Saturday we had brunch at The Southern in downtown Nashville & then walked down Broadway and froze!  It looked beautiful out but was sooo cold!

 

It's Tyler's last night on nights so that is reason enough to celebrate.   I'm excited to spend time with my boys & not have someone sleeping in my house 24/7 so I can get some things accomplished.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

This video makes me smile (and Tyler roll his eyes since his son is playing with make-up). 

Jack loves to hang around while I'm putting on my make-up & tries to steal my brushes as much as possible (two went missing and I'm almost positive they were put in the trash can and were thrown away).

 And then I looked over and he was just lying in the middle of the yard.  Silly boy.

When I was working I cooked about 5 meals over and over repeatedly.  I wouldn't plan before I headed to the store because I didn't have time to plan so I would pick up the same ingredients & meat each time and just figure out what was for dinner at around 5:15.

 

Now that I have more time on my hands (understatement?), I've been branching out and trying new recipes (which sometimes don't end well, but you never know until you try!).

 

Thanks to Pinterest I found this great "eat sheet" to help plan the weekly meals & grocery list.  It's been a lifesaver & helps me avoid having to run to the store 5 different times during the week.  I just print out a bunch at a time and stick them in my planner.

 

For really busy weeks I have also discovered the website eatathomecooks.com which has print outs with weekly meals already planned and the entire shopping list to go with it (there are three years worth of weekly meals listed).  When I first used it I found a couple of weeks that I really liked, but keeping it healthy has been a bit challenging.  Also, I alter most of the recipes since I'm only cooking for 2.5 people.  It's still fun to just pick a week & try some new things or find some new recipes while searching.

 

Happy 6 year Anniversary to the love of my life.  It feels like our wedding day was forever ago and yesterday all at the same time.

You are my best friend and my everything.
Through the last twelve years we've changed as people but have loved and supported each other through ups & downs, new jobs & cities, & this adventure of parenthood.

Every year on November 11, I love to pull out the wedding pictures & relive that day.
I love seeing the faces of all our family and friends that were there to celebrate & all the fun that we had.



Here's a flashback from last year's anniversary.

I love you, Tyler Lee.  To many, many more!
 

There were big corn mazes in the fields, which say to allow at least 15 minutes to go through (aka- not Jack friendly), but they had a maze going through the barn with slides that was perfect for the tots.

Always like seeing a random Texas.