Hello Friends! We went to the farmers market this past weekend! I really wanted to get their raspberries. The best ones I’ve had were in our farmers market last year, so I have to check again this year. We stopped at Costco after because they’re just in the same area. We got a whole prime brisket for the 4th of July tomorrow. Hubs will prepare it! Looking forward to tomorrow:)
We also celebrated Riley’s 8th birthday! We got him dog treats and gave him a scoop of ice cream! He loved it. We ended up having sushi for dinner. Happy Birthday Rat, you’re the best fur baby! Love you so much:)
Excuse the dirty refrigerator! I’ve already cleaned the mess!We got this at the farmers market,and it is so good on our toast!We love sushi! If it wasn’t so expensive we really would have it once a week! HAMia enjoyed Mcdonald’s play area!Happy Birthday Riley!
It’s going to be a sunny day here and we plan to be outside and have Mia play in her kiddie pool! Have a great day friends!
Hello Friends! It’s officially the 1st day of summer here in the U.S! It’s actually gloomy here in Pacific Northwest today. We’ve been having summer like weather these last couple of days and I’m kinda glad to have a break right now. We are having so much fun in our community pool. We got a 3 months pass so hopefully we will really take advantage of that! HA! So far we’ve been to the pool twice now and Mia really loves being in the water. The hubs got her a kiddie pool also that she’s been using everyday since we got it. Our yard is crazy right now, we don’t have a lot of space so it’s tight with our patio table plus Mia’s kiddie pool.
We’ve been going to the park too, and visited a newly opened burger place in our neighborhood twice in a week! When it’s really hot in the kitchen, I tend to get lazy and convince the Hubs to just eat out! It’s in the budget so no guilt at all. 🙂
Park time with BooOur fave summer fruit! Juicy and sweet!Habit Burger Grill!
Pool Time with Daddy!Chipotle after swimming!Community PoolDaddy setting up the kiddie pool!
Pool time again with Daddy!Best friends!Lots of nap time coz SUMMER!
Have a great summer friends! Blessing to you and your family:)
Hello Friends! I hope you were all able to celebrate Father’s day with the Daddies in your life! We had our family here for a nice dinner to celebrate my hubs and DIL! Good, decent, loving fathers are so worth celebrating everyday. I thank God for blessing Mia with a loving and hands on Daddy. My father is not here with us anymore, but I always think of him often! We surely missed him and wish he was able to see Mia.
For our dinner, we got some Rib-eye steaks at whole foods and some charcuterie. My hubs likes meat and cheese so much and it’s been a while since we had it. That’s why we decided to shop at Whole foods (we like their prosciutto) everybody enjoyed the charcuterie! Good job Ga (he selected all of the meat and cheese)! We also got some crabs at the asian market, and roasted some veggies, corn. We had some blue cheese sauce for the steaks, and Hubs made watermelon juice for everybody! Perfect for summertime:)
Making sure we got everything on our list!
Hubs, Riley, and Dad In Law!Happy Father’s day Ga! Thank you for everything you do for our family! We sure do love you:)
Hello Friends! Happy weekend:) It’s been a rainy day today, after Church we just lounged and napped most of the afternoon. We just had sushi for our dinner. It’s so nice when you have a decent sushi restaurant in your neighborhood! We went to the farmers market yesterday and got the freshest strawberries, so different from what we normally get from the grocery stores. I just love the fruits from the farmers market. One of my fave things to do during the summer season!
Daddy and Mia at the Park!Friday night dinner! Chicken wings at the Wing stop! We love this place…Fresh cherries from the farmers market! They’re so sweet!
she loved the cherries!she will not let go of this cherry bag!so funnyHobby Lobby fun!
Lunch at Habit Grill, they recently opened at our neighborhood! The charburger was really good!Grandpa and Grandma had a quick visit and we watched Justify win the triple crown!Congrats JustifyI’ve cleaned and chopped all of the strawberries! YUM!Sushi for Sunday night dinner!
Have a good Sunday evening and a great week, friends! Off to bed now:)
Hi friends! Belated memorial day to all! Thankful for all the men and women (and their families) in this country who sacrificed everything for our freedom! We had a simple celebration at home. We grilled some burgers (they were so good!) and had all the fixins. The hubs got a lot of yard cleaning done during this weekend and then we got to enjoy some time out on the patio. He also prepared the majority of our food, I don’t even remember what I was doing! HA! I helped a little:) Anyways, I’m so looking forward to summer night dinners at home now that our picnic table is out and yard is cleaned and pressure washed! Mia loves being in the yard too. She’s our little gardener like her Grandma! Have a great weekend friends:)
Nap time before memorial weekend chaos starts!Rhododendron going crazy in the front yard!pressure washing the yard with our little helper!Hubs made deviled eggs!Hubs made guacamolePreparing the burger!
Hubs made the fruit salad!Hubs about to enjoy his dinner! Thanks Ga for all your memorial weekend cleaning! You sure deserve that burger! HAPark Time!
Hi Friends! How are you all? It’s been a while since I posted, not much going on here! Aside from watching my In laws dog (they’re already back from their vacation!), going to parks during nice days (we’ve had a couple of sunny days), our local farmers market officially opened, and we started our garden (the slugs are already eating some of our veggies!UGH!)..Life is good! We “failed” our WHOLE30! HA! Day 21 during Mother’s day, I ate rice with my ahi poke! My mothers day gift to myself! So we basically lasted 3 weeks of the journey! Between me and the Hubs we lost 14lbs! Hubby is still going strong though! We still plan to eat whole foods, plus will probably “tweek” things around like adding creamer to my coffee, and treats every now and then!
Farmers Market goodies
so fresh!
so worth it!goodbye whole30!hahaMothers Day flowers from Hubs!
She’s so happy whenever she’s in the yard!Gifts from grandparents!cupcakes to celebrate Grandma’s bday!
Off to do some gardening right now, I still have some annuals to plan! Have a great weekend friends!
Hi Friends! Hope you’re having a great weekend! The hubs and I started Whole30.
Basically you eliminate certain food groups in your diet for 30 days. We are entering our 2nd week and hopefully we’ll be successful! I totally miss my coffee creamer in the morning and my rice, while the hubs misses his milk consumption. I’m so impressed with him though because he hardly complains about missing his favorite drink, unlike me! HA. He just decided to join this with me for “moral support” haha! I’ve been thinking about doing this since February (since I got the whole30 book) and decided last week, to try the challenge and just do it!
Since starting this challenge, we’ve been to 5 grocery stores (not in the same day though)! Trader Joe’s, Safeway,Winco, PCC,Whole foods! I just want to make sure we have fresh produce always:) We both feel good and are looking forward to finishing this challenge. I’ve already had my meal plans this week. You have to prepare as much as you can so you will not be tempted to just give up when you’re in that “hangry” time of day!
Grocery Hauls from Trader Joe’s
Safeway HaulsTrader Joe’s again! They do have a lot of whole30 complaint products!
I’m tired of prosciutto this week, so I’m happy we found a sugar free bacon at PCC! expensive but its really good!
Some of the meals we had during our week 1:
Chicken Adobo with mashed sweet potato (recipe from the whole30 fast and easy cookbook). We really liked this one,and will make this again.
brunch:eggs,prosciutto,salsa,plantain chipsroasted sweet potatoes, grilled shrimp and pineapple,grilled steakTaco saladHubs making homemade mayonnaisechicken wings (clarified butter,franks hot sauce)
Winco skirt steak
Carne Asada marinade
The fresh guacamole and grilled skirt steak was such an amazing combination!
Hello Friends! How’s your week going? I’m still battling a cough and I’m so over it! UGH! Anyways, last week we celebrated my Dad In law’s birthday at home with a fondue (on his actual bday), but we also had a dinner at Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant.
The Hubs made the fondue, Wisconsin Trio Fondue and it was so good! Thanks for doing all of the work, Ga. We also had crab cakes and shrimps. We used this fondue set we’ve had for 8 years now and it’s been worth it! YUM!
Love celebrating our Grandpa Phil! He’s such a special guy. So good to me and my little family! Happy Birthday to my DIL!
Hello Family and friends! I hope your weekend was a great one! Mia and I are having colds, nothing serious though as we are still functioning normally! Our pediatrician checked her earlier and said it’s just one of those days. We are taking it easy here.
We had dinner and hung out with our friends last Friday night! It’s always fun whenever we see them. Mia had a great time also.
Lots of cuddle time and had lunch at a local restaurant!
Our new refrigerator is finally here and we love it! Especially the Hubs! I’ve caught him having a giddy face every time he’s in the kitchen! HA!
We saved up and were able to pay for it with cash.. #saving#winning! So I plan to be in a “saving” mood these coming weeks, months! Unfortunately, I failed miserably this weekend because — TAKEOUT! UGH!!
I’m still within our monthly budget though, so all is good!????????
I hope your week is better than ours! With the colds going on here I’m totally feeling like:
Hello friends! How are you all doing? I was watching Food Network/Pioneer Woman where she was cooking 16 minute meal/fast meals! She did her “speedy shrimp and grits“. It looked so simple and I had all of the ingredients in my pantry/freezer. I was inspired to cook it but to be honest it took more than 16 minutes when I did it! HA! It was worth it though because the family enjoyed it.
We’ll be adding this one to my recipe book for sure!
