Trying Something New

We went out to dinner with some great friends on Saturday night. Always a good time!

This couple is very smart in their meal planning. They like to spend their Sunday's cooking, and that food will get them through the entire week!

I'm so NOT this smart. I will plan for a couple meals, then we will eat out the other nights or just scrounge the kitchen for whatever we can put together. I am also usually making the same ol' thing too. I will be honest, I'm not much of a cook. My Mom was a great cook and my MIL is an awesome cook. I wish I could do it like she does, but it just isn't me.

So this week, I decided to break out of my rut and try something new! I went online for some good recipes that we could turn the leftovers into other meals. 

So far Monday brought us a roast:

Today at work, my husband turned the left over beef into a burrito with cheese and salsa. We will do this as a family later in the week.

Tonight we will enjoy bbq chicken sandwiches:

With these leftovers we will make a bbq chicken homemade pizza.

So I'm sure you can tell, these weren't taken with my camera, but with my Iphone instead. I also had fun playing around with the Instagram app and got the following pictures:

My little dude's new haircut:

Playing around in the car, waiting for my oldest to get out of school:

Lastly I will end with......Cheers!

The Doorbell Rang.......

....and look what I got! More beautiful flowers!!!!

These are from my in-laws and they are so pretty! I immediately grabbed my camera to get some pictures!

I was very pleased with how these came out. I was able to get in good and close without a macro lens or filters.

A Beautiful Surprise From A Sweet Little Girl!

I'm sitting here relaxing and messing around on my computer when I get a text from a good friend. She wants to know if I am home and says that her daughter has something she wants to give me.
A few minutes later, the two of them arrive and her daughter gets out of the car with a dozen beautiful roses and a balloon for me. She hands them to me and says "Happy Birthday" and hands me a hand-written note that says "I love you!" I am so touched by this!

Her mom and I went out last night for happy hour to celebrate and I guess when she got home, her daughter asked why we went out. She told her it was to celebrate my birthday. Her daughter then broke out into tears because she said she didn't get me anything. So out they went today and she picked these out for me. It is the sweetest thing! She is going to be 6 in May and I love her so much, as if she was my own!

I played around with this last shot in PSE.