Recipe Fun - Potato salad

 I haven't shared a recipe in awhile so I decided it was high time to do so!  Plus this is a recipe I was sure I had posted before but when I went looking for it on my blog I couldn't find it on the list.  

Now, I know that everyone has a potato salad that they feel is the best but, guess what?  I think mine is the best!  It is actually a spin off of a recipe my sister-in-law Debby used to make,  I tweak it to be just what we liked and it remains a favorite to this day.  I think it originally started out has a warm German potato salad recipe and morphed into an American cold version but that could just be in my head. HA!  

Potato Salad

8 potatoes, peeled, diced

4-5 eggs, hard boiled and sliced

1 pound of bacon, cooked and crumbled

salt and peper to taste

Dressing:

1 1/2 cups of Mayo

1/4 cup of sugar

1/4 cup of Italian dressing

Cook the diced potatoes just until fork tender.  Combine the eggs, potatoes, and bacon in a large bowl.  Add salt and pepper.

Mix the three dressing ingreadients in a small bowl

Pour the dressing over the potato mixture while the potato's are still warm.  Mix well.  Place in a covered bowl in the refrigerator.  These are best served the next day but can be served while it is still warm as well. 

** I stir mine a few times as it sits in the fridge in order to mix up the dressing well and combine flavors. 

Weekly Song - It is Well

 

Our Weekly Snapshot

 Here’s a look back at our week: 

Saturday was the 4th which I shared about earlier this week but here’s a few more photos 😊

Nate’s at camp this week with this great group of friends! 

The whole cabin 

Josh even got in a photo and he wasn’t camping this week 🤣

Nate and I at check-in 

All of these Photos are just from Monday! 

I did get to meet my friend Jessica for coffee this week too!! 

Weekly Menu

 This week both boys go to camp!  My menu is always flexible during this week! 

Friday (7/10) - dinner out with Josh 

Saturday (7/11) - we have an Open couple Open Houses to attend today. 

Sunday (7/12) - Crockpot Fajitas before the boys head to camp.  Well, the guys get this while I have my once a year book club before we take the guys to camp!  🤪

Monday -Thursday (7/13-7/16) - Josh and.Nate are gone all week so we will have a mix of take out and easy meals 😊

4th of July Fun

 

I hope you all had a fun, relaxing 4th of July!  We did!  It's always nice when a holiday falls on a Saturday because you get to enjoy the weekend AND the holiday!  We did start our day out doing some cleaning/picking things up.  Last weekend we all worked in the yard together - this weekend we all worked in the house HA!  

We enjoyed a great cook out with my mom!  I made my homemade potato salad and a triple berry crisp.  We also had brats/hot dogs on the grill, corn on the cob (I can't wait for FRESH in season corn on the cob!), chips and mini-cupcakes.  It was such a great dinner!  

That was all followed by a very relaxing evening at home.  We had talked about going to see some local fireworks as a family but in the end all agreed that we did not want to go sit outside in the humid weather.  Instead we saw some out our windows and watch the 4th of July specials on TV.  

Our June was so busy I feel like the 4th snuck up on me and I forgot some of our normal traditions that I'm already making notes of for next year - T-shirts, Smoke Bombs, and Monkey Bread Muffins are high on that list! 

Weekly song

 

Our weekly snapshot

 Here’s a look back at our week : 

We finally got around to getting these shots - even though they finished school weeks ago. 

This was actually last Friday!  Our Friend Asa graduated and we enjoyed his open house. 

On Saturday we all worked together and did a bunch of yard work! 

On Sunday night I took Nate to work at camp again. 

And then it just got hot. 

Darryl and I went out on a date day and this photo of my favorite tacos is the only photo I took. 🤣

It’s still hot. 

Finally, we picked Nate up early from working and went right to a retirement honeymoon where a group of teens from our homeschool group provided music.  They do this 2-3 times a year.