Menu Plan Monday

So I guess I should start calling this Menu Plan Tuesday...all typed up on Sunday night and totally forgot to post! I guess I am too busy lately.

As much as I love cooking and meal planning, this is a challenge some days. One of my goals with posting this each week was to try at least one new recipe each week. I haven't always been successful with that particular goal, but we have saved money and I feel we are eating better.

Last week we ate:

Monday: Chicken fried back strap with rice and gravy and green beans
Tuesday: Bean and fajita beef nachos with spanish rice
Wednesday: box chicken Italian dinner (the other one was Macaroni Grill, but apparently this one was not)
Thursday: Pan seared tilapia
Friday: Hot ham and cheese sandwiches
Saturday: Bean and cheese nachos

This week:

Sloppy Joes/Hamburgers
Enchiladas
Sandwiches
Sausage
Chicken tenders (homemade)

Kyle's birthday is Thursday, so that deserves dinner out...

Until next time...Gig'em!

Surprise!

Last Sunday we attended a surprise birthday party for Kyle's mom. It was a long day (we traveled to Llano and back all in one day) but it was a great party and it was great to see family and friends. There were so many pictures taken, but I will try to highlight a few here.

Until next time...Gig'em!

TAMU Vet School Open House

This weekend the Texas A&M Vet School held their annual open house. They had all sorts of things to see and do! The entire vet school was basically open to the public to see the small animal clinic as well as the large animal clinic. They had several different cattle and dog breeds, a petting zoo, a stuffed animal surgery area, ultrasounds, sheep herding, skeletons and so much more!

Taryne was a bit shy most of the day. I think it was due to the large number of people around. She was so quiet and didn't want to pet the dogs or do much of anything except look around.

Horse and dog skeletons...

Sheep herding...

Petting zoo...we did not go in because the line was SUPER long...

 

This was super cool...one side of the horse was painted to see the horse's muscles and the other side was painted to see the skeleton...

Until next time...Gig'em!

Weekend away...

Two weekends ago we made a trip to Llano for a few reasons, but a Thirty One party was the number one reason for the trip. While we were there, we managed to squeeze in a few other things. We took a ride through the pasture to see the cows, had dinner at Mamacita's in Fredericksburg, went to the square and played on the playground while in Fredericksburg, and visited with both sets of grandparents and most of the aunts and uncles.

Yes...those are paper napkin mustaches...

Until next time...Gig'em!

Menu Plan Monday

Okay, so I typed this up EARLY (as in Saturday night) and totally forgot to post it yesterday!

As I mentioned on last week's post, last week we started out with dinner out. It is difficult wanting to cook and knowing we must clean right away since the house is for sale. We also are concerned that we will be in the middle of cooking dinner and we get a call for someone to look at the house.

Last week:
Monday: Ate out at Casa Ole'
Tuesday: Ate fajitas at a friend's house while we watched the Aggie Women Beat the Hell Outta Notre Dame!!!!
Wednesday: Sausage with mac & cheese and deviled eggs. (I know, random group of things, but it was easy)
Thursday: Sandwiches
Friday: Black bean quesadillas
Saturday: Hamburgers
Sunday: Traveled to Llano for a surprise birthday party for Kyle's mom

This week we plan to have:

Spaghetti
Macaroni Grill box dinner
Chicken Fried Back Strap
Fish Tacos
Quesadillas

Until next time...Gig'em!

National Champions!

Wow! I was not sure I would be able to utter those words in regards to Aggie sports. However, in the past few years, I have been able to say that 6 times now. We have earned a national championship in men's golf, 2 in men's track and field, 2 in women's  track and field and now 1 in women's basketball.

Kyle and I often joke about Aggie fans and how we are such pessimists. We get so excited when we do well and then we do something silly and totally screw up. We have been cautiously optimistic the past week or so as we watched the women progress through the tournament. Before we knew it, we were in the final four and then the championship game.

In case you didn't know, I was a learning assistant for about 7 years before I started my current position. Over the years I worked with all sports, but besides football, none of the student athletes I worked with over the years made as much of an impact on me as a person as the women's basketball players. And some of those girls were on the court and bench last night. I have never been so proud of those girls and their play on the court and in this tournament. I was overjoyed last night and completely filled with emotion and I will admit, I cried tears of joy last night.

The Aggie Family comes together in good times and bad and they never cease to amaze me in their support for each other, their school and their teams.

So Congratulations Ladies! You have earned it and I am so proud. Thank you for bringing a National Championship trophy back to Aggieland!

You can read about the game here.

Until next time...Gig'em!

Menu Plan Monday

I am sure you have noticed that it is not Monday. It is Tuesday. Did I mention lately how busy things have been? Well they have been busy. Last week it seemed we were busy and then we went to Llano over the weekend to visit family. So our week was short for eating at home.

Sunday: Macaroni Grill from a box. Actually it was a "kit" from the store and it was super yummy! It was Chicken Piccata. We will definitely have that again!
Monday: Ate out while the professional photographer came to take photos of our house.
Tuesday: Tuna salad sandwiches
Wednesday: Homemade pepperoni pizza
Thursday: Ate out at Rudy's
Friday: Travel to Llano

This week we plan to do better, but we already started out the week eating out. Today is the realtor tour for College Station, so we didn't want to cook anything that might make our house smell funny.

Plans for the week:
Macaroni Grill from a box (we bought a different one to try)
Sandwiches
Easy Chicken Cacciatorie
Jambalaya/Dirty Rice
Chili

Until next time...Gig'em!