Using What We Have.....

Normally....as we end out the last few days of my two week menu....we start getting super low on things....especially things like bread and milk etc. Sometimes, I will make a quick run to the grocery store for those things and end up getting a few extras instead of just waiting for my big shopping trip every other Wednesday. I hate that! So I determined I am *not* going to do that!

So, I decided to use what we already had....so I made some homemade dinner rolls (recipe from my Betty Crocker cookbook) and made some mini homemade sloppy joes! They were delicious and made me question myself on why I buy buns from the grocery store sometimes. I should always just make them at home....they are soooo much better!!! :) **For any newbies to my blog...I make my breads/rolls by hand...not with a bread machine!**

Chris, Madelyn and Jaxson hurried off to the church after supper. They had Passion Play practice for our church. I am in charge of the nursery during the actual nights of the play...and X gets stage fright...so he and I stayed home.

While home....I caught up on lots of folding of laundry. I did like, 6 loads of the kids' laundry, yesterday. (And I wash their clothes constantly!!!) How in the world do three children wear soooo many clothes in sooo few days? Just when I think I have gotten it all done....one of the kids comes down with a full hamper. It boggles my mind!

Then...I had this lovely basket of mismatched socks to match up.....

I must admit...I loathe matching socks. It is a horrible task! But X and I dumped them all out and sorted through them all! It took a while...but we got the task done. We still ended up with some socks that are missing their partner though. I need a better system. One of my favorite things about summer is flip-flops!!! **Flip-flops = less socks to match!!!**

After all the "fun" with the socks ;) ....X and I finished making the cookies I had started! Earlier in the day...I had mixed up the recipe for Amish Butter Cookies. I got the recipe from the Amish Homestead Cookbook....a gift from my friend, Mya. They had to be refrigerated for a few hours...so Xavier and I got the dough out in the evening and rolled it out, cut out some stars and baked them! :) Then I realized they would be even better with some homemade buttercream frosting....so X and I made some of that and then iced the cookies! :)

After the cookies were all iced, X and I enjoyed a few...then sat and read some books. We had a nice time...just me and him. :) Not too long after we finished reading the books, Chris, Mad and Jax came home. :) We had a nice evening. I am thankful to have Mama and X time! I believe each child needs that time with their mama...where they have full attention and focus from mom! :)

Time flies by sooo quickly, it seems. Each moment is so precious. I don't want to waste them! ;)