Happy Monday! I'm trying to get back into the school routine now that the kids started back to school last week. It's a bit of an adjustment this year, but having a menu plan takes one big worry off my shoulders! My oldest started middle school this year, and she has to be at the bus stop a whole hour earlier than last year. It's been an adjustment to get her up earlier and get lunches Continue Reading

Happy Monday! We're back from vacation and I'm so happy to get back to my normal routine, including making up a menu plan. After eating out so much while out of town, it's good to have some home-cooked meals again :) I'm trying out a bunch of new-to-us recipes this week, including some new things from the upcoming (affiliate link) Trim Healthy Table cookbook. This new cookbook won't Continue Reading

Happy Monday mommies! Hope you had a great weekend :) Are your kids back to school today? We still have a few more weeks until our kids go back, so I don't have to deal with lunch-packing quite yet. Speaking of kids, my little ones just about broke my heart this week...they told me that they don't really like the Bacon Ranch Chicken Casserole that is pretty much my all-time favorite Trim Continue Reading

Happy Monday! I'm ready for the week with an all-new recipe plan, which includes a couple new dishes that we haven't tried before, along with some old family favorites :) So last week I tried out a new-to-us recipe for low-carb bagels. They got mixed reviews from my family, however. My kids didn't like them very much, and my husband and I thought that they were just OK. We ate them Continue Reading

Happy Monday! Hope your summer is going well...with the first of August coming this week, it's made me realize how little summer we have left :( My husband started a new position in his company last week, which requires that he work overnight shifts for a month. This means I have to have his dinner ready by 4 each night, with the kids and I eating later in the evening. It's been a big Continue Reading

Happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend and are looking forward to another week of summer fun...and a week of ready-to-go meal plans :) We spent last week at Vacation Bible School...my son attending as a student, and my daughter and I volunteering. It was my daughter's first time working as a volunteer, and she loved it. She got to follow the preschoolers around all week, and was a Continue Reading

Happy Monday! Wow, can it be July already? I'm not sure what happened to June...guess I was too busy with kids' activities and the end of the school year to remember it ;) Well, I gave the painting a good try, but only managed to finish 3 rooms and a hallway before running out of paint...and my family running out of patience ;) My husband asked me to take a few days off from painting to Continue Reading

Happy Monday moms! Hope you are enjoying your summer so far :) Summer is in full swing around our house and the kids have been enjoying being home. That means I have more time for meal prep in the evenings, since we aren't running to activities ;) This week, however, my son has Cub Scout camp, so he'll be out of the house for 8 hours each day...which is the perfect time for me to tackle Continue Reading

Happy Monday! Hope you had a wonderful weekend celebrating Father's Day :) We spent the entire weekend doing absolutely nothing, which was so nice after weeks of rushing around to so many kids' activities. It was nice to be able to read a book, watch a movie with the kids, and just relax. There's a bit of a heat wave here right now, so I'm trying to use the oven a bit less than usual, in Continue Reading

Happy Monday! The summer-like weather finally hit us here in Maryland, so that means it's time to grill :) After a seriously crazy end-of-the-school-year week full of stuff, I'm so happy to finally have some breathing room. And luckily, because we are still celebrating end-of-the-year, we get to eat out at two BBQs...where someone else gets to do the cooking! Yay! We do have to bring Continue Reading