Recent cards i have made.

Here are some cards i made over the last week.

MPM

Well my son, Zach, went home on Friday and Ryan stayed so I won't do breakfasts on my menu anymore, but I will keep up with the lunches. It made it so nice having those done. I went shopping at our local grocery store, Safeway, and they had some great meat on sale, so this week went a little different, I shopped before I made my menu, plus we are using up what is left in the house also. So for lunches they there are all repeats. Need to empty out the fridge and cupboards.

Lunches (Mon- Sat)

4th of July- not sure what will happen

English muffin pizza

Mac n cheese w/ hot dogs, veggies

Chicken nuggets, veggies

Turkey sandwiches, chips, veggies

Sat.-Nachos

Dinner(Mon- Sat)

4th of July- not to sure what will happen

On the grill-Llyods BBQ ribs, corn on the cob, Baked potatoe

Hamburgers, chips

Herbed pork roast, green beans, noodles

Hamburger helper, Easy Beer Bread

Sat. we will probalby eat out w/ coupon

Need more dinner ideas check out Laura's blog for her Menu Plan Mondays. It has helped me out so much, I love looking at all the ladies menus fo rthe week. And if you want to see what's happening in my little neck of the woods check out MY blog. Hope to see you there.

Not to much going on.. Just checkin in

Not that there are many people who read this, but I thought I'd write down for those of who do what is going on right now at our house. It's 7:49am and Wyatt has been up siince 6:30, which of course means so have I. I was hoping to sleep in today, but he wasnt having it.
Now he is freaking out about wanting a Baba (bottle), not sure why it isn't like he gets it during the day, but sometimes he just gets so crazy about wanting one. Well that was good he just took a cup instead without a major blow up.
So this weekend is pretty full with stuff to do. Today we are helping set up for a baby shower that I am helping give tomorrow. Now you might say how much do you need to set up, well this shower is a Couples outside BBQ. We have 70 guest coming and 16 couples that still have not rsvp'd. Since it is outside we are helping Ginny (the owner of the house it is being given at) do a little outside work, you know mowing, weeding, and getting the tables up. Then a little Costco trip for some of the stuff we haven't gotten yet. Know the nice thing about this shower is there will be no baby shower games, the mom isn't into that kind of stuff. Which is ok by me less to plan. Then on Sunday is the shower. I hope it goes ok. We are only serving Fish, hot dogs, hamburgers, drinks and chips we are having everyone else bring a potluck dish. We did this since there are so many people coming, to much for us to try to feed. The weather is supposed to be good and get even better through the week, which will be nice for the fourth of July (not that we have anything planned).
I also am trying to plan my menu for this next week. Safeway had some great deals on meat so I already have things bought just need to plan around that, which is hard for me, I like to do it the other way around, alot easier for me. The weather is supposed to be great this week, high 70s low 80s, so i think we will be BBQing alot. We don't have anything planned for the 4th, but i am sure that will be a grill day also.
Ok well Wyatt is trying to climb on the back of my chair and it is starting to bother me so I should go and see what he needs, hope you all have a great weekend. I sure will try to.

PS> Mike and Amy I hope your Open house goes well. Congrats agian.

MPM

Monday B- Bagels w/cream chs

L-Turkey sand w/chips

Tuesday B-Waffles & fruit

L-Hot dogs w/ mac n cheese

Wednesday B-Cold cereal w/fruit

L- Grilled cheese w/veggies

Thursday B-Eggs & Toast

L-chicken nuggets w/ fries

Friday B-Cold cereal & fruit

L-English muffin pizza (the boys loved doing this last week)

Saturday B-Cinnamon rolls

Dinner
Pizza w/ fried mozzeralla sticks
Crock Pot Meatloaf w/corn & noodles
Sweet sour chicken w/ rice
Ranch chicken

Carne Asada Tacos

Trip to the Waterfront!

This was some weird fish that some guy was showing the boys.

They are in huge puddles, under these huge rocks. They were

kind of gross looking. They had huge mouths.

Sketch #37

Life as a Mom!

Family Guy - Annoying Stewie - For more funny movies, click here

Pencil Lines sketch #36

Here is my version of Tessa's sketch (shown below). I really love her stuff.

Menu Plan Monday

So all has been good so far. The boys here for the summer is going good, without a car though they do get bored easy.
Having the breakfast and lunch menu has helped out alot, this way the boys know what we are having and there has not been to much complaining. We did have a few issues with what Zach the 9 yo will eat so we made a deal and he helps with breakfast and luch ideas (with my approval), but he can't complain about what i make for dinner. SO here is our menu for this week.

Monday B- Cold cereal
L-English muffin pizza

Tuesday B-Waffles & fruit
L-PB & J sandwiches, chips

Wednesday B-Cinnamon toast & fruit

L- Beef Roni, veggies

Thursday B-Eggs & Toast
L-Grilled cheese & tomato soup

Friday B-Cold cereal & fruit
L-Nachos

Saturday B-Cinnamon toast & fruit
L-Corn dogs & mac n cheese

Dinners
Teriyaki Chicken, rice
Crockpot Meatloaf, corn & noodles
Grilled Hamburgers, veggies, chips
Pizza Breadstick Casserole(see below), salad
Italian Chicken & Potatoes , veggies
Tacos








Pizza Breadstick Casserole

1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. sausage
½ C diced pepperoni (from 6oz. package)
5 green onions, sliced
1 ½ C chunky pasta sauce (26 oz. jar)
1 box Pillsbury refrigerated Parmesan breadsticks with garlic
1 C shredded Colby-Jack cheese blend



Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 13 x 9 pan.
In a skillet cook ground beef. When done drain, add pasta sauce, onions and pepperoni. Cook until bubbly. To ensure that the undersides of the breadsticks cook completely, be sure the meat mixture is piping hot when you top it with the breadsticks.
Meanwhile, unroll the dough into 1 large rectangle. Spread the garlic mixture from box evenly over dough. Separate dough into 10 breadsticks. Cut each breadstick into 3 crosswise pieces.
Spoon ground beef mixture into baking dish and top with breadsticks. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until topping is no longer doughy. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake 10 more minutes or until cheese is melted.

Wyatt can count!!!!

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Sorry this is so dark, but it is so amazing to here him do this. He counts to 5 or 6 on this take. He has also counted to 8.

Menu Plan Monday

* A quick side note the German Style Pork Chops w/ Mushrooms was a big hit last week. We actually went to a friends house and I made it for everyone, everyone LOVED it.

So on Tuesday I pick up my two sons for the summer so my menus will not just be dinner they will also need to consist of Breakfast and dinners too. SO this will start on Wednesday. Haven't decided if I will do like I do with dinners and just have a list and pick from it or if I want to start assigning days to my meals at least breakfast and lunches. Yea I think that is what I will do.

Wednesday B-cold cereal
L-PB & J, applesauce

Thursday B-Homemade Blueberry muffins, fuit
L-Hot dogs w/buns, Raw veggies

Friday B-French Toast
L-Chix nuggets, fries

Saturday/ B-cold cereal
Sunday L-corn dogs, mac n cheese

Dinners
M- Catfish w/ beans & Rice, grn beans
T- free night driving 4 hrs. to get boys
Pancakes w/ mini choc. chips & sausage
Cheesy Chicken Simmer
Spaghetti w/ Meatballs & garlic bread
Meatloaf w/ corn & noodles

Also now we found out that it is going to take awhile to get my car up and running, ahhh I hate not having a car. You don't realize how much you use it till it's gone. So now I am going to need to find stuff for me a 2, 8 & 10 yo to do for fun at home. Hopefully it will be nice outside so they can play most of the time.

A full day of pictures.

I am so excited, finally flowers are poping up around the house. I have been waiting since we moved in to see what we have. So here are a few pictures.





And if you can tell in the picture of wyatt up top he got his haircut. He did ok, he didn't want to sit there so I had to brib him with a fruit somootie. It got him sitting long enough for the lady to cut his hair.

We had such a great time this past weekend, we went to the Naches area and went camping over night. We were going to stay longer but the wind that was blowing was so icy cold that poor Wyatt was shivering, with two coats on, and the sun had not even gone down yet. My older boys Ryan and Zach were there too, they came up with there dad and step-mom. It was great to see them, yes it was weird camping with Jason and Mandy, but we didn't see them to much. Tom and Ester came up with us and I just hung out with them and my boys.

What a view, though. I went hiking up this huge hill with Andrew, Ester's brother, while everyone was out riding their dirt bikes and you saw this mountain so clear. But I forgot my camera that time. I wish this picture would have come out better but by the time I got up the hill again it had fogged up.

We are totally going their again. We all had so much fun and while exploring all the trails the guys found a great campsite that will will stay at next. Hope you all had a great Memorial day weekend too.

Menu Paln Monday!

This week I am making a several of our favorites meals and a few new ones (Stromboli & Fuss free Ravioli bake).

1. Fuss Free Ravioli & Cheese Bake w/ Beer Bread

2. Stromboli serve w/ salad

3. Philly Steak Sandwiches w/ French fries

4. Cabbage Roll Casserole w/ biscuits

5. Cheesy Chicken Simmer (My DH likes it cheesy so I always add double the velveeta and extra broccoli too)

6. German Style Pork Chops w/ Mushrooms serve w/ homemade mashed potatoes and corn

7. Breaded Catfish, beans and rice

New layouts I did on Saturday.

Menu Plan Monday

So this last week I did pretty good sticking with my meals. I scrapbooked all day Saturday so the guys fended for themselves. Want to see some of my stuff check out my blog. So this is what I have planned for this next week.
Yes the pork Chops are from last week cause we never got to it (again) Will I ever make this one??? We'll see.

Pulled pork BBQ sandwiches
Asian Pork Chops w/ noodles and veggies
Catfish, black beans w/ saffron rice, green beans

Leftovers one day

Herbed Chicken w/ rice & veggies

Wyatt's Birthday Party.

Poor Wyatt, Daddy shoved his face in the cake.

MPM

I don't assign my meals a certain day because I like to be able to make what ever I feel like that day. So here are mine.

We didn't go out last night for Mother's day, just way to tired after a long busy weekened so we will go out tonight (Monday) to celebrate.
Beefy Salsa Mac
Asian Pork Chops w/ noodles
Chicken tacos
Honey Kabobs
BBQ something on the grill probably Hamburgers

Wyatt at the water!

Yeasterday after Wyatt's 2 year check up we went to the water front to play. He had so much fun throwing rocks. Oh and he is 36 in. tall (90%) and weighs 29 lbs.(50-75%).

I did a two week menu last week,b ut it just didn't work for us, I made something last night that I was supposed to make next week so I am going back to the way I usually do it. I just make a list of 5-7 dinners and I pick what I want that day. I already have all foods on hand so it isn't any harder for us.

Cheesy Catfish, noodles, and greens beans
Pizza Breadstick Casserole
Herbed Chicken, rice, corn
Tacos

Thursday night will be leftovers
Sat. night BBQ, B-day party
Sun. probaby out for Mother's Day

National Scrapbook Day 2007

Well yesterday was National Scrapbook Day, some may not care, but to us that love scrapbooking this is a great day to get together at your local craft store and have a full day of prizes, gifts, games and meeting new friends. I have only been to one crop on this day, but yesterday I ventured out on my own and went to The Scrapbook Zone and joined in on the fun. (there just happen to have a few people cancell). I am so glad I did go also even though I was worried about going on my own. The girl sitting next to me ended up being there alone also, so we got to talking and we have alot in common. We love crops, scrapbook stores adn we both are stay at home mommies. And the funny thing is she just lives up the road from me. So we exchanged numbers and will be getting together soon.

Waiting for us on our tables was this great gift, it consisted of about

$50 worth of stuff. Heidi Swapp: 1-Brown Spiral 9x9 albumn,

several sheets of Boy and girl 9x9 patterened paper, a boy and girl set of tape and chipboard. And 2 Chropper Hopper boxes. So cool. It is fun to go somewhere and have gifts waiting for you.

So below are the layouts I finished at the crop.

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T5/3 Szechwan noodles w/ spicy beef
5/4 Mexican casserole
5/5 Tacos
5/6 Fish w/ zucchini & beans
M5/7 Breadstick casserole
5/8 Leftovers
5/9 Flank steak w/ twice-baked pot.
T5/10 Hamburger helper
5/11 Chicken Taquitos w/ rice
5/12 ----B-day BBQ
5/13 ----Shelton eat out?
M5/14 Beefy Salsa Mac
5/15 Hamburger patties saucy w/roasted pot.
5/16 Fish
T5/17 Leftovers
5/18 Asian Pork chops w/noodles