Weekly Song - O Holy Night - Sandi Patty and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

There is no other song that should close out the Christmas Season.  Sandi Patty is the only voice I will ever hear when I hear this song.  She is just breath taking! 

Weekly Menu - Christmas

 It's Christmas!  It is such a fun time of year but also a time to maybe slow down just a little and reflect back on the past year and look forward to the new year.  

Here's the plan for the coming week

Friday - It's Christmas Eve!  My mom hosts Christmas Eve.  This is a "new" tradition that we started last year and just loved it.  She made it relaxing and beautiful with great food too!  

Saturday -  Christmas!  We start with breakfast which will be Ham and Cheese Quiche, Sausage Balls, Apple Bread, and Fruit Salad.  Then, after all the gifts are open we will move on to dinner.  This year I wanted to do something slightly different.  I priced out a few meat options and decided on a Stuffed Pork Tenderloin.  For sides we will enjoy twice-baked potatoes, corn 7-layer salad, and rolls.  Of course there will be desserts - A Christmas Cake and maybe a pie (or 2) -- all depends on how much cooking I feel like doing!  

Sunday - It's another Christmas - this one with Darryl's family.  I think I'm supposed to take some time of side or appetizer and/or dessert.  At the writing of this, I'm not 100% sure what I'm taking - it needs to be easy since I'm cooking for Saturday and we have church Sunday morning.  I'm leaning towards a simple cheese tray/pickle tray. and maybe a pie or trifle.  

Monday - I like to keep the week between Christmas and New Year super simple.  So, Spaghetti and Garlic Bread it is!

Tuesday - Tacos! 

Wednesday - Pork Chops, Mac and Cheese and Applesauce

Thursday - Sausage Gravy and Biscuits, Hashbrowns, and fruit

Weekly Song - for KING & COUNTRY Little Drummer Boy Live from CMA Country Christmas

This is just such an amazing rendition of an old classic that I just had to share it!  Enjoy! 

Weekly Menu

 This week has a little twist!  A family wedding so some of our meals are tied in with the wedding which will be fun! 

Friday - Dinner Out :-)  

Saturday - Rehearsal Dinner! 

Sunday - Wedding! 

Monday - A treat of dinner out :-) 

Tuesday - Chili (leftover from last week) 

Wednesday - It's Nate's birthday!!!  So he gets to chose what he wants for dinner :-) 

Thursday - Chicken, Noodles and Veggies (A carry over meal from last week!) 

Weekly Song - Peace Has Come - Hillsong Worship

I heard this recently on our Christian Radio Station and really enjoyed it - I hope you do too! 

2021 Weekly Photos #38

 Here's a look back at our week: 

Saturday - We took advantage of the fantastic weather to cut down our tree! 

We picked out a tree pretty quickly! 

Darryl did quick work of chopping down the tree (technically sawing it down!) 

The Tree Farm that we go to has a great petting zoo too!  It's always fun to see what new animals they have added each year. 

The finished tree!  We ended the night decorating the tree and watching Home Alone! 

Sunday - We watched our church service from home again this week as Joshua and Nate were both fighting some sickness.  

Monday-Thursday - We had a quiet week really with school all week.  We hit a section with lots of projects and tests which made for long lessons and days.  But we pushed through and accomplished quite a bit!  

Friday - Nate was able to be part of a local parade with his youth group.  They decorated the float on Thursday night and Nate just had a blast.  I'm so happy for him and this outlet that he has because he needs people!  

Waiting for the parade to begin.  It turned out to be a decent night despite a a forecast of rain!  The rain held off right until the end. 

Here they come!!! 

Nate!  He was helping pass out candy along the way with his jingle bell light up necklace and lighted Packers Hat!! 

That's our week! 

Weekly Menu

 Whew.  It's been a week.  Sick Kids. School and more School.  Thankfully the kids are healthy again.  We are still buried in school.  For some reason lessons are taking forever to finish and I feel like we are stuck in molasses right now but we are just taking one lesson at a time and moving forward the best we can.  That has also zapped my cooking creativity so we have eaten a lot of soups and a lot of leftovers lately.  This week will look similar in the fact that meals will be simple! 

Friday:  Leftovers!  Or whatever anyone wants from the freezer or cupboards.  Nate is in a parade so once we get back home, everyone get figure out what to eat.  

Saturday - Nate has a youth activity where he will get to eat.  We are having lunch at my moms so then dinner will be a frozen pizza most likely! 

Sunday - Meatballs and chili cheese dip.  This was planned for last week but with sickness in the house we ended up eating chicken pot pies - true comfort food. 

Monday - Chicken, noodles and veggies 

Tuesday - Chili and corn bread.  

Wednesday -  Tacos and salad

Thursday - French Toast Sticks and Sausage links

Super Simple but yummy food! 

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