 23, 2019 at 3:12 pmOk.. I did it…. We not only posted a comment,we tried the recipe for your Stromboli!!! And it was fantastic!! Signed up for future recipes also😍.. Very excited to see more wonderful recipes!!!!
Denise Green
October 23, 2019 at 3:22 pmI commented (and saved the recipe for!!!) your Italian Cream Cake. It looks so good and I’m planning on making it for my husband’s birthday. I know he will love it.
J
October 23, 2019 at 3:26 pmI commented on your September 25 weekly post. I absolutely love your weekly posts, and save them to read on Sunday mornings because they make the day starts so sweetly. Your family is precious! Congratulations on 10 years.
Shannon Every
October 23, 2019 at 3:26 pmI commented on your simple scone recipe! Congrats!
Christiana
October 23, 2019 at 3:28 pmCongrats on 10 years! I commented on the Easy Chicken Fajitas! Yum! Thanks for doing this giveaway!
Katie
October 23, 2019 at 3:29 pmCongratulations. I commented on your easy meatball recipe. Thanks 😊
Laurie Ullrich
October 23, 2019 at 3:36 pmLauren, left a comment on your yummy looking granola bars. Congrats on 10 years!
Alesia
October 23, 2019 at 3:39 pmHonestly want to try all of your recipes but left a comment on the chicken salad one I LOVE chicken salad. Congrats on 10 years! Cheers to another 10 years of yummy recipes and life’s adventures! Thanks for being a great inspiration.
Lisa
October 23, 2019 at 3:43 pmSnickerdoodles- give me ALL the Snickerdoodles! 😂 I love to bake & we even opened a restaurant- thank you for providing inspiration & thoughtfully tested recipes. Even those of us who like to bake sometimes just want to bake & not tweak a recipe. Congratulations on 10 years as a blogger- a commitment (& sacrifice) to be sure. Best wishes!
P.S. Whatever is the lovely slices bread with the pat of butter on your cover slide show, here?
Michelle pechatsko
October 23, 2019 at 3:44 pmLeft a comment on your family post. This week at the Brennan’s 🙂
Lynn Geisen
October 23, 2019 at 3:50 pmMade a comment on your peanut butter fudge recipe 😋😋😋😋😋
Allison
October 23, 2019 at 3:59 pmI have a ton of sweet potatoes from my garden and I will be using several of your recipes this weekend!! I am excited. I left a comment on your sweet potato cupcakes.
Cheryl Newton
October 23, 2019 at 4:05 pmI posted a comment on your Simply Sunday Meatloaf Recipe, *mmmmmm* meatloaf. (Insert Homer Simpson-like sound effects here.)
Rachel Evans
October 23, 2019 at 4:13 pmHappy 10 Years! I left a comment on your recent chicken salad with grapes recipe.
Allison Parrington
October 23, 2019 at 4:26 pmCongrats on 10 years! Such a great way to document all the memories. I left a comment on the Paris Post. It was the best city I’ve visited! Can’t wait to go back!
Sam
October 23, 2019 at 4:27 pmI commented on your pressure cookie macaroni and cheese! We’re moving in 2 weeks and after that I’ll definitely need some cheesy carbs!!
Carrie Nance
October 23, 2019 at 4:29 pmI commented on your brownie recipe! Yummy!
Theresa Edwards
October 23, 2019 at 4:31 pmI have left a comment on your slow cooker pot roast recipe. Congratulations on your 10 years such an accomplishment and loads of hard work!
Judy Arnold
October 23, 2019 at 4:36 pmCommented on you cheese fondue recipe. So good!
Michelle
October 23, 2019 at 4:37 pmCongratulations! Thank you for the chance! I left a comment on the month of crockpot recipes post.
Arielle
October 23, 2019 at 4:39 pmCongrats on 10 years! 👏🏻
I posted on your bakery-style pumpkin muffins! Mmm mmm… can’t wait to make them! 👍🏻
Narissa Ramkissoon
October 23, 2019 at 4:40 pmCongratulations!! Left my comments in your creamy tomato bisque!!
Jessica
October 23, 2019 at 4:41 pmCongratulations on 10 years! I left a comment on the Slow Cooker Pot Roast, a family favorite at our house.
Betsy Hamilton
October 23, 2019 at 4:42 pmCongratulations! I think I have been following you for almost the whole ten years… I commented on your apple coffee cake recipe, because YUM, and because fall has finally come to Virginia! Thank you for a decade of deliciousness!
Nicole
October 23, 2019 at 4:44 pmI commented on the crockpot honey mustard chicken. I love that you’ve never shied away from posting recipes that my entire family would actually eat!
Sarah Leonard
October 23, 2019 at 4:47 pmCongrats on 10 years!!! Here’s to another decade of great recipes! I commented on your breakfast casserole. Yummo!!
CharityS
October 23, 2019 at 4:52 pmI left a comment on the post listed below. Congrats on your 10 year blogging anniversary!
“AMAZING PICO DE GALLO RECIPE”
Amie Spencer
October 23, 2019 at 5:01 pmI left a comment on the egg nog pull apart bread. Congratulations on 10 years!
Rebecca P
October 23, 2019 at 5:05 pmI left a comment on the recent chicken fajitas and the pumpkin cheesecake bars! Both look so yummy! Thanks, Lauren!
Lisa Archambault
October 23, 2019 at 5:05 pmI left a comment on your peanut butter fudge recipe!!! It is amazing!! Lots of your recipes are amazing and have help me many nights when trying to figure out what I want to do for dinner!!😊😊❤❤
Jennifer Whitman
October 23, 2019 at 5:07 pmI’m looking forward to trying all of your recipes:-). I’m slowly but surely working through them all!! Congratulations to 10 years!!
Tammy
October 23, 2019 at 5:07 pmCongratulations on ten years Lauren I’ve enjoyed your recipes and watched you little family grow! Here’s to ten more I commented on one of my favorites brownie recipe you’ve shared……again congrats
Melissa
October 23, 2019 at 5:11 pmCommented on NYC travel tip post! It’s a fantastic list!
Janice Buchanan
October 23, 2019 at 5:12 pmI posted on the shortbread cookies. Brings back memories of my childhood. My mama made these.
Rebecca Scarbrough
October 23, 2019 at 5:12 pmLeft my comment on your chili recipe post!😁
Erin
October 23, 2019 at 5:13 pmHappy blogiversary! I commented on your chocolate fudge cake mix cookies.
Nicole Mueller
October 23, 2019 at 5:14 pmI left a comment on your Alfredo sauce. You have been providing my family with delicious meals for the last 6 or 7 years. Thank you for all the great recipes, stories and letting us follow along in your wonderful adventures.