What's Up Wednesday (April 2018)

WHAT WE'RE EATING THIS WEEK:

These peppers are SO GOOD! I made a batch of them Monday and I have been snacking on them everyday.

This week for dinner we are having:
Monday: quesadilla night
Tuesday: grilled chicken wraps
Wednesday: (church) so we are rockin' leftovers!
& of course, Friday is pizza!

WHAT I'M REMINISCING ABOUT: How stinkin' fast (almost) 3 years have gone! Stop growing, Ryker!

WHAT I'M LOVING:
My sweet Raigen is my note leaving kid and I LOOOOOOVE finding these special treats throughout the week. 

This past weekend she left our hotel a note, ha!

WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO:
Softball! 
And today Rilyn starts swim!

WHAT I'M DREADING: Nothing!

WHAT I'M WORKING ON:
The kids' bathroom is getting a face-lift! 
Here is a peek:

WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT:
Summer time is just around the corner! 

WHAT I'M WATCHING/READING:
This book is super good! I am currenly listening to it on audible.

Ya'll I have been on a Heart of Dixie binge! I know its old, but I love it. I am almost done so I will have to find a new binge soon! 

WHAT I'M LISTENING TO: KSBJ and kids yell, like always. 

WHAT I'M WEARING: 
ALL THINGS FLORAL!
Am I the only one addicted to floral print?!

My favorite part- the kimonos are FROM DOLLAR GENERAL!

And the other two shirts were $6.99 at Ross! #score!

WHAT I'M DOING THIS WEEKEND:
We have church, a couple of birthdays, and a baby shower. 

WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT MONTH:

No more getting my kids up early - I get my mornings back all to myself!!!!  Haha!

WHAT ELSE IS NEW: Nothing new over here!

Happy Wednesday, ya'll!

FRIDAY FAVORITES! {04/20/18}

I am SO glad it is Friday!

 

This weekend we have a tournament in Brenham so we will be in Softball mode all weekend! #myfavorite

 

Let me go ahead and #mombrag for a bit.

 

Last night was our LAST league game (Raigen plays on 3 teams right now so we will still be doing Softball ... forever, ha!) and we ended our season with a big ole' WIN! We only lost ONE game the entire season!

 

 

And, ya'll,  my girl had THREE HOMERUNS FOR THE NIGHT! #superproud

 

But what makes me even more proud is last night she asked me if we could pray together. #shelovestopray

 

 

Melts my heart EVERY TIME she asks to pray with me.

 

 

This kiddo may be good at softball (so good that she filled in on a team last night that was short on players and the ref went over to the coach and said it was so unfair that Raigen was playing and that he shouldn't even allow it! #becauseshesthatgood!) but this girl has a HUGE heart, too!!!

 

 

She refuses to brag, ever, on herself because she says, "that is rude and it may make other people feel bad."

 

She is definitely one of my favorites, Friday, and everyday!

 

 

 

 

Now, on to FOOD!

 

A few days ago I made this delish naan flat bread pizza style dinner (I don't even know what to call it!  LOL)  and I paired it with garlic pasta! SO GOOD and I am now obsessed with brie cheese!!!

 

 

 

 

Its almost summer time, which means CAMP! So a few weeks ago I served along side these ladies to help raise money for our kids to go to camp. We had a delicious tamale fundraiser!

 

 

 

 

 

 

This mama's boy! - he is currently my favorite two year old, haha!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I finally ordered a super cool calligraphy pen from Amazon and I have been practicing my lettering.... if you saw my post on IG you know that I should have my skills down by 2025. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are currently in the middle of redecorating and putting in a new floor for the kids' bathroom. Here is a peek!

 

 

 

 

 

 Last night this dude and I took a break from softball and headed to cheer on our favorite choir girl! Rilyn (And all of the choir kiddos) did SO good singing! I was super impressed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have a great weekend!

 

-Roxie



Rilyn's 4th grade GT Academic Fair!

 

 

This sweet  girl studied up on Walt Disney for her GT Academic Fair! We are SO proud of all the hard work she put in to this!

 

 

Way-to-go, Rilyn!

 

EASY CREAMY TOMATO SOUP!

 

 

Ingredients:

 

2 tablespoons of Italian seasoning

2 - cans of crushed tomatoes- Italian style

1 -  can of  tomato sauce (the big can)

2 cups of stock (chicken or vegetable)

1 tsp of sea

2 tsp of sugar

1/2 tsp of fresh ground black pepper

1 cup of heavy cream

Fresh basil, parmesan cheese, and croutons- garnish (optional)

 

 

Listen people! I have been on the look-out for the PERFECT super easy (cause that's how I roll) dump in a pot tomato basil soup and I finally just decided to create my own.

 

 

This soup was SO good! I served it with grilled cheese sandwiches, too!

 

Enjoy!

Ryker, the Mascot!

When your Dad names your sister's softball team something ridiculous like Swatasarus....

 

 

 

You have to have a Mascot.

 

 

 

 

Meet Ryker, our very own rambunctious Swatasarus!

 

 

He was VERY excited about wearing this costume and getting to 'scare' the other team!

 

 

Aren't they the cutest!?



Easter 2018

Hope you guys had a great Easter weekend.  I thought I'd (finally, haha!) give you a little peek into ours...

 

 

 

 

Here is my gang this year...

 

 

 

 

And because its always fun to look back at previous years, goodness how they've grown-

 

 

 

Easter 2013

 

Easter 2015

 

 

 

Easter 2017

 

 

 

On Easter Eve this year my MIL made up some glow in the dark eggs for the littles  (Ryker and Callie) and they LOVED it! They would hunt and then happily hand their baskets over to us and run and hide their eyes for us to hide them again.

 

And again...

 

And again! LOL!

 

 

I cant wait till next year when baby Kolten can hunt them, too!

 

 

After that fun- we gather around the kitchen table to dye eggs.

 

 

The next morning we all awoke to see what goodies we got, hunted eggs in our PJs, ate a huge breakfast, and headed to the late service at church.

 

(Photo dump in no particular order!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the cutest picture award goes to.....

 

 

 

And the funniest picture award goes to....

 

 

Happy Easter from the Long Crew!