GratiTuesday- 3 Loads of Dishes!!

Today was spent in the kitchen! It was a cooking fest to end all cooking fests! 

We were running low on baby food, so I had to whip up a batch of Gman's tried and true favorites that don't upset his little system. As well as some new foods that we are venturing into. So far we have been stuck in  the rut of Plums, Prunes, Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans.  This time we are trying Acorn Squash, Eggplant and Peaches! Exciting world out there!  

After the baby fooding was done I had to make breakfast for Tony for the week. Which was just a simple Breakfast Casserole. I cook one before each work week and he has a yummy & hot  breakfast all week long. 

Next was the seeds from the Acorn Squash! When I was making the baby food it occurred to me that I could roast the seeds! I love seeds of pretty much any kind and I hate to waste, so this was an awesome discovery!  

Next was (and is) the most exciting part! Fruit Leather! I have no idea how it will turn out because it takes 12-18 hours to make in the oven.  The recipes that I found were for one fruit. But I'm not one to follow directions.. so I am trying sweet potato- apple leather. I'm excited to give it a try in the morning!

Somewhere in there I made a mediocre dinner. For real.. it was boring.

The madness resulted in 3 full loads of dishes in the dishwasher! While I am not a huge fan of loading/ unloading the dishwasher... the fact that I did today means that we have plenty of food on the table. We have the means to prepare our own nourishing foods and that the Lord is keeping watch over our family.  For that I am grateful.

Peace,

Nikki

GratiTuesday

I've decided to Jump on the GratiTuesday Band Wagon. I need to stop and think about the things I am grateful for... if not I worry that I will just forget about it and waste it.  So my plan is to join Heavenly Homemakers (My favorite blog ever) and share a piece of awesomeness. 
Join us for Gratituesday at www.heavenlyhomemakers.com


I feel like I have so many things to be thankful for... today I will cover the basics!


 I have an amazing husband. He and I are such an amazing team. I seriously think that together we are an unstoppable powerhouse! Tony is such a hard worker and he takes a lot of pride in providing for his family. He loves the Lord with all of his heart and when I'm struggling in some area Tony builds me up... I'm so lucky to have him!

Together, we have 2 awesome boys. Bastian has the coolest sense of curiosity! The dude loves to learn and we have so much fun with him. He seems to be slowing down a bit and he loves being a big brother. He is also becoming the most encouraging little guy ever! Today he told me good job for stopping at a red light! And then he wanted to give me a high five for it! I love to see such an awesome trait develop in him!  Gabriel is the most mellow baby dude I've ever met, and after having a wild card like Bastian that is a huge thing to be grateful for! He loves to watch, and he rarely voices his opinion and he is super happy just being in the arms of his mommy! It's also nice having a guy who likes to snuggle. The boys are exact opposites but it seems to work for us and  We feel so blessed that the Lord chose us to be the parents of our boys. 

We also feel super blessed for Tony has a great job that he loves and that we are in a pretty good place financially.  We just bought our second home and we think that we will be in a good place to purchase #3 soon. We are grateful that we are in a position to be considering another home purchase rather than losing ours...   We know that God has a plan for us and the fact that he's not giving up makes it easy for us to stay involved in Real Estate as well!


So basically- We have our God and we have our family... I'm super grateful!
Happy Gratituesday!
Peace!
Nikki