Week 43 Menu!

Hi everyone, I'm taking it easy this week since I'm recovering from the Dallas wedding and Will is traveling. The wedding was beautiful and we had a great time. Always too short of a visit though. It was great to see all the cousins and so funny to see all of our kids playing together.

Amelia slept until 7am, which is when I woke up too so this morning was crazy rushed to get Amelia ready for school and out the door.

This is what we have going on this week. Lazy and uninspiring, but, for consistency sake, still posting :)

Sunday: Ordered in Mediterranean food
Monday: Homemade Tuna Mac and Cheese with veggies (girls loved it!)
Tuesday: Chicken Broccoli Casserole (don't judge)
Wednesday: Frito Pie
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Halloween! No plans yet.
Saturday: Date Night. Much needed.

What do yall have going on?

A semi-lazy week

I think the week ahead might be semi-lazy for me. Not feeling up to cooking anything extravagant, so will be keepin' things simple!

Mon- Meeting a girlfriend for dinner. Leaving Ryan with marinated chicken, couscous, and broccoli to make for himself (and extra for me for lunch tomorrow)
Tue- Chipotle lime salmon, asparagus, rice
Wed- Going to a new place called Taco Flats cause I need to blog about it on Thursday
Thur- Turkey chili with cornbread (prob need to throw in a veggie here...)
Fri- Going to friends house for dinner

I'll be tryyyyyying to hit the gym 3x this week. I walk Fonzie for like 3/4 mile every morning, but it always feels good to get my blood moving after sitting all day at work (when I can manage to motivate myself to get outta the house). If I don't go to the gym, I try to do the Kayla Itsines (have y'all heard of her yet?) circuit workout, which is actually way, way harder than going to the gym, but shorter and more convenient. If anyone's interested seeing those workouts, lemme know and I'll send ya the PDFs. They're 30 min workouts but will kick your ass. The trainer's Instagram is good motivation and the before/after photos are always kinda amazing to me.

Other than that, probably just lots of Netflixing. I started watching Parenthood from the beginning and I really like it so far! I have tons of episodes left, so that makes me happy.

Week 42 Menu - A short week!

Hi everyone! Hope yall had a good weekend!

We totally laid low on Friday night - had another movie night. Annelise has decided The Nightmare Before Christmas is too scary, so we watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. It was ok. Can't wait for Christmas when we can really dive into all the classics!

Saturday, Will took the car in after Bubbles and Ballet so the girls and I had a day of fun. We walked to the zoo, even though it was too far and too cold to walk. We had a great time, though.

Yesterday we went to brunch with Lydia and Karla, then went to look at some puppies. We were SO CLOSE to getting a dog, but Will talked as away from the point of no return. I think we'll revisit after New Years when all the holiday traveling is done.

It's a short week because of Ali's wedding this weekend! The girls are in the wedding and they're so excited to wear the pretty dresses. Here's what's on the menu for the short week.

Sunday: White Fish Special for me and Will, Fish Nuggets for the girls

Monday: Spaghetti with Bolognese sauce. Made this on Sunday so we can eat as leftovers all week

Tuesday: Chicken with Sherry and Mustard Sauce

Wednesday: Leftovers

Thursday: Out/Leftovers

Friday- Sunday: DALLAS!

What are yall up to this week?? xoxo

Week 41 Menu

Hello hello! Hope yall had a great weekend!

We had an awesome, jam packed weekend. Will and I went to dinner and saw Gone Girl on Friday. Really good. Then Saturday, we met with the contractor, went to a Bubbles class for Annelise and Amelia was the teacher's helper (by helper, I mean riled up Annelise and all the little kids to not pay attention and run around like chickens instead of participating in the class). Afterwards we went to a pumpkin patch with another family - Amelia and Nola are super friends even though they only see each other a couple of times a year. They love each other and it's so fun to see her form relationships. Saturday night I made white boy tacos and we watched The Walking Dead until 1am. Sunday was the marathon, we saw our friend running in it, then we met them up for margaritas and tacos at Big Star.

Lunches for Amelia have been going smoothly. I have a good rotation of pasta with peas (tortellini or elbow or something like that), sandwiches (peanut butter, turkey) or wraps (turkey, hot dog). Every once in a while, I'll do leftovers, but she had to have really liked it. My focus with her is protein - she doesn't naturally gravitate towards it so I have to make sure she's getting enough. I'll add in a fruit, cheese, carrot sticks, and a cookie- usually a few nilla wafers or a milano. She devours her lunch which I love to see. On Fridays, I've ordered her the hot lunch at her school to give me the day off. I keep an eye out for good/easy lunches though because I don't want to wear out the lunches I'm currently using! Any ideas are super welcome :)

Here's what I have on the menu for the week:

Monday: Shepherd's Pie
Tuesday: Slow cooker Tikka Masala - I have a Junior League event so this will be ready for Will and the girls.
Wednesday: Lou's Chicken Marbella 
Thursday: Honey Garlic Chicken
Friday: Out or leftovers

What have yall got going on? xoxo

Week 40 Menu

Hi everyone! Hope yall had a good weekend. We had a really great time. Friday night we did a movie + pizza night. We watched The Nightmare Before Christmas and the girls loved it. We ate pizza on the floor while watching the movie. They were riveted. Scared at times, but nothing too bad.

Saturday we had Bubbles and ballet class, then went to a deli to get sandwiches and matzo ball soup. The girls also got haircuts.

Sunday we went to Ikea to look at kitchen layouts and then to Fall Fest at Amelia's school. Bouncy Houses, huge slides, face painting and ice cream. It was a great time - below was the post-fun bathtime.

Here's what we have going on this week:

Sunday: Brisket, veggies, and beans. Dad sent these beans- they were sooo good.
Monday: Shrimp Scampi
Tuesday: Korean Beef with rice and broccoli
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Braised French Onion Chicken
Friday: Out

What do you have going on? xo