Menu Plan Monday (June 18th)

So, the past two months have been insanely busy here in the Jones household. We are finally coming into a nice summer routine (which I am extremely grateful for :) ). My menu planning has stayed on track for the most part for these past few months, but just hasn't seemed to make it on my blog! LOL...but with life getting back into a not so crazy schedule, I will be able to find time to share some of my life with all of you! ;)

My menu will be looking a little different than you may have seen in the past. My hubby has started a new diet (or as I like to call it a new lifestyle of eating) and has successfully and healthfully lost 12 pounds so far (GO DAVE!!) I'm so proud of him if you can't tell. ;) So a lot of the unnecessary carbs and excessive fatty foods have been removed from our menu and home. But I have to say I have found some AH-MAZING chicken marinates on Pinterest (which I am totally addicted to). So I just have to share them! So off with our menu...

Monday- Key West Chicken and Broccoli

Tuesday- Broiled Tilapia and Sauteed Zucchini

Wednesday- Chicken Taco Salad (minus a few high calorie ingredients)

Thursday- Grilled BBQ Chicken and Steamed Carrots

Friday- Breakfast for Dinner: Pancakes and Smoked Sausage (Daddy's out of town to a conference. And breakfast for dinner is one of the kiddos favorites :) )

Saturday- Out of town to KY :)

For more recipes or to share your family's menu, go to Menu Plan Monday at Organizing Junkie!

Have a great week in the kitchen!
Blessings and Love!

Weekly Menu (April 2nd)

Happy April!!

I am so happy Spring is here! :) And with that comes some yummy light spring time meals. I am going to be trying some new recipes this week and some classic go to meals too. Well off with our menu! :)

Monday- Crispy Baked BBQ Chicken Breast, Macaroni and Cheese, and Steamed Broccoli

Tuesday- Caribbean Jerk Steak Wraps*, Rice, and Sauteed Sugar Snap Peas

Wednesday- Slow Cooker Chicken Caesar Sandwiches (Pinterest :) ) and Baked Potato Wedges

Thursday- BBQ Pork Chops*, Scalloped Potatoes, and Peas

Friday-Out with my Love! :)

Saturday- Leftovers/ TBA

*Recipes to come!
For more recipes or to share your family's menu, go to Menu Plan Monday at Organizing Junkie!

Have a great week in the kitchen!
Blessings and Love!! :)

Weekly Menu (Feb 28)

Hey!

Well yesterday was quite eventful (a morning/early afternoon in the ER with my hubby) so my menu was pushed off to today! And some days you just have to roll with the punches, right? So hopefully the rest of this week goes smoothly! I'm trying some more new recipes this week since last week went pretty well over all :)! Well off with the menu!

Monday- Leftovers

Tuesday- Tacos/Taco Salads and White Queso Dip with chips

Wednesday- Pulled Pork BBQ* (Crock-pot)

Thursday- Lemon Garlic Chicken Kabobs, Jasmine Rice, and Sauteed Asparagus

Friday- *Date Night for Mommy & Daddy* & Hot Dogs and Mac & Cheese for the kiddos

Saturday- French Dip Sandwiches with Herb Roasted Oven Fries

*recipe to come!
For more recipes or to share your family's menu, go to Menu Plan Monday at Organizing Junkie!

Have a great week in the kitchen!!
Blessings and Love!!

Menu Plan Monday (Feb 20th)

Hey everyone!

What a refreshing week I have ahead of me! I am so glad I don't have anything scheduled for this week. It will give me some much needed time to focus on organizing some things around here.

Well on this week's menu I am going to be trying some recipes I have found on Pinterest that I have been wanting to try. :) (I love that site!!) And off we go...

Monday- Ham Steaks, Mac & Cheese, and Buttered Peas

Tuesday- Creamy Chicken Enchiladas

Wednesday- Taco Stew (Crockpot)

Thursday- Lasagna, Salad, and Crusty Baguettes

Friday- Broiled Tilapia, Rice, and Broccoli

Saturday- Leftovers :)

For more recipes or to share your family's menu, go to Menu Plan Monday at Organizing Junkie!!

Have a great week in the kitchen!! :)
Blessings and Love!

Back to Routine...(and Good-bye 1st Trimester)

Well...I have been quite the blogger slacker!! My first trimester with the mix of just moving and settling in to our new house has kicked my organizational rump. Praise the Lord for my ever so patient husband and children who have allowed me the time I have needed to just get through it all. With all of that being said, I have had a refreshing and eye opening weekend and I am ready to hit the ground running this week.

So here are some things you can look forward to seeing here at Life & Love! :

1. I will be getting back to a regular dinner routine and menu planning. (I have had more evening nausea this time around and dinner out has happened too many times! Once again I have a very patient hubby!! ;)

2. I have had a lot of people ask me how I manage a family as big as ours. So I am going to be using my blog as a platform to let you in on some things that really work for us as well as some things that *cough cough* haven't worked so well.

3. I am going to be joining up with some other blogs for their blog parties. So watch for that!

Thank you all for your patience!!
Blessings and Love!!

Packing and Moving and Christmas......OH MY!!!

Hey Everyone! :)

Well, this Christmas season has definitely been a CRAZY one in the Jones' household!! I don't even know where to begin!

We recently have been looking for a larger house. Our 1,000 sq foot home was no longer large enough for our growing family of 6. (Soon to be 7....Yes we are expecting again! Baby #5 will grace us with his or her presence in August! :) ) So I happened to stumble across this gorgeous 1,700 sq foot home that has a kitchen and living room that will make any homemaker salivate!! (I will be posting pics of the house soon!) Needless to say, we decided to make the move, but the owner wanted us in ASAP. So we did it, along with it being Dave's finals week in school, Trey's last week of school before break, Emmaline's 2nd Birthday, and myself being involved in our church's annual Singing Christmas Tree Spectacular! Whew...all I can say is it we couldn't have done it all without my parents and my inlaws helping out! And I am so glad that it is over!!

So this week begins a fresh chaos-free week! I can now redecorate my house for Christmas and have some holiday fun with the kiddos. I may even get some last minute knitting done!! :)

Menu Plan Monday! (November 14)

Hey Everyone!!

Well as you can see I didn't post a menu last week....and it showed at our house! LOL...so this week its back to routine! Well I have been trying some new crock pot recipes every Wednesday since that is one of our busiest evenings and so far so good!! The loaded baked potato soup was AMAZING!! So this week I am going to try out another one of the Crockin' Girls recipes!

Monday- Barbecue Chicken Tenders, Scalloped Potatoes, and Buttered Peas

Tuesday- Lasagna, Salad, and Garlic Bread

Wednesday- Taco Stew (new recipe!)

Thursday- Leftovers

Friday- Homemade Pizza (Thank you Lora for this awesome recipe!!)

To find more recipes or to share your family's menu go to Menu Plan Monday!

Well I hope you all have a blessed week in the kitchen!!
Blessings and Love!!