Our weekly menu is going out a bit late tonight (Monday) - sorry about that! I think, like many of you, we just got caught up in our three day weekend. I can honestly say that I never even opened my computer this weekend...which means I've got about 200 emails to still go through! Oh well, it was worth it!
Did you guys do anything fun over the weekend? On Saturday, we took two of our kids (one was away with family) to the Japanese Garden here in Portland. They loved it! Especially Christian (our three year old son). The giant koi fish were his favorite!
Here's something you may not know: if you're a Bank of America cardholder you can get into a ton of museums and fun places (like the Japanese Garden) in your area for free on the first full weekend of every month! All you have to do is show you BofA card and your ID. Keep that in mind going forward through the next few months. It's a fun thing to do, especially as we all begin to enter into the colder, rainier seasons. [Read more...]
On most normal week days, Josh brings a lunch to work. It's ridiculous how fast eating lunch out everyday adds up. Add that to a coffee habit, and you can virtually kiss any extra spending money goodbye! Anyway, usually on Sundays, we do a meal prep thing where we make our overnight oats for the week, little snack bags full of nuts, and some sort of lunch that splits up well into multiple days. We've tried enchiladas, mini chicken pot pies, falafel, and more.
I sometimes wish I could live in California. I mean, hello, they have Disneyland...and Oregon does not. We have Enchanted Forest, I guess, which is our miniature version of the happiest place on earth. But...California also has fruit trees! Fruit trees galore! Orange trees, avocado trees, lemon and lime trees... I'm envious. I would love to be able to grow lemons or limes in my backyard!
I hope you all had a beautiful, sunny week! We nearly reached triple digits on Friday and I was thankful that I had gotten out early enough in the day to run my errands and get my groceries before it was too unbearable! Saturday cooled down by 10 degrees and while my daughters went to a birthday sleepover, Josh and I took Christian (our littlest) on a 10 mile bike ride - it was beautiful! (If you're local to the Portland area, check out the 
Something strange is going on in my garden. I can't quite figure out how it happened, but I am up to my ears in tomatoes! We only planted two plants (plus one cool little hybrid plant that grows cherry tomatoes on top and potatoes on the bottom - "ketchup and fries"!).
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! We had quite the full weekend ourselves! Our three kids spent the entire weekend with my parents while Josh and I celebrated a belated anniversary weekend. We ate (a lot of) good food, spent a lot of time talking and hanging out, and went on a whale watching cruise! That definitely was the highlight of the weekend and so, so much fun!
