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5 Things Friday

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  1. We have survived our busiest week of the Summer!  Vacation Bible School everyday in addition to swim and piano. Matt is also working tonight and tomorrow so things are different to say the least.  One of the causalities of this week is this is only my 5 or 6th blog post for the month. I am hoping to get several post out this weekend to play catch up.
  2. I had two specific yes! answers to pray today. I am so thankful and excited!
  3. Our garden tomatoes are starting to come in, slowly but surely, I have made 2 batches of spaghetti and a couple of cans of tomato sauce.
  4. We purchased a new kitchen table and finally got it assembled yesterday!  It will seat 7 regular and up to 12 with the expandable end!
  5. Today is payday so I need to sit down and work on the budget today. I am excited that both our gas and grocery budget is below for the month. In addition we have only eaten out once this month!

Menu Plan for 7/11/2016

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This is honestly one of the busiest weeks this summer. The kids and Matt have Vacation Bible School every day from 8-1pm, swim practice on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, swim meet on Tuesday and swim dinner on Friday. On Friday, we also have piano and Matt is scheduled to work both Friday and Saturday. It will be busy and just in case we get a storm on either Monday or Thursday, the girls have cheer practice. The good news is that we have been planning ahead so this week should not blow our budget.

Here is the plan:

Breakfast–  Saturday- Gravy Biscuits, Sunday- Chocolate Banana Bread.   Choices will include  cereal, toast, grits, breakfast bars, granola bars eggs or left over baked oatmeal or breakfast burritos-previously made  The focus this week is quick and simple to get everyone to church and work on time.

Lunch- Sandwhiches, left-overs, chicken nuggets.  This should be the biggest struggle of the week.

Dinner-  Saturday- Lunch- Sandwiches.   Dinner- Pasta salad
Sunday- Lunch- Pork roast, potato salad and deviled eggs.   Dinner-nachos made with Taco Rice
Monday- Hamburger steak and French fries or left overs from Sunday.
Tuesday-Wraps during swim meet
Wednesday- Cheeseburger Pizza
Thursday- Chicken and Broccli in crockpot with rice
Friday- Baked spaghetti.

The plan for dinners this week is to prepare ahead as much as possible. I did go ahead and make the Baked spaghetti on Sunday. Each night if we can prepare the next day, we should survive this crazy week.

Kendall’s Birthday!

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We had a swim team meal on her birthday so we brought the cake!

We had a swim team meal on her birthday so we brought the cake!

She ended the night of her actual Birthday by throwing away her car seat!

She ended the night of her actual Birthday by throwing away her car seat!

On Sunday, we enjoyed lunch with my parents and then Kendall, Lily and I headed to the mall. Kendall called this “a big girl shopping trip.”

Of course, we had to go to “Build a Bear”

Both Kendall and Lily had to buy their own scent!

Both Kendall and Lily had to buy their own scent!

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After finishing a lot of shopping, Kendall chose to eat at “Olive Garden”

Desert to go!

Desert to go!

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5 Things Friday

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  1. Today is Kendall’s Birthday, I had tried several time to get the day off work but it did not work out so we will be celebrating all weekend to make up for today.
  2. Today is also the mid point of our year so I plan to spend some time tonight updating and rearranging our budget to make things more even.
  3. I get to enjoy a 3 day weekend… no work on Monday for me!
  4. Matt picked our first full size tomato from the garden today!
  5. Everyone LOVED the day at Emerald Point yesterday. I am really tired and my legs are sore from walking all the steps multiple times. The weather was cloudy most of the day so it was not crowded at all!