our monthly menu.

We are really trying to eat out less to save money (thanks, Dave Ramsey!) and our waists.  I've found that if I menu plan for the whole month with a mix of new and old recipes then we are better prepared and less likely to just grab something when we don't feel like cooking.  It works pretty well!

happy thanksgiving.

We had a very blessed Thanksgiving with our families!

Matthew and I ended up hosting one family celebration...it was fun, yummy, and not-too-fancy. We did get to use some of our china though, so that was exciting!

I cooked...(except for the turkey...I'm so not doing that for a while!)

The Thomas Family Thanksgiving Lunch

Lucy enjoyed playing!Some signs I had around the house...love how they looked!
Then, we headed to my parent's for the Harken Family Thanksgiving dinner.
Our place cards were set and Miss B got one this year!
Blakely played and played after dinner. My Mom found a bunch of hers and our old toys and now Miss B loves them!
Relaxing...

and laughing...and having fun!

Matthew and I are so blessed! We are so thankful this year!

yummy-o.

The one day Matthew got off work early (he only worked 9 hours that day), we ventured to Columbia to have a good dinner and stumbled upon a self-serve frozen yogurt bar. Oh my goodness, it was sooo yummy!!!Matthew's was of course chocolate and more chocolate and mine was definitely fruity! Did I say it was so good?! And there's one here in KC that we'll have to try out!