Opening a lot of presents at Aunt Betty's house was just a small start for his Christmas. I don't know what he's going to do when he sees the million "Choo-Choo'ems" that he is getting for Christmas.

Santa came early..

Santa came a little early this year. We had an early Christmas with our family this weekend before they headed out of town. He loved opening his presents. Can't wait for Christmas now after I saw that!!

Menu Plan Monday (Week of December 20th)

I'm a little late posting over at Menu Plan Monday, but better late than never.

This week is pretty Pioneer Woman heavy. I'm obsessed with her blog lately. Most of her recipes that I've tried have been dynamite.

I'm doing Christmas Eve dinner for the in-laws this year. We'll be over at my parents on Christmas Day. YAY for a day of little to no cooking.

Monday- BBQ Chicken Wraps with Pasta-Roni

Tuesday- Sloppy Joes (Pioneer Woman) with french fries and veggie

Wednesday- My Favorite Burgers (Pioneer Woman) with cottage cheese and veggie

Thursday- Pasta with a tomato cream sauce with garlic bread

Friday- I'm making ham with a raisin sauce, au gratin potatoes, candied carrots, broccoli and cauliflower casserole, rolls, and an apple crisp with vanilla ice cream (Recipe from PW)

Saturday- Mom is making hot roast beef sandwiches. I'm making bread pudding with maple cream sauce. Yum!

For more menu plans and awesome ideas, visit I'm an Organizing Junkie

Santa's Chair..

Dylan sitting in Santa's chair. We snuck around the ropes after they closed Santa's shop down to take this picture. HA! Take that Bass Pro Shop. ;-)

Wordless Wednesday: Fascinated with Choo-Choos

I've linked this picture over at Wordless Wednesday

Menu Plan Monday

I've been menu planning since we moved into our place. So far, it's worked out pretty well. We've been pretty lax the last week or so with Christmas shopping and what not. Definitely need to try and eat at home more. It's healthier and cheaper. Hoping to get back into the swing of things now that our shopping is done until Christmas.

I'm a little late to the game this week. We've been following our menu pretty closely though so I'm happy. We're also going to be out much of the weekend so we'll be eating at those places instead of home.

Monday- Steak and Shake (FIL treat)

Tuesday- Lasagna (Pioneer Woman) with Garlic Bread

Wednesday- Biscuit Dogs with French Fries and Veggie

Thursday- Pasta with spaghetti sauce

Friday- Grilled Cheese with veggie for Dad and baby, I have women coming over for a cookie baking extravaganza so we'll have frozen pizzas.

For more menus and recipe ideas head over to

I'm An Organizing Junkie

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