Monday Menu

Two more weeks of summer, but the fall activities have officially started, we have something on the schedule almost every day from here on out.

Monday- nada :)
Tuesday- Kindergarten assessments, fall ball practice, soccer practice (same place, almost the same time, score!)
Wednesday- fall ball practice
Thursday- hair cuts, soccer practice
Friday- fall ball practice
Saturday- soccer jamboree (pictures at 8, game at 9, yuck!), Elf auditions


Menu:

Monday- meatloaf & mashed potatoes
Tuesday- pancakes & eggs
Wednesday- slow cooker ham & white beans with TJ's cornbread
Thursday- leftover bean & cheese quesadillas
Friday- crock pot bbq sandwiches
Saturday-
Sunday-

Monday Menu

Groan... Monday.  Ugh.  Today REALLY feels like a Monday.  After a week off of school for the kids AND my birthday yesterday it's feeling REALLY hard to get going today.  I have to get to the grocery store this morning though, so I need to get this figured out.


Weekly Stuff:
Monday- grocery store, laundry, etc
Tuesday- Target & Costco
Wednesday- eye doctor for M, church potluck/meeting
Thursday- work in R's class, rehearsal for M
Friday- basketball practice for R, mom's night out
Saturday- basketball game for R, baseball assessments
Sunday- church


Menu:
Monday- breakfast
Tuesday- pizza
Wednesday-
Thursday- slow cooker ham & white beans
Friday- taquitos (leftover in the freezer), bring dessert to MNO
Saturday- pasta with sausage
Sunday-

Menu

To-Do's:
Monday- basketball practice, home group
Tuesday- shopping, haircut, basketball game
Wednesday- rehearsal
Thursday- work in R's class, basketball game
Friday- NOTHING!!!
Saturday- rehearsal
Sunday- church


Menu:
Monday- tacos
Tuesday- pizza from Costco
Wednesday- crock pot white chicken chili
Friday- white chicken & artichoke lasagna (making as a ziti instead, but same ingredients)
Saturday- breakfast
Sunday- crock pot baked potato soup

Menu

As I sit here eating a cheese quesadilla and pumpkin muffin for dinner I'm thinking maybe I should try to throw together some sort of menu for the rest of this insanely crazy week.

The business:
Monday- basketball practice, home group here
Tuesday- extra dance rehearsal
Wednesday- basketball practice (until 5), rehearsal (starts at 5:30, 30 minutes away)
Thursday- basketball game
Friday- tournament (don't know game time yet)
Saturday- tech rehearsal, tournament
Sunday- getting our tree! (BEFORE Thanksgiving, but the only time we'll have to do it until half way through december)

The food:
Monday- random leftovers leftovers
Tuesday- cheese quesadillas and pumpkin muffins
Wednesday- pizza (not much better)
Thursday- salmon & biscuits
Friday- out with the kids (or Saturday depending on game times)
Saturday-
Sunday- Date night :)

Monday- chicken & bean enchiladas
Tuesday- (make stuffing)

Busy Week Menu

My week is crazy busy this week!  Glad it's the last week that soccer and basketball will overlap for M!

To-Do's:
Monday- Safeway, basketball & soccer for M
Tuesday- Costco, basketball for M, photo shoot
Wednesday- basketball & soccer for M
Thursday- work in R's class, basketball for M
Friday- 2 photo shoots
Saturday- play rehearsal, soccer game for M
Sunday- NOTHING!!


Menu:
Monday- soup & bread again (fast, easy, and good after being out at a freezing cold soccer practice)
Tuesday- taquitos (from freezer)
Wednesday- crock pot pineapple chicken sandwiches
Thursday- chili cornbread casserole
Friday- take-n-bake pizza
Saturday-
Sunday- tacos

Also making scrambled egg muffins for freezer breakfasts. 

Half a Menu & a Pic

Again, all I'm using this blog for lately is meal planning.  Sorry about that!  I know it's boring. :)

Busy week!!
Monday- grocery shopping, basketball for M, dentist for R, soccer for M
Tuesday- Costco, PTCs, basketball for M
Wednesday- basketball and soccer for M
Thursday- work in R's class, basketball for M, Scentsy party (had to reschedule at the last minute)
Friday- not much on the schedule :)
Saturday- soccer game for M, bday party for my nephew
Sunday- church, work in 2/3 class, fundraiser lunch, photo shoot for my sister

Luckily next week doesn't look as crazy (yet anyway...)


Menu:
Monday- soup & bread or grilled cheese
Tuesday- Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos (double & freeze 1/2)
Wednesday- BLT salad with homemade biscuits (double & freeze 1/2)
Thursday-
Friday-
Saturday-
Sunday- breakfast


Here's a picture from the pumpkin patch yesterday.  We met up with most of our home group there, we have a lot of kids between us!  This was 5 of the 6 families (and two of those kids aren't in this pic).

Monday Menu

Things are getting busy around here!  M decided she wanted to play basketball for the school team, so she's starting that this week on top of everything else.  Thankfully it will only overlap with soccer for 3 weeks, but man that girl is busy!

To-Do's:
Monday- grocery shop, basketball & soccer practice for M, home group
Tuesday- Costco, basketball practice for M (everyday this week, but will only be M/W after this)
Wednesday- basketball & soccer practice for M
Thursday- work in R's class, basketball practice for M, Scentsy & Grace Adel party here :)
Friday- basketball practice for M
Saturday- play rehearsal (for me, M, & R), soccer game for M
Sunday- church, pumpkin patch

Menu:
Monday- pasta
Tuesday- the world's best chicken & broccoli
Wednesday- slow cooker ham & white beans
Thursday- breakfast
Friday- beer crust pizza (getting tired of the other one)
Saturday- sausage with peppers and pasta
Sunday- taco pie

Monday Menu

To-Do's: 
Monday- grocery store, laundry, clean
Tuesday- swim
Wednesday- chicken in crock pot, Target & Costco, Crabs game?
Thursday- make enchiladas, banana bread, laundry
Friday- pack, make granola (X2), waffles (X2), and s'more bars

Menu:
Monday- tacos
Tuesday- BLT salad
Wednesday- leftovers 
Thursday- grilled turkey & cheese
Friday- Quesadillas (extra for drive)

Start of the Week Stuff

I'm REALLY trying to get back to meal planning, but I'm having such a hard time with it lately.  

To-Do's:

Monday- laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping 

Tuesday- Costco and other errands in town

Wednesday- swimming

Thursday- 4th of July party

Friday- 

Saturday- 80th bday party for Matthew's grandma

Sunday- church 

Menu:

Monday- blueberry pancakes, bacon, and eggs

Tuesday- homemade pizza 

Wednesday- pasta with veggie 

Thursday- BBQ

Friday- crock pot pineapple chicken sandwiches

Saturday- 

Sunday- 

Slacker

Yep, I've been a slacker.  I had this whole post started last week about I don't even remember what.  I was so excited to be done with all our evening commitments and be able to cook dinner again, and then it just didn't happen.  I got a bit of a cold, and we had a few evenings out, and with the end of school and all I ran out of steam.
But, it's summer now, and I need to get back in the swing of things at least somewhat.  I will do a separate post soon with our summer list and some first day/last day pics of the kiddos, but for now I need a menu.

Summer To-Do's: :)
Monday- Crabs camp
Tuesday- Crabs camp, dr apt.
Wednesday- Crabs camp, Crabs game?
Thursday- Crabs camp, errands in town, dinner with dad
Friday- Crabs camp, Crabs game?
Saturday- ?
Sunday- ?


Menu:
Monday- something easy.... pasta or pancakes probably.
Tuesday- slow cooker ham & white beans with cornbread
Wednesday- BLT salad with homemade biscuits
Thursday- dinner with Dad
Friday- crock pot salsa chicken quesadillas with homemade tortillas
Saturday- honey lime tilapia with rice and veggie
Sunday- bbq?

Fun breakfast:
Popsicle of the week:
(will come back and fill those in once the kids pick)

Pics & Start of the Week Stuff

First, here are some recent pics...

M warming up at her softball game yesterday: 

 

Stealing 2nd. She says that's her favorite part about softball (she's also a pretty good first baseman!). :)

Today we went up to my mom's to swim.  

M looking cute when we first got there. 

All 3 of my cuties. 

Jumping in all at once (it only took 2 tries to get this shot!). :)

Okay, moving on to this coming week... Baseball is over, but we're still pretty busy. We do have a few nights open though, so we're getting there. :)

To-Do's:
Monday- grocery shopping, softball game for M (bring snacks)
Tuesday- something...
Wednesday- work in R's class, (maybe a Crab's game?)
Thursday- errands in town, dress rehearsal for M, softball practice for M
Friday- nada (maybe a(nother) Crab's game?)
Saturday- softball tournament for M
Sunday- more softball and dance show for M

Menu:
Monday- salsa chicken burritos
Tuesday- something...
Wednesday- tacos
Thursday- pizza (out)
Friday- sandwiches (maybe switch with Wednesday depending on plans)
Saturday- breakfast
Sunday- homemade pizza 

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! :)

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

Start of the Week...

Busy.  I think I'll just start every weekly post until school is out with that.  This week feels especially busy, but I feel like I say that every week.  I won't even let myself look too closely at next week, just taking it as it comes right now.

To-Do's:
Monday- yearly check-ups for the big kids, baseball game, home group (not to mention all the picking up and dropping off involved with all 3 in school today, I don't even want to know how many times I will be driving though town)
Tuesday- grocery shopping, guitar, softball game
Wednesday- work in R's class, dentist for R, baseball practice
Thursday- softball game
Friday- dance
Saturday- baseball game, softball tournament (THREE games in one day!)
Sunday- church, softball (1-3 games depending on how they play)

Tuesday will be M's first softball game.  The team she was scheduled to play Friday had to reschedule and the Saturday teams decided they couldn't/didn't want to come into town, so they were canceled.  Again, really frustrated with this softball season with ASA!  So disorganized!  And now I just found out the weekend tournament schedule.  Three games in a town an hour away from us on Saturday (9am, 1:30pm, and 3pm), and 1-3 games again on Sunday.  NOT what I signed up for.  Way too much if you ask me.

I also have a ton of editing to do, as I shot my first wedding last weekend. :)

Anyway...

Menu:
Monday- snacks at baseball
Tuesday- crock pot chicken for burritos
Wednesday- pancakes, eggs, sausage
Thursday- speghetti
Friday- pizza
Saturday-
Sunday-

Start of the Week Stuff

Friday was R's birthday.  We didn't do a whole lot because we had his party the weekend before, and Saturday morning we left for SF to go to a Giants game!  We went down on Saturday, got to the city about 12, did some shopping at the Dugout Store, had lunch at the Public House outside the park, and then got in line to get through security.  It was a whirlwind of a day, but lots of fun!  The Giants played a good game, kind of boring with not a lot of hits, but they got the win, so that was good.  Little side note, we go to usually 2 or more games a season, and at least once a season (if not more) we see Timmy pitch, and we almost always see them loose.  Timmy has always been one of my least favorites, even when he was really good, so I was a little bummed that we were seeing him again, but he got us the win, so I guess I'll be okay with it.  You can bet I'll be counting out the pitching rotation next time we buy tickets to try and miss Timmy though.
Anyway, we spent the night in Pleasant Hill with Matthew's sisters and then did some shopping before heading back home.  We got home just before 8 last night and pretty much just went to bed.
All of that made for a very messy house this morning.  I've been cleaning up messes from R's birthday, and trying to unpack and do trip laundry, as well as get my week started.  Needless to say, I have no clue what we're having for dinner tonight, and we leave for baseball practice in half an hour.  So, I'm trying to throw together a menu really quickly now.

To-Do's: (not quite as busy of a week as last week thankfully!)
Monday- baseball practice
Tuesday- softball practice
Wednesday- dentist for R, baseball game
Thursday- nothing (hopefully it stays that way, last time I had an open day it ended up getting filled with an extra softball practice)
Friday- dance and a softball game (at the same time, ugh!)
Saturday- baseball game, two softball games (at least they're in the same town this time), and I'm shooting a wedding for a friend
Sunday- church, working second service in the 2&3 year olds

Menu:
Monday- spaghetti
Tuesday- crock pot refried beans for burritos
Wednesday- grilled pizza sandwiches
Thursday- honey lime tilapia, broccoli, and brown rice
Friday- homemade pizza 
Saturday- something with chicken :)
Sunday-

Also need to make more granola (regular and peanut butter), waffles, tortillas (maybe), and I want to try these homemade cheese-its.

Monday Menu

The kids are still off from school, but other than that we're pretty much back to normal around here this week, which means I need to plan a menu and get to the grocery store.  Not much going on this week.  We have no plans for tonight, and I doubt either of us will still be up (willingly, anyway) at midnight.  I do plan to make another post with thoughts from the past year and goals for the next year, but I'll save that for later.  For now, I need to get this menu planned and get some errands done!

Monday- tacos
Tuesday- slow cooker ham & white beans with corn bread
Wednesday- homemade pizza
Thursday- Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos with Quick and Easy Black Beans
Friday- pasta with meat sauce
Saturday- honey lime tilapia with biscuits and roasted broccoli
Sunday-

Start of the Week Stuff

Here we go with the crazy Grinch week.  I'm excited, but I know it's going to get busy! 

To-Do's for the week:
Monday- kid-free morning, errands, small group
Tuesday- dress rehearsal
Wednesday- work in R's class, relax at home (only night this week!)
Thursday- clean house, bake dessert for Grinch, preview night
Friday- family coming into town, opening night (bring dessert)
Saturday- Grinch during the day, trucker's parade at night :)
Sunday- church, lunch with family, Grinch

It doesn't look like a lot when I write it down, but it's big chunks of time.  The kids have to be there 2 hours before showtime, meaning we'll have to leave the house an hour after we get home from school. My days might not be too scheduled, but I have plenty to do to get ready for it all. :) 

Menu for the week:
Monday- pasta with peppers and sausage
Tuesday- leftovers/eat at rehearsal
Wednesday- crock pot chicken quesadillas
Thursday- leftovers/eat at Grinch
Friday- ??/eat at Grinch
Saturday- pizza & hot chocolate parade side :)
Sunday- chicken enchiladas (made ahead and in the freezer already)

Start of the Week Stuff

I had a semi-productive morning with the kids back to school today, but the afternoon is not turning out to be the same.  Oh well, at least I got some stuff done.  

To-Do's:
Monday- get things back in order now that the kids are back in school, start decorating for Christmas
Tuesday- orthodontist for M, guitar for R
Wednesday- work in R's class, Grinch rehearsal
Thursday- nothing :)
Friday- mom's night out
Saturday- tech rehearsal
Sunday- church, Costco, pictures (pray it doesn't rain!)


Menu:
Monday- breakfast
Tuesday- slow cooker ham & white beans with cornbread
Wednesday- homemade pizza
Thursday- oven baked Frito pie
Friday-
Saturday-
Sunday-