Start of the Week Stuff

Just got home from Memorial day weekend and thought I'd try to throw together a quick menu and shopping list for tomorrow morning.

To-Do's:
Tuesday- softball practice
Wednesday- work in R's class, softball game, open house
Thursday- field trip with R's class, baseball party, softball practice
Friday- dance
Saturday- two softball games, on baseball game
Sunday- church

Menu:
Tuesday- breakfast
Wednesday- crock pot salsa chicken something
Thursday- pizza (party)
Friday- honey lime tilapia
Saturday-
Sunday- homemade pizza 

Let's Try This Again...

NOW, we have 4 weeks of school left. :)
Another busy week last week, another busy week this week.  It's going to be really weird in a month when we have practically nothing going on almost overnight.

To-Do's:
Monday- grocery shopping, home group (bring dessert)
Tuesday- baseball practice, softball game (in the same town!)
Wednesday- work in R's class, baseball game (bring snack)
Thursday- NOTHING!! (that will probably end up changing...)
Friday- dance
Saturday- Memorial Day Weekend :)

Menu:
Monday- pasta with meat sauce
Tuesday- parmesan ranch chicken and veggies (bring to game)
Wednesday- burritos (bring to game)
Thursday- breakfast
Friday- homemade pizza 

+snacks for game
+smore bar fixings

Start of the Week Stuff

It's Monday again already, these weeks seem to be flying by lately!  We have 4 more weeks of school before summer, that's going to be here so soon!  I cannot wait, but at the same time I want my kids to quit growing up so fast!  Next year will be M's last year of elementary school!  How on earth did we get there already?  I'm so looking forward to enjoying our less busy time this summer, but I'm trying to enjoy the business of right now too.  I love watching my kids play baseball, and I don't want wish this time away.
That being said, I think we're finally on the down-hill side of the super busy season.  This week doesn't feel so over the top crazy, and I'm really happy about that!

To-Do's for the week:
Monday- grocery store, volunteer tea @ kids school, NOTHING in the evening!! :D
Tuesday- guitar, softball practice
Wednesday- work in R's class, baseball practice, softball game
Thursday- Costco, other errands in town, softball practice
Friday- dance
Saturday- double header for both kiddos (at the same time, in different towns)
Sunday- church

Menu:
Monday- leftovers from last night's bbq (chicken & potatoes)
Tuesday- breakfast
Wednesday- Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos (frozen from extras I made last week)
Thursday- something with leftover steak...
Friday- homemade pizza 
Saturday- pasta with meat sauce
Sunday-


We spent Mother's day up at my mom's, and it was nice enough that we were able to enjoy the pool for the first time this season!  I'm so excited to spend a lot of summer days up there soon!!  The kids had a great time jumping in over and over again. N took some time to warm up to the water again, but by the end of the day he was jumping in right along with the big kids (with his water wings on).
Here's a picture of me with my kids up there yesterday. :)

I'm sure I'll be posting a scrapbook layout of this one soon!  I just love it and can't wait to scrap it! :)

About that p52...

So, I'm kind of slacking on keeping track and posting my pictures these days, but I am still picking up the Nikon more often.  I decided to try a p52 with my Nikon because although I loved doing p365 on my phone last year (so much so that I'm doing it again this year), I found that I really didn't use my real camera much, and my photog skills were getting rusty.  My goal with this p52 has been to push myself with the Nikon and grow as a photographer, and I think it's working.  I don't think I'm going to be posting a weekly photo anymore, but I will still share when I get something I love, whether it's with my iPhone or my big girl camera. :)
I'm also scrapping this year again (something I took a break from last year with the p365).  I still scrapped last year obviously, I just worked on getting caught up on past years.  It's fun to be able to scrap current stuff again when I want to.  Here's a page I did with photos I took last weekend, got them scrapped before I even got them posted individually. :)

full credits here

Start of the Week Stuff

Whew.  I'm tired!  We had one of those weekends where you really need a couple days to recover from it when it's over.  Saturday we took the divide and conquer approach. Matthew took M to her 3 tournament games an hour away, and I kept the boys and took R to his baseball game.  We had record-breaking tempters, and the boys took full advantage of it.  They were in their swim trunks by 9am and asking for me to set up the slip-n-slide.  We did the water table, kiddy pool, and after switching some hoses around I got the slip-n-slide set up for them.  After about 10 minutes of that running I realized it was going to completely flood the yard if it was on much longer, so I turned it off and pulled out the big blow up pool that we got when we lived in Redding.  I got it set up for them to play in for a bit and then headed to R's baseball game.  After the game they played in the pool some more and then we headed to meet Matthew and M at church.  When we got home at almost 8pm it was still 82° in our backyard, so the kids swam while I made a quick dinner. 
Sunday we left the house at 7:30am to head back down for more softball.  It was the elimination part of the tournament, so we didn't know if we'd be there for one game, or all day. They won their first game, then had to wait for another game to be played before their next game.  They won the next one because the team they were playing had to forfeit.  After that they had to wait to for another game to see who they would be playing in the championship game.  They did great and ended up winning the whole thing, which was so awesome!!  
This was my first experience with my kid competing, before this season they've never really kept score or had it count for anything.  It was so nerve-racking watching them play, way worse than those close Giants games!  
Anyway, we didn't get home until 7 last night and we were all exhausted (except N, who napped in my arms on the hard bleachers during their last game). It was a fun weekend, but I am not feeling ready for this week at all.  Luckily it's not looking like it will be quite as busy as the last couple have been.  

Here are a couple pictures from the weekend:

In the pool at 8pm

Right after winning the tournament
(M is on the bottom, second from the right)

To-Do's:
Monday- grocery shopping, baseball game
Tuesday- guitar, softball practice
Wednesday- work in R's class, baseball practice
Thursday- dentist for R, softball practice??
Friday- dance
Saturday- baseball game, two softball games, grand opening of the new showroom at Matthew's work
Sunday- Mother's day :)

Menu:
Monday- something quick & easy
Tuesday- crock pot pineapple chicken sandwiches
Wednesday- BLTs
Thursday- Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos
Friday- homemade pizza 
Saturday- 
Sunday- guys BBQ at my mom's

(National) Scrapbook Friday

It's a big weekend in the scrapping world, and Britt has lots planned to celebrate. She's got an awesome grab bag being released today that you won't want to miss!  Here's the page I scrapped with what's inside. 

full credits here

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