Hello, Is Anyone Out There?

Hello out there in this little corner of the web! I can't believe how long has gone since I was last here blogging about everything, I don't even know if I remember how to do this.

We are still happily home schooling and my oldest is a Sophomore!? Where does the time go, seriously! We are still using Seton as our curriculum but are now incredibly active in the 4-H, Volunteering in our community and seeing the world! Our next venture is to hit the road in our travel trailer and see the country from a different perspective, all while continuing to home school of course!

For the time being the trailer will only be for seasonal living 4-5 months out of the year. It will definitely be a new adventure, but the long term goal is of course to go full time at some point.

I am hoping to turn this in to a 4-H blog of some sort, showcasing our adventures as husband and wife volunteer leaders, what out children go through as members and as officers. It's a snippet of our life that is quite important to us, so I am thinking that is where this blog is headed. This blog has been through many lives as it has held and seen what has been important to me at different times in my life and even though each story should be a different blog, I like keeping it all in one place. I am still figuring it all out, so we will see if it will be a weekly blog, monthly or maybe later it can be a daily again! Let me get in to the groove of our school year starting this year and then we will see!

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Family Fun & Menu of the week!

I should be going wordless today, but I have too much catching up to do! We took a spontaneous trip to Wisconsin to go to a convention and we ended up picking up cheese and sausage from some of our favorite markets and deli's!

My youngest son is my handful and he has the silliest ideas that make us laugh and laugh. Here he is with his 'money face' and he insists that this is worth more than real money and has even tried to use Roman bucks at McDonald's! hahaha!! Kids?!

My cucumber & Tomato Salad Recipe HERE!

Monday: Brats and Sauerkraut with Greenbeans and potatoes (we picked up the brats at a sausage shop in Milwaukee this weekend)
Snacks for the day were cheese and crackers picked up in milwaukee. (Romaine lettuce leaves with roasted corn (frozen!) and diced tomato was the salad)

Tuesday: Baked potato, spinach and broccoli soup in the slow cooker. The potatoes were on sale last week at Valli for a 10 pound bag at .98!! Which is why we had potatoes Monday and Tuesday. This soup was sooo filling that I was glad the salad was just a simple garden one that everyone could build on their own and I could just bag the leftovers for another day. (Broccoli was fresh but on sale)
Snacks: Broccoli crowns with Celery Stalks and ranch

Wednesday: Jasmine Rice (We buy our rice in bulk at sams) with peapods (bought in bulk for 1.50 for 5 pounds!!!), peas (frozen), carrots (valli discount cart 1.49 for 4 pounds worth) and chicken breast. The idea here is to cube the chicken breast to work as a stir fry and not use as much as you would had you given everyone a breast. Pile on the veggies and it is incredibly filling. Salad is a chopped salad with leftover veggies from the previous nights w/ spinach & romaine.
Snacks: Snap Peas and Carrot Sticks

Thursday: Quesadilla Bar with cactus salad (We put out a variety of cheeses, tortillas and toppings and the kids can build their own and then it gets cooked in front of them at the griddle (they can help out). This can be made very cost-effective by using what's on sale as the toppings and only cheese that were on sale as well. Even brick cheeses can be shredded to save money.
Snacks: Ham and Tortilla Roll Ups sliced into pinwheels

Friday: Frijoles de la Olla (this is a Mexican Bean soup that is soo cheap but sooo good) with Mexican chopped salad (corn, cilantro, tomatoes, red pepper, green pepper, black beans, lettuce and topped with lime juice). 
Snacks: Pepper Slices with laughing cow

Saturday: Pizza Night Out!

Sunday: Curry Chicken with tandoori potatoes I like to add in spinach and other greens where kids won't even notice them! Salad is roasted peas with sesame seeds sprinkled on. 
Sides: Leftover snacks just diced up and tossed on a chip tray, so it looks like something new!

Remember to enjoy every minute my friends!!

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