Weekly Menu

 The last few weeks have been great!  We enjoyed lots of meals with my mom and my brother and sister-in-law.  (amazing meals too!).  Last night I really cooked for the first time in weeks HA!  I finally made my July menu just the other day and am now back to planning and have to get back into the groove of cooking!  

Here is the menu for the coming week.  There are lots of repeats because after I planned the menu last week we figured out what days we were all eating together so things drastically changed!  

Friday - Roast, Crash Potatoes, and Green Beans. 

Saturday - Dinner at my mom's 

Sunday - Dill Shrimp Pasta and French Bread

Monday - BBQ Cups and French Fries

Tuesday  - Hamburger and Pasta Soup and Yeast Rolls (It has a fancier name but it is really just little tiny pasta and hamburger HA!) 

Wednesday - Chicken Alfredo and Garlic Bread

Thursday - Crock Pot Fajita's (My mom's favorite . . . .. :-) ) 

This is also the first full week since the beginning of June with all 4 kids here so it is back to cooking normal lunches too! 

Summer Week 4

 

This past week was filled with family :-)  

Monday - It was just Nate and I for the day.  We slept in, went out to lunch, went shopping for some clothes for Nate, and enjoyed being home.  Joshua is at camp - I scour the camps Facebook page for photos just to see if I can find him and see what he is doing.  Well, they must not have a social media person because photos are scarce.  I did find this one from a late night Monday chapel.  Can you find him? 

 

Tuesday - Today was a more normal day. My brother took me out for coffee and we enjoyed great conversation. Nate's friend Monty came over for the afternoon.  Then my brother and mom came over for dinner and we had a great visit.  Nate headed home with them to spend time with my brother and sister-in-law. 

Nate made the Honor Roll again this semester. 

There is a Smokey haze in the air right now due to wildfires in Canada.  It's crazy how hazy it is - it looks like a thick layer of fog.  While this is a great photo of our county courthouse - you can also see the haze in the air too.  And, for the record, it is also stinky HA! 

Wednesday - Today was a super quiet day.  Joshua is a camp, Nate is at my mom's, the princess is at her grandma's so it was just me and Cooper for the day.  We chatted about fun things like Michigan Adventures, the weird haze in the air, and video games and then we both just enjoyed a quiet house.  Dinner is at my mom's with Ken and Lynnette.  We always enjoy when family comes to town. 

Thursday - Darryl has hernia surgery today.  Not really a "fun" day.  Well it is fun watching him wake up from anesthesia (and I am not allowed to video it!!)! 

Friday - Joshua comes home today!  

Saturday - It's more recovery for Darryl.  I spent the day with Ken and Lynnette visiting friends.,

Sunday - We spent the afternoon and evening at my moms playing games and just enjoying family. 

Weekly Menu

 It is a Holiday Week!  Plus family is in town and Darryl is recovering from surgery!  My menu shifted some last week partly because Joshua saw that some of his favorites were on the menu and asked me to move them!!  

Friday - Homemade Pizza and Chips

Saturday - I might be heading to an open house so I'm going to put a pork loin in the crock pot to have with some rice and green beans after I get home.  

Sunday - I'm thinking we might eat Sunday lunch with my mom, brother and sister-in-law.  They just don't know it yet HA!

Monday - Spaghetti Carbanara and French Bread

Tuesday - It's the 4th of July!  We are having a BBQ at my mom's house

Wednesday - Mississippi Pot Roast, Potatoes, and Noodles

Thursday - Dill Shrimp Pasta and Garlic Bread

Summer Week 3

 

This week is busy, but different because Joshua and Nate will be gone every day at Worship Camp! 

Monday - It's the first day of Worship Camp.  Nate also has the last Taekwondo before summer break.  I also have my last choir practice before we take July off.  

Tuesday - Day 2 of Worship Camp.  Today they headed to Camp Victory in the afternoon for fun at the camp. 

Wednesday - Day 3 of Worship Camp.

Thursday - Day 4 of Worship Camp. 

Friday - Last day of camp including the concert! 

Saturday - A day at home, getting Joshua ready for summer camp, and spending time with my brother. 

Sunday - Joshua is heading to his first ever week of summer camp and I (Jackie) had a concert.  Darryl had to get Josh off to camp without me!!  

Weekly Menu

 Summer is flying by!  Or at least it feels like it because our June has been busy.  All good things but I am looking forward to a slower pace :-) 

Here's the plan for the coming week! 

Friday - Joshua and Nate have their Worship Camp Concert.  They will eat at camp and Darryl and I will eat something before the concert.  

Saturday - Dinner at my Mom's (at least I'm assuming so even though my brother is in town HA!) 

Sunday - I have a Choir Concert and Joshua leaves for camp.  Not really sure who Sunday will play out but at some point we will eat. :-) 

Monday - Spaghetti Carbonara and French Bread

Tuesday - Homemade pizza

Wednesday - Amish Chicken, Noodles, and salad

Thursday - Out.  Darryl actually has surgery today so I'm not sure who things will happen today either . Depends on timing :-) 

Again, I'm guessing we will end up eating dinner at least one night this week with my mom and brother but I'm not sure.  (Lots of "I'm not sure's" this week!) 

Lunches - Joshua is at Summer Camp all week :-) 

Friday - Sandwiches

Monday - French Bread Pizzas and Fruit

Tuesday - Chicken Nuggets and Fries

Wednesday - Pancakes and Bacon

Thursday - Lunchables (for Nate - I won't have my extras due to Darryl's surgery) 

Summer Fun - Week 2

Week 2 of summer was a busy week!  

Monday - June 12

Today we actually hung out at home.  We are moving slow into our "routine" as I like to give them time to decompress from all of the busyness and expectations of school. 

Tuesday - June 13

Nate's Connection Academy Year End Field Trip happened today for the first time since Covid!  It was a fun day! 

They all ran the "Fun Run" (a mile) together.  Our friend Cooper came in 1st, Josh came in 6th, Nate came in 9th, and Maeve came in 13th.  There were about 25 runners.  

Nate and his on-line home room teacher - Mrs. Jones.  He said she is his favorite teacher from Connections Academy.  

Wednesday - June 14

Josh had a hair appointment and Darryl and I had a date night :-) 

Our day started with me taking Darryl to work on Wednesday morning so that we wouldn't end up with two cars in Grand Rapids.  Its been a lot of years since I've been able to take him to work (or needed to) so it was actually kind of fun despite the early hour.  Later in the afternoon, I headed into town to meet Darryl at work and then we headed to dinner.  We went to the Adobe, which we both love (best Tacos ever!).  We had a little down time so we went to the John Ball Zoo Park and enjoyed a shade tree and maybe a little nap HA!  We also so the cute mother duck and her duckling.  

Our Date Night was a concert!  It was actually Darryl's birthday present.  We saw the Fleet Foxes - which are an Indy band that Darryl has been listening to for years and had always wanted to see in concert.  Their music is pretty cool - kind of relaxing and enjoyable to listen too.  It was a great concert. 

Thursday - June 15

Today was a quiet day at home :-)  I did finally take our year end photos though! 

  

Friday, June 16

ANOTHER field trip HA!  This time with our Co-Op group to a place called MOOville.  We had a picnic lunch, got to see the animals in the petting zoo and they all got an ice cream treat. 

Saturday - June 17 - A quiet day at home.  Nate had a friend over for the afternoon.  

Sunday - June 18 

Father's day! We took Darryl to the lakeshore for a picnic by Lake Michigan and then we enjoyed just hanging out at the beach. 

Sitting in the sand, enjoying the waves and the view.  

Darryl and his Guys. 

Nate loves the water and always goes in - that is as far as he went but it was COLD!  I mean like ice cube cold HA!  The rest of us went in about ankle deep and that was enough.

Our picnic!  I made some of our favorite salads, picked up Subway Subs, and we had chips.  After spending the day at the beach, we went and got ice cream.  :-) 

 

Weekly Menu

 Here comes another great week of summer!  Last weeks meal planning was great.  I even created a menu to put on the fridge so no one had to guess what we were having.  The kids/teens all enjoyed this too because then they knew what was coming for lunch too.  My brother Ken, and sister-in-law, Lynnette, come in to town towards the end of the week so I'm sure that we will enjoy some meals wtih them as well which might change up my menu! 

Here's the plan for dinner: 

Friday - Chili (A carry over from last week as Darryl and I were gone Wednesday - check out the weekly update on Monday to see what we did!) 

Saturday - My Mom's house for dinner

Sunday - Chick-Fil-A Nuggets, Summer Corn Salad, and Spaghetti Salad

Monday - BBQ Cups and Freis

Tuesday - Spaghetti Carbanara and French Bread

Wednesday - Ham and Cheese Quiche, Sausage Balls, and Banana Bread

Thursday - Crock Pot Fajitas

Joshua and Nate area actually gone every day all week for Worship Camp but lunches here will look similar. 

Friday - A Picnic on a field trip and then an ice cream treat. 

Monday - I'm going to treat my two extras to lunch after a leadership meeting. 

Tuesday - Pizza (since we didn't have it Monday) 

Wednesday - Waffles and Sausage

Thursday - Tacos