A little early gift lovin

PHEWWWWWW: For a quick second on monday Dusty and I thought we would need to move again. Not far just out of our house. We had aready found a cute place and were ready to sign the new lease ( to move in 2 weeks p.s.) when we found out that we could stay here for at least 6 more month. Thank goodness. I was not looking forward to the move with everyting that we have on our plate.

 

Here is a picture of the team watching our huge new 3D TV. Happy Christmas Dusty!!!!

This Week for Dinner

Hello Lovelies!

Well I am a little stressed at the moment but like Dusty says "you just have to take one thing at a time"....lets hope that works because I have A LOT on my plate over the next few weeks. Work is NUTS-- I am working on one of the hardest projects I have worked on in over a year. I am planning the Williams Syndrome Association party for this Saturday ( I can't wait to see everyone!) alone with some other big changes that are coming down the pipeline for our family. We should have more on that later in the week. Let me just say.... HERE WE GO AGAIN! on top of that you add holiday parties, doctor appointments preschool, 200+ Christmas cards, and Christmas shopping  EEEEEEKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!

Okay, OKAY, enough of my banter.

This week for Dinner

Sunday: Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes and steamed peas

Monday: Shrimp Po Boy sandwiches and garden salad.

Tuesday: BBQ chicken, baked potatoes and broccoli

Wednesday: Ham and Bean Soup with grilled cheese sandwiches

Thursday: Skyline Chili ( Thanks Ernie and Cindy for the delivery!!!!! I think it's easy to say that is Dusty's favorite Birthday present hands DOWN!) 

Friday: Left Overs 

Gobble Gobble

We had a lovely Thanksgiving. Dusty's mother came to visit from Oregon and we had a full house with lots of yummy food and festivities. We only get to see Nana once a year so it was nice that we could celebrate thanksgiving and set up for Christmas with her. It was like we had two holidays at once!

 Allie brought these darling hats for the kids

 Nana and Sinead cooking in the kitchen. Dinner was amazing. Nana is a fantastic cook. I mean fantastic like the best food EVER.

 Happy to see Nana!

 Make-shift table in our tiny little house.

 Dusty cutting the turkey. Brads face is priceless. 

 Taylor took the gravy boat into her own hands

 Pies. yummy!!

 Thanksgiving Night Charlie came back from the north pole. He brings a little gift with his book and was ALREADY hiding in the house. The kids were so excited. I think Taylor talks more about Charlie than Santa.

 Picking out the tree!

 Turning on the lights. Look at Taylor. Pure Joy.

The tree at union square, a little shopping and ice skating made for a perfect end to the weekend!

Well Hello There!

After a little blog break I am BACK. I would ask if you missed me but I got so many emails over the last few weeks asking to see my sweet babies that I now fully understand why I have so many readers.... because of little Taylor and Cooper. I am sad that I missed the rest of my little Thankful posts because I had to much to share. But honestly... what I am NOT thankful for is how little time there is during the day. Between work, traveling, visitors, planning the WSA Christmas party and getting ready for the holidays I had to prioritize the Pickled Bean to the back of the to do list. I'll be better I promise, not 100% until after the new year but much better.

I have to much to share but first I wanted to mention that I am sad I didn't get to spotlight my parents and sweet nanny/lifesaver Lily in my Thankful posts. More on that to come ( I'll spot light them later in the week)

Back to our regular scheduled program:

This week for Dinner

{Once again Dusty is traveling for work this entire week so these are very kid friendly} 

Sunday: Braised Short Ribs, Mashed Potatoes, Garden Salad and Chocolate Pie.
Monday: Chicken and Broccoli casserole and rice
Tuesday: Ham and funeral potatoes with asparagus
Wednesday: Slow cooker beef stroganoff, egg noodles and peas
Thursday: Chicken taco's, black beans and corn
Friday: Left overs

My little team getting ready for the holidays 

Day 9 -- Friday

I am thankful for FRIDAYS. I love the end of the week, wrapping things up and looking forward to the weekend.

We have a tradition in our house, every Friday we have a Dunaway sleepover. I pull out the "big bed" snuggle as a family and watch a movie before bedtime and there is usually popcorn and pizza involved. The kids love it and look forward to it every week. Taylor woke up this morning and one of the first things she said was " Is it big bed day?"
I love making little traditions like this, something that the kids will remember for years to come. Another big plus is that Daddy usually makes it, there is nothing better than getting to have dinner with daddy!

This is a picture of Taylor last week for Dunaway Sleepover, how cute!