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| Mommy!! Look what I have!! |
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| This is SOOO much fun!! |
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| Why haven't I played this game before?? |
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| Uh oh... uh oh! Starting to slide!! |
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| Going down! |
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| That was fun! |
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| Let's do it again! |
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Just a Chair
Who knew how fun a chair can be!?!? Little did I know that when I set Miss Madi on the floor next to her chair that she would pull herself over to it and have loads of fun sliding under it! It's the simple things in life, I tell ya!
Monday, June 2, 2014
~Our Menu~
Today was a fun little shopping trip!! We are going camping soon and so we had some "fun" food that I typically don't buy in our shopping cart for our camping trip!! The hard part: unpacking the food and putting things away and seeing all the goodies at 12:30, our lunch time, and not being able to dig in and splurge :-/
June's First Half Menu
(Note: FM=Freezer meal *= double meal, one to eat, one to freeze for freezer meal, CP=Crockpot)
Layered Pasta
*CP, Fajitas (one chix one venison)
Pizza
*Grandma's Spaghetti
Ham, Green Beans, Squash
BLT's, Fries, Veggie from freezer :)
*Thai Peanut Chicken over Spaghetti Noodles <---- BIG FAVORITE!!
Smoked Beef Roast, Sweet Potato Fries, Grilled Asparagus <---- Hubby's Bday dinner!
Grilled Chicken, Baked Sweet Potato, Salad
Ham & Spinach Quiche
Burgers, Baked Beans, Asparagus
*CP, Cilantro Lime Chicken w/ Tortillas
*CP, Hawaiian Chicken w/ Rice
Tomato Basil Pizza (you can find this recipe here!)
Camping Menu:
Hobo Pizza Pies, Fresh Fruit
Hot dogs, Chips, Fruit Cups
June's First Half Menu
(Note: FM=Freezer meal *= double meal, one to eat, one to freeze for freezer meal, CP=Crockpot)
Layered Pasta
*CP, Fajitas (one chix one venison)
Pizza
*Grandma's Spaghetti
Ham, Green Beans, Squash
BLT's, Fries, Veggie from freezer :)
*Thai Peanut Chicken over Spaghetti Noodles <---- BIG FAVORITE!!
Smoked Beef Roast, Sweet Potato Fries, Grilled Asparagus <---- Hubby's Bday dinner!
Grilled Chicken, Baked Sweet Potato, Salad
Ham & Spinach Quiche
Burgers, Baked Beans, Asparagus
*CP, Cilantro Lime Chicken w/ Tortillas
*CP, Hawaiian Chicken w/ Rice
Tomato Basil Pizza (you can find this recipe here!)
Camping Menu:
Hobo Pizza Pies, Fresh Fruit
Hot dogs, Chips, Fruit Cups
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Memorial Day Weekend
This was seriously one of the funnest weekends I've had. We had so much fun with the family, got stuff done around the house, visited with friends and lots of play time!! Not typically what we do on Memorial Day Weekend, but so thankful for the change of plans because it turned out great!
We started the weekend with a trip to Lowes to buy some supplies for a quick project, then headed downtown for some frozen yogurt!
Saturday morning we met my Grandparents for breakfast!
Matt came home and I headed out with Grandma & Makenzie for our first trip to Farmer's Market! Bought some plants for our garden then headed to the local seed store for the rest of what we needed.
Saturday night we had a cookout with some friends!! How cute are these girls!! One year apart to the day!
Sunday morning we skipped church and Matt and I went nutty on the trim work in the house; he put the trim up and Makenzie and I putty'd the nail holes and painted. At the beginning of the weekend he had the three bedrooms to do and Monday morning he put THE LAST PIECE OF TRIM UP!!! (He started the project beg of April so it took a solid 2 months.)
That afternoon Matt & Makenzie headed out fishing while I laid out in the sun! Madison was snoozing, I was in bliss.... laying in the sun, with a book in my hands! I am such a reader and I haven't read a book since before I was pregnant with Madison :-0
My parents came over Sunday night for cook out number two! They watched the girls for a bit while Matt and I did the trim game again. Makenzie had fun showing off on her big girl bike and Madison was racing around in the cozy coupe (with a little assistance from Pop!).
Monday morning started with a fun find!
Matt & Makenzie headed out for awhile, so Madison and I enjoyed our lunch together!
We started the weekend with a trip to Lowes to buy some supplies for a quick project, then headed downtown for some frozen yogurt!
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| Madison's FIRST taste!! Instant Lover!! |
Saturday morning we met my Grandparents for breakfast!
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| Someone was super excited to find out syrup was in that cup! |
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| So after a quick lesson from Daddy she drowned her pancake! |
Service was a little bit slow and Madison wasn't interested in eating anything there :-( So Matt dropped me off at home while he headed to my Grandparents. Since it was after 10 and Madison hadn't ate breakfast yet I decided to try some oatmeal and sure enough she gobbled it up. Then, it was nap time. By time I got her out of her high chair and into her room she was sound asleep!!! That has NEVER happened, neither of my girls ever fall asleep anywhere besides their bed or in the car.
Matt came home and I headed out with Grandma & Makenzie for our first trip to Farmer's Market! Bought some plants for our garden then headed to the local seed store for the rest of what we needed.
Saturday night we had a cookout with some friends!! How cute are these girls!! One year apart to the day!
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| Poor Reid (whose legs you see to the right) was TOALLY outnumbered by all the girls! Sorry Bud!! |
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| Paige, Makenzie & Zoe |
Sunday morning we skipped church and Matt and I went nutty on the trim work in the house; he put the trim up and Makenzie and I putty'd the nail holes and painted. At the beginning of the weekend he had the three bedrooms to do and Monday morning he put THE LAST PIECE OF TRIM UP!!! (He started the project beg of April so it took a solid 2 months.)
That afternoon Matt & Makenzie headed out fishing while I laid out in the sun! Madison was snoozing, I was in bliss.... laying in the sun, with a book in my hands! I am such a reader and I haven't read a book since before I was pregnant with Madison :-0
My parents came over Sunday night for cook out number two! They watched the girls for a bit while Matt and I did the trim game again. Makenzie had fun showing off on her big girl bike and Madison was racing around in the cozy coupe (with a little assistance from Pop!).
Monday morning started with a fun find!
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| Of course, around her neck it goes! |
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| Little Miss refused to eat the cut up peach on her plate, instead she yanked my peach off of my plate! |
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| Lunch!! Burnt hot dog slathered in sauerkraut and mustard!! DELISH!! |
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| This was Monday's afternoon project! Ribs in the smoker!! |
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| What fun neighbors we have! Little Leah running thru the mist from the power washer! If the ribs below weren't sitting in front of me ready to be ate I would have run out there too!! |
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| Happy Memorial Day to us!!! :D |
Thursday, May 22, 2014
A First Time (Times Three!)
The First First.
Late Tuesday Makenzie woke up with a high fever. That was about ten. She cat napped on and off until one am when she threw up. This girl will be 3 1/2 in June and this was the FIRST time she has ever thrown up!!! Matt and I have officially been inducted to the "We're up all night dealing with a sick kid, doing laundry and cleaning vomit up from all over the place while trying not to throw up ourselves!" We had a good run going! Thank you Makenzie for giving us 3 1/2 years!! XOXO!!
This fever just rocked her. Tylenol didn't do much. She sat in the rocker ALL day yesterday totally zoned out. Thanks to a GREAT neighbor, she brought over some Pedialyte that Makenzie sipped on and I made a few popsicles out of too. Yesterday afternoon she took a 3 1/2 hour nap!!!!!!!!!!
Both girls were sleeping for two hours and I was in pure bliss as they slept! Two hours not entertaining or parenting! Score!!
The Second First.
As the girls were sleeping I thought it would be a good idea to quickly make dinner for the night and for the next night (tonight) too. One problem... my last nights dinner involved grilling. Gas grill I can do, but we don't have one. We have a charcoal grill that hates me. Matt makes it look SO easy to light and everytime I do I have to relight it or add more charcoal... it just doesn't go well. I end up having to call him about 100 times and my meat sits on the grill for about an hour.
Yesterday I decided I would do it, I would grill. I started the process and wasn't sure if it was doing what it should be. I sat and contemplated... do I call Matt? do I let it go and see what happens? or do I call Matt's Dad? (It's slightly embarrassing that Matt has run me thru the process a zillion times, but nothing is retained. Not only that I get the Ugh... why is she monkeying around with my grill again groan and the you never get it right, when are you going to give up grunt) I didn't want to bother Matt's dad at work with a silly question so Matt it was.
Low and behold... I was doing everything right!! The meat got grilled with out any help for the FIRST time!! My meat was a little over done (or a LOT), but the job was done!
During their nap time I did the grilling (which took an hour :-/ ), made two meals, and sat in the sun relaxing.
The Third First... a Recipe!
FIRST time we've had this meal! Concocted a little recipe last night, and here it goes!
Grilled Chicken Queso Pasta
4 Chicken Breast
1/2 C Ranch Dressing (split)
3-4 diced Tomatoes
1-2 Tablespoons of fresh chopped Cilantro
1 1/2 C Shredded Cheddar Cheese
16 oz Bowtie Pasta
Red pepper flakes or diced Jalapeno (Optional!)
Brush chicken with about 1/4 Cup of Ranch Dressing and have husband toss on grill. (Don't ask me for grilling tips!)
Cook Pasta.
In a smaller sauce pan add 1/4 C ranch dressing, cilantro, cheese and tomatoes. When that turns into a sauce (stir often so it doesn't burn to the bottom of the pan), dice the grilled chicken and add all to the cooked pasta.
My stomach is growling as I am typing this!! Grilling the chicken gave it such a good smokey flavor that spread into the rest of the dish. Yummm yummmm!!!! And if you want more sauce just increase the sauce ingredients.
Enjoy!
Late Tuesday Makenzie woke up with a high fever. That was about ten. She cat napped on and off until one am when she threw up. This girl will be 3 1/2 in June and this was the FIRST time she has ever thrown up!!! Matt and I have officially been inducted to the "We're up all night dealing with a sick kid, doing laundry and cleaning vomit up from all over the place while trying not to throw up ourselves!" We had a good run going! Thank you Makenzie for giving us 3 1/2 years!! XOXO!!
This fever just rocked her. Tylenol didn't do much. She sat in the rocker ALL day yesterday totally zoned out. Thanks to a GREAT neighbor, she brought over some Pedialyte that Makenzie sipped on and I made a few popsicles out of too. Yesterday afternoon she took a 3 1/2 hour nap!!!!!!!!!!
Both girls were sleeping for two hours and I was in pure bliss as they slept! Two hours not entertaining or parenting! Score!!
The Second First.
As the girls were sleeping I thought it would be a good idea to quickly make dinner for the night and for the next night (tonight) too. One problem... my last nights dinner involved grilling. Gas grill I can do, but we don't have one. We have a charcoal grill that hates me. Matt makes it look SO easy to light and everytime I do I have to relight it or add more charcoal... it just doesn't go well. I end up having to call him about 100 times and my meat sits on the grill for about an hour.
Yesterday I decided I would do it, I would grill. I started the process and wasn't sure if it was doing what it should be. I sat and contemplated... do I call Matt? do I let it go and see what happens? or do I call Matt's Dad? (It's slightly embarrassing that Matt has run me thru the process a zillion times, but nothing is retained. Not only that I get the Ugh... why is she monkeying around with my grill again groan and the you never get it right, when are you going to give up grunt) I didn't want to bother Matt's dad at work with a silly question so Matt it was.
Low and behold... I was doing everything right!! The meat got grilled with out any help for the FIRST time!! My meat was a little over done (or a LOT), but the job was done!
During their nap time I did the grilling (which took an hour :-/ ), made two meals, and sat in the sun relaxing.
The Third First... a Recipe!
FIRST time we've had this meal! Concocted a little recipe last night, and here it goes!
Grilled Chicken Queso Pasta
4 Chicken Breast
1/2 C Ranch Dressing (split)
3-4 diced Tomatoes
1-2 Tablespoons of fresh chopped Cilantro
1 1/2 C Shredded Cheddar Cheese
16 oz Bowtie Pasta
Red pepper flakes or diced Jalapeno (Optional!)
Brush chicken with about 1/4 Cup of Ranch Dressing and have husband toss on grill. (Don't ask me for grilling tips!)
Cook Pasta.
In a smaller sauce pan add 1/4 C ranch dressing, cilantro, cheese and tomatoes. When that turns into a sauce (stir often so it doesn't burn to the bottom of the pan), dice the grilled chicken and add all to the cooked pasta.
My stomach is growling as I am typing this!! Grilling the chicken gave it such a good smokey flavor that spread into the rest of the dish. Yummm yummmm!!!! And if you want more sauce just increase the sauce ingredients.
Enjoy!
~Our Menu~
I go grocery shopping just a couple times a month for a couple of reasons.
1. It's just not fun, sometimes it is, but typically not so much.
2. We are always on a time crunch to get there and get back before either naps or feeding times. Then a race to get kids fed and groceries unpacked.
3. Germs, yup I'm a germaphobe!
4. It frees up a whole morning the off week!
With that being said, I have to make a two week menu. This usually takes me forever!! At least a couple of hours. I look thru a LOT of recipes before I decide what I want on my menu. Many recipes I make only once and a lot of other recipes I will reuse, just not very frequently. (Which has been a problem when it comes to finding the recipe... some are pinned, some are in a magazine somewhere, some are printed and put in a binder, some are in my recipe box!)
The really big problem is when I lose my menu! They are typically written on the back of a used envelope or inside a notebook, so can be easily thrown out or lost. I keep thinking I should make the menu on my blog. It never gets lost and maybe I would go back and reuse a menu!?!? You just never know :-)
So here it goes, the blogs first 2 week menu!!
(Note: FM=Freezer meal *= double meal, one to eat, one to freeze for freezer meal, CP=Crockpot)
FM, Honey Rosemary Chicken over Rice
CP Mac & Cheese
Breakfast Sandwich w/ Fruit
CP Beef Roast, potatoes, spinach
* CP Balsamic Chicken over Spaghetti Noodles
Layered Pasta
Grilled Pork & Black Bean Burritos
Reuben dogs, Baked Beans, Sweet Potato Fries
Grilled Fajitas
Inside Out Burgers, Green Beans, _______ <--- We'll think of something
Ham, Roasted Potatoes, Veggie
Grilled Chicken Queso Pasta (made this last night! Delish! See recipe in next blog post!)
Antipasto Sub Club Sandwich, Applesauce
Leave a comment if you are interested in any recipes!
1. It's just not fun, sometimes it is, but typically not so much.
2. We are always on a time crunch to get there and get back before either naps or feeding times. Then a race to get kids fed and groceries unpacked.
3. Germs, yup I'm a germaphobe!
4. It frees up a whole morning the off week!
With that being said, I have to make a two week menu. This usually takes me forever!! At least a couple of hours. I look thru a LOT of recipes before I decide what I want on my menu. Many recipes I make only once and a lot of other recipes I will reuse, just not very frequently. (Which has been a problem when it comes to finding the recipe... some are pinned, some are in a magazine somewhere, some are printed and put in a binder, some are in my recipe box!)
The really big problem is when I lose my menu! They are typically written on the back of a used envelope or inside a notebook, so can be easily thrown out or lost. I keep thinking I should make the menu on my blog. It never gets lost and maybe I would go back and reuse a menu!?!? You just never know :-)
So here it goes, the blogs first 2 week menu!!
(Note: FM=Freezer meal *= double meal, one to eat, one to freeze for freezer meal, CP=Crockpot)
FM, Honey Rosemary Chicken over Rice
CP Mac & Cheese
Breakfast Sandwich w/ Fruit
CP Beef Roast, potatoes, spinach
* CP Balsamic Chicken over Spaghetti Noodles
Layered Pasta
Grilled Pork & Black Bean Burritos
Reuben dogs, Baked Beans, Sweet Potato Fries
Grilled Fajitas
Inside Out Burgers, Green Beans, _______ <--- We'll think of something
Ham, Roasted Potatoes, Veggie
Grilled Chicken Queso Pasta (made this last night! Delish! See recipe in next blog post!)
Antipasto Sub Club Sandwich, Applesauce
Leave a comment if you are interested in any recipes!
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
*Tulip Time* Part 3
I told you I had a lot!! It's a week long festival and my cousin and I were downtown dancing 6 evenings! This is the rest! Friday night my MIL brought down one of my nieces and nephews! AND she watched my girls while I was dancing and Matt was home working on the house. She was definitely outnumbered and little Zachary was not at all interested in sitting in the stroller and staying put.
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| Natalie and Makenzie working on their own Dutch Dance! |
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| Caleb's turn to try on my shoes... check Natalie out in the background!! I have about three pictures of her arms crossed checking those shoes out! |
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| Makenzie calls her cousins her "friends" and she was SO excited to be running around with them! They all certainly burned off some energy before bedtime! That's all for this year!! |
Monday, May 19, 2014
*Tulip Time* Part 2
This was the first day this peanut was in shorts and a t-shirt!! We had a HOT day! So not use to this since we spent months below freezing!!
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| Clapping! Yay for warm weather!! |
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| Time for the kids to join! |
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| Madison's just hanging around and Makenzie is just done for the day! |
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| Checking out the tulips! |
(Makenzie was NOT interested in pics what-so-ever!)
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| One of the many tourist that Tulip Time brings in! Camera around the neck, not watching where he was pushing the stroller... classic tourist! :-) (And yes, he was with us!!) |
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| Makenzie and Hensley's first Tulip Time! |
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| Our friends, Josh, Leah & Baby Hensley! |
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