School’s out for the summer! That means all of my people are home all day. Actually, that means our schedule is variable, unpredictable, and busy for the next three months. What with three children playing summer baseball/softball/t-ball and one in basketball, a husband helping with wheat harvest and summer weights, summer football and church camps, [...]
Menu Plan, Week of March 11

This week’s menu is brought to you by… Can you believe that?! Today was a perfect, dreary Sunday, conducive to the afternoon nap (which we totally took advantage of) and I have every intention of trading kitchen work for sunshine the rest of the week. My goal is to have all housework and cooking chores [...]
Menu Plan, Week of February 12

Woo-hoo! As I’m typing this, we’ve got a beautiful snow falling outside. It’s been super cold the last two days, and I’ve always said if it’s going to be cold let’s at least have snow! This is a busy basketball week, so we’re keeping the meals (and everything else!) rather simple. Valentine’s Day will be [...]
Menu Plan, Week of February 5
What a game! Even with no allegiance to either team, that was a great Super Bowl to watch with family, made even better with some yummy food. Our buffet looked like this: pork loin, cavatini, corn, mozzarella bread veggie tray 7-layer dip tex-mex dip Ro*Tel dip bacon-wrapped jalapenos monster cookies football brownies This week we’ve [...]
Menu Plan, Week of January 29
This is going to be one of those weeks. No school one day, parent/teacher conferences another. Add in a home ballgame and one away, and getting meals planned and fixed looks a little different. I have a harder time planing well-rounded suppers when Lance isn’t home to eat with us, so we rely on some [...]






