a jam-packed weekend.

Our life revolves around food.  Like, all the time.

This week we actually planned out meals for everyday.  That hasn't happened for a while.  And there was no Mac and Cheese this week for any dinners.  My mom would be proud.  My students would be utterly disappointed.

We tried a few different meals this week.  Two of our favorites were the following:

Spaghetti Squash Alfredo with a side of green beans with garlic (and bacon!)

Surprisingly tasty and healthy for you.  It filled me right up!  T gave it two thumbs up and rated it a 9 on our scale of tasty food.  We might be seeing this meal in our dinner plans more often in the future.

{recipe here} 

Tonight we had French Dip Sandwiches.  Oh my.  They cooked all day long and fell apart when we opened the crockpot.  The fact that we only needed to combine 2 ingredients and then let it cook together to make heavenly goodness was amazing.  This delish meal received a big 10 from T.  We both loved it!

{recipe here}

Among eating good food, T and I also had an incredibly busy (and fun!) weekend.  We had some of our favorite friends over for pizza night, games, and a movie.  

We moved the table from the kitchen into the front room (like we always have to do for company) and ate homemade pizza and chatted away. 

Daniel and Taly brought over a new BYU finger football game that got incredibly intense.  We had some pretty intense finger football skills in this game.

The game even comes with a gameboard app for your phone to keep track of the score and penalties.

Did I mention how intense this game was?  The looks on Daniel and T's faces portrays exactly how we all felt.

We had way too much fun.

Saturday morning was busy, busy, busy!  In addition to running to Home Depot to return a ceiling fan for the same model that busted last summer, we also had to get a new hose, watering can, and some weed killer for our growing meadow of dandelions in front of our duplex.

The words "meadow" and "dandelion" are never good when said in the same sentence.

 We also attended three of my students baptisms throughout the morning and ran home in between them to get the lawn mowed and get some chores around the house done.  We loved all three and we've gotten lucky this year with not many baptisms overlapping!

We celebrated a birthday at school this week and I made my favorite birthday card yet for one of my little monsters.  While the rest of my students make a card that says, "My wish for you is..." I make a card with that particular student's favorite things on it.  The cool thing about this student?  He rock climbs.  Every week.

He also made me a card for Teacher Appreciation Week.  Usually I take pictures of the cards and forget to post them on the blog for safe-keeping.  This one was too adorable to forget to post.  The days of school are quickly dwindling and before I know it, I won't see most of my little monsters for the entire summer.

It's enough to make me want to cry.  There are days when I sit in my room and can't imagine not having this year's students again.  They're like my own kids in a way.  There are times when I wish I could snatch them all up and take them home with me.  They inspire me.  They make me laugh.  They are a joy to be with.  

I love my job.   I love what I do.  I love who I am when I'm with these kids. 

Happy Saturday!