Sometimes I really like pictures of my house like this.

Add is looking/singing to herself in the mirror, which is something she loves to do.

The kitchen is slightly messy.

Diet coke on the counter.  (I have a love hate w/it)

Flowers from E.

Real life happening here.

This week's menu:

Monday -- Annalee's pineapple curry

Tuesday -- spaghetti or I might make this

Wednesday -- Kade requested Mac & Cheese

Thursday -- potstickers or chicken wings

Friday -- Dane and Jody are in town

Saturday -- ditto to Friday

Sunday -- not sure yet.

here i am.

Well I didn't mean to fall off the face of blog earth but I guess I did.

Oh well.

Today was our Primary presentation and the kids looked so cute.

They performed well.  It was fun to have my Mom, Paul and Jackie over for breakfast before church.

(Sorry you had to work Rick, it was delish)

I love having a friend at church.  

I kept wondering if we would get in trouble for whispering in class like when I was in YW.

We drove our kids and their friends home in the backety back of our Sube.

I hope they remember that that was fun.

Kade and Cam threw around a football and it seemed so fall.

The leaves were yellow and the boys' button ups were untucked and they were happy.

Ethan and Kade played some football in the front yard and E taught him some tips.

It was so cute.  I love little moments.

We had dinner with Davey and Megan and then carved pumpkins with Mich and Sage too.

We have never carved with our kids and they were begging to do it this year.

I am so glad we did.  It was really fun and cool to see what the kids wanted to do.

Kade drew up his Phineas & Ferb all by himself and also cut out Perry on the back.

{E's Modern Warfare 3, Add's witch hat, Adelaide's Ariel, Kade's Phineas and Ferb, Mine}

{And with the flash!}

This Week's Menu:

Monday : trick or treating

Tuesday : Chicken Parm w/spaghetti

Wednesday : Dayne's pork chops

Thursday : Two Jack's cheese sticks

Friday : I work late so no dinner for you

Saturday : ??

Sunday : drunk chicken hopefully

What are you doing for dinner this week?

this week in dinners

Last week went pretty well.  

I skipped 2 meals and we had mac and cheese one night and del taco the other.  

and I did make tortilla soup one night when Davey and Megan came over 

b/c I was afraid to make something new.  But that soup is pretty tasty.

oh well.

The short ribs were good.  The kids were not that impressed.  

The sesame chicken was delish.  Everyone loved it.  

Ethan wants it to make another appearance soon.

The rigatoni rustica was really good.

This week I only have a  few nights to worry about.

We have Halloween stuff going on all week.

Monday -- Neighborhood Halloween party (we are having another block party)

Tuesday -- Stuffed Shells w/garlic bread and broccoli

Wednesday -- Spaghetti w/the rest of the tomato sauce from Tues

Thursday -- Coconut Curry Soup that didn't get made last week

Friday -- The kids are going to my Mom's so maybe we will have a date night

Saturday -- Halloween party at Jackie's

Sunday -- still yet to be decided.

What are you making this week??

{photo from the other day when Kade and I were playing on photo booth.

Man, I love that boy}

dinner plans

SO I have to admit we sometimes do not stick exactly to the plan.

We nixed last week's mini meatballs and went to Cafe Rio.

We also moved pizza to Friday and went to Slab with some great friends.

Whoops.  Oh and we skipped wings and had Bowties and tomato sauce last night.

Here is the rough sketch for next week:

Monday -- Whitney's braised short ribs (printed off before she shut down her website)

              -- Garlic mashed potatoes and artisan bread

Tuesday -- Sesame chicken (same spiel -- from Whitney) w/rice and veggies

Wednesday -- Grandmom Hall's parmesan chicken maybe w/noodles

Thursday -- Coconut curry soup w/rice

Friday -- *left open* 

Saturday -- pizza

Sunday -- Penne Rigatoni Rustica 

(Ethan doesn't like penne)

            -- I have quartered this recipe.  I hope it's good, it's been in my email for a long time. 

Ethan has challenged me to make new recipes all week.  I hope it goes well.

ps photo via my instagram feed.....i'm natschofield.

we are back + the menu

We spent the weekend in California celebrating Crewe's baptism.

It was a very fun weekend and we are bit sad to come home to cold weather.

I will have pictures from the weekend tomorrow.

For today and I doing laundry and grocery shopping.

This week's menu:

Today -- Potato soup with artisan bread

Tuesday -- Chicken tetrazini

Wednesday -- Spaghetti w/mini meatballs

(we saw that cookbook at Crate and Barrel and thought those meatballs looked so good)

Thursday -- Roasted chicken in the crock pot

Friday -- Chicken tortilla soup

Saturday -- Pizza 

Sunday -- Chicken wings

this week for dinner

I am excited for this week's meals.  

Here is what we are having:

Monday -- Honey Lime Enchiladas (via Kalli)
{these were a hit last night, everyone loved them}

Tuesday -- Balsamic Slow Cooked Pork 

Wednesday -- Nachos

Thursday -- Beef and Broccoli

Friday -- leftovers

Saturday -- pizza after we get home from work

Sunday -- Chicken Wings

{click the meals for recipes}

Thanks to my FB friends for dinner ideas.

last week for dinner

One of my favorite things about having five days off is having dinner together a lot.

Thursday:  ET grilled steaks, artisan bread, pineapple, watermelon

Friday: Dayne's porkchops, garlic green beans, fruit

Saturday: lemon garlic chicken kabobs, corn, green beans, fruit, rye bread

Sunday: cheese tortellini, homemade tomato sauce, garlic bread, garlic green beans

(ET loved the green beans so they were a reappearing theme)

What are you making lately??

Kade starts Art class today and it's his first t-ball game too.  

Big Day ahead.

Menu

This week for dinner:

Monday - chicken wings

Tuesday - Mac and cheese

Wednesday - sloppy nats

Thursday - Connecticut chicken

Friday - raviolis and tomato sauce

Saturday - pizza birthday party at Pirate Island

Sunday -  Chicken Parm w/spaghetti