Monday, February 17, 2025

See you tomorrow ;)

 We have a three-day weekend and I have done my very best to do pretty much nothing ;) That said, family movie night has trumped blogging time and so I'll be back tomorrow!

If you also have a long weekend I hope you're making the absolute most of it!

Friday, February 14, 2025

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)

Happy Friday and happy Valentine's Day! 

First up on my list of FAVES is this fun reel I posted over on IG...


Thursday, February 13, 2025

Seven Questions


You may be surprised to hear that I only drink one kind of tea and it's hot English Breakfast tea with a splash of milk and some sugar (typically a sweet and low).  I grew up drinking English breakfast tea and it's my all-time favorite.  If I'm venturing out at Starbucks I'll grab a peach green tea lemonade.

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Pizza Pasta

 Today I'm sharing one of my go-to quick and easy dinner recipes - it's hearty, crowd-pleasing and makes enough for leftovers for my kids thermoses (or dinner!) the next day which is a big bonus.  It's SUPER flexible and if you serve it in  this awesome heart casserole dish it's instantly festive.



Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Prime Lately

Sharing a few fun Amazon finds from the past month or so!

First up is this vibration plate that we are all loving.  I'm not ready to say it helped with this or that but what I can say is that we all look forward to using it and that it's been an easy/fun addition to or house.  "They use whole-body vibration to stimulate muscles. They may also help improve your strength, flexibility, and circulation, and boost your bone mass."  Ours lives in our kitchen and it's been easy for everyone to hop on for a few minutes here and there.


Monday, February 10, 2025

Valentine's Day Dinner

 Valentine's Day is one of my very favorite holidays - I love that there's no expectation for gifts or baskets or a whole lot of other festivities - but that it's an intentionally sweet time to tell the people you love why you love them.  Today I'm sharing a few of my past Valentine's Dinners in case you're looking for some inspo for Friday ;)

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Friday, February 7, 2025

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)

Last Friday Luke and I packed up and headed out to Lake Charles, LA for his last indoor track meet of the season.


Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Meal Planning Tips and Tricks

I've had several questions about meal planning lately and what a week of meals looks like at our house and so I thought I'd share my process and a few little tips and tricks that I use.  First of all - I was anti-meal planning for YEARS but then it got to a point where I literally dreaded dinnertime not because I hate cooking (I actually love to cook), but because of the mental energy I was spending figuring it out every single day to say nothing of the grocery trips, etc.  

I decided just to suck it up and be a grownup and start meal planning and it has been the BIGGEST HELP OF ALL TIME!

Essentially, on Friday afternoons/evenings or SOMETIMES Saturday mornings I meal plan.  After I look at our calendars and make a plan I'll go through and place an online Walmart order and Instacart Costco order for delivery on Saturday morning.  If there are other things that we need that are from a different grocery store (i.e. Trader Joe's, Market Street, etc.) Dave will typically grab those on Monday when he's off work because it's way more convenient and less busy that way.  


I pretty much cook every night except for Friday nights.  The calendar above has a bunch of empty Saturdays because I was traveling for track and wasn't home on those nights.  

I try to mix things up and take requests from the kids and yes, cook nightly because my boys (and sometimes G) take leftovers for lunch pretty much daily.  


Other little tips/tricks include:

- Plan EASY meals but just plan them! Sometimes thats grilled cheese and soup or hot dogs and french fries - even if it's going to be super simple put it on the plan!

- I keep a browser open throughout the week open to Walmart where I can add things that we run out of so I don't forget when I place my order

I really hope that you found this helpful - if you have any tips and/or dinner ideas I'd love it if you'd leave the in the coments!





 

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Valentine's Day Doodle Town

 Valentine's Day is around the corner and a little festive coloring is in order...



Monday, February 3, 2025

Valentine's Day Touches

Happy February, friends!  I LOVE Valentines Day and love having some of my favorite little heart/love touches our this month. 


Friday, January 31, 2025

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)

Last Friday we had a little mini dodgeball event and this team of 8th grade boys was one of my FAVORITES...

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Chicken Pot Pie

We're currently experiencing "false spring" here in Texas, but I have this bookmarked to make on the first night it turns chilly again here.  If you're currently experiencing actual Winter this is a MUST!  The recipe makes two pot pies so it's perfect to feed a crowd, freeze one for later, or bring to a friend.  You can also serve the filling over warm biscuits if that's more you're thing.  It's so much better than a store bought pie and is comfort food to the max!



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