Happy Birthday, Faith!

We celebrated my 23rd birthday on Saturday with my parents. My mom made homemade pizza and my sister made a delicious cake. They gave me a handmade necklace that matches the jewelry I wore on our wedding day. It was a great day!

Kerry, Julian and I with the cake Grace made for me

We celebrated as a family on Sunday, my actual birthday, by taking a family walk and playing a game in the afternoon. Kerry took me to Flat Top for dinner and we got dessert at Sweet CeCe's. It was a great way to spend my 23rd birthday!

Julian and I on our family walk

Menu Plan Monday 9/26-10/2

It is no secret that I LOVE to plan, schedule and organize. So, when one of my favorite blogs proposed a menu planning challenge, I thought it would be fun to participate. I already had been menu planning and even posting my menus to facebook, so I figured it would be pretty easy to join in on the challenge. That being said, here is the Storms family menu plan for this next week:

Monday

• Breakfast: Soaked oatmeal and fruit
• Lunch: Standard lunch; leftovers and smoothies
• Dinner: Ground beef gyros, sauteed sweet potatoes and fruit
• Prep: Thaw muffins and soak lentils

Tuesday

• Breakfast: Eggs, muffins and fruit
• Lunch: Interview Lunch; leftovers and smoothies
• Dinner: Leftovers
• Prep: Soak oatmeal, cook lentils and thaw biscuits

Wednesday

• Breakfast: Soaked oatmeal and fruit
• Lunch: Standard lunch; leftovers and smoothies
• Dinner: Spicy lentil soup, biscuits and fruit
• Prep: Thaw muffins and ground beef

Thursday

• Breakfast: Eggs, muffins and fruit
• Lunch: Standard lunch; birthday lunch with Kelsey
• Dinner: Beefy mushroom skillet and fruit
• Prep: Soak oatmeal

Friday

• Breakfast: Soaked oatmeal and fruit
• Lunch: Standard lunch; leftovers and smoothies
• Dinner: Leftovers
• Prep: Soak pancake batter, make pizza dough and thaw bacon and sausage

Saturday

• Breakfast: Soaked whole wheat pancakes, bacon and fruit
• Lunch: WBNH listener appreciation lunch
• Dinner: Homemade pizza and fruit
• Prep: Thaw muffins

Sunday

• Breakfast: Eggs, muffins and fruit
• Lunch: Church lunch
• Dinner: Popcorn and smoothies/milkshakes

I would love to share recipes, so feel free to ask if there is one that sounds good to you! I am currently consolidating all of our recipes and putting them in a family food binder. Once that is done, I will attempt to post recipes on the blog so everyone has quick access to them!

Welcome!

Welcome to our blog! I (Faith) decided to start this in light of the new changes on facebook. I think this will be a better place to show off pictures of Julian and share updates on our life with those that matter the most. For those of our friends that live far away, this will be a great place to keep you updated on what is going on with us. For those that live close, we would love if you read our blog, but don't let that keep us from getting to together to catch up in real life!