Here’s our menu for the week!

Sunday, June 26
Banana muffins, applesauce
Italian roast, potatoes, gravy, carrots
Cheese, crackers, watermelon

Monday, June 27
Crepes with jelly, bananas
Sloppy joes, carrots with ranch dressing, strawberry-peach slushies
Tacos with homemade tortillas, fruit salad, homemade ice cream with hot fudge sauce (company coming for dinner!)

Tuesday, June 28
Fruit-kefir smoothies, toast
Grilled cheese and turkey sandwiches, green beans
Teriyaki chicken and veggies with rice

Wednesday, June 29
Apricot breakfast bars, applesauce
Chicken veggie quesadillas, strawberry-orange smoothies
Lamb chops, tossed salad, asparagus

Thursday, June 30
Coconut flour muffins, pears
Cheeseburger zucchini boats, carrot sticks
Black bean salsa with chips, watermelon

Friday, July 1
Giant breakfast cookies, oranges
Hoagie sandwiches, fruit, carrots
Pasta dinner with family

Saturday, July 2
Big brunch with family
Leftovers

What’s on your menu this week?

If you’ve been wondering if I really was going to plant a garden this year like I said I was, I’d have to say, “You and me both.” Never has the weather been so uncooperative with our schedules like this year. I really was beginning to wonder if we’d have any kind of garden at all since it’s been so cool and rainy this spring, making it very difficult to get anything into the ground. Finally we have now had the chance to get most of our garden planted.

We skipped the potatoes this year – I know…sad! We just didn’t get to it in time. We used our extra garden space to instead plant a few more rows of corn. And, as normal, we have lots of green beans, tomatoes, several different kinds of peppers, okra and lettuce. Here’s our first bit of lettuce that’s almost ready to be eaten:

Matt and the boys worked very hard this week putting a fence around our garden areas to keep out the adorable, but not at all cute, bunny rabbits. I know it’s “just a fence”, but I’m so excited about it that I had to take a picture. There’s nothing I love more than watching my boys work with their daddy (unless it’s eating chocolate while I watch my boys work with their daddy.)

I thought you’d also like to see the volunteer onions I pulled up yesterday. They smell SO good.

In other news, we have a little surprise planned for our boys early this week. I am so excited (even though really, it’s not that extravagant of a plan)!!! The beauty of not frequently taking vacations or not eating out much is that when we do some of these things it is special. I think the boys will be pretty thrilled, especially tonight when we tell them to “pack a backpack and put it by the door to take with you in the morning – and don’t forget your swimming trunks”. ?????!!!

I’ll be filling you in on the surprise too, not to worry. But it just wouldn’t be fair to tell you now since the boys don’t even know yet, would it?!

Here’s our somewhat vague menu plan for the week:

Sunday, June 5
Strawberry orange smoothies, toast
Breakfast for lunch – fundraiser for church youth group
Taco salad, watermelon

Monday, June 6 – Tuesday, June 7
Well, I’m not exactly sure  :)

Wednesday, June 8 (Asa’s birthday, which has nothing to do with the surprise, it just coincided with his birthday!)
Homemade donuts
Grilled burgers and homemade fries, watermelon
Cheesy turkey sausage stromboli, fruit salad, birthday cake

Thursday, June 9
Simple soaked pancakes, blueberries
Chef salad with chicken
Salmon, steamed broccoli and carrots, mock frozen yogurt

Friday, June 10
Fried eggs on toast, oranges
Cheddar ranch burgers, potato wedges, peas
Nacho bar

Saturday, June 11
Whole wheat cinnamon rolls, cantaloupe
Leftovers
Grilled steak, baked potatoes, corn, tossed salad

If you have a garden, fill us in on how it’s doing!