Slices of Life

 It's the last Thursday of the month and time for monthly musings with Holly and Patty.   1. My favorite thing about this summer including having my family so near; Alec is home from college so I have all 3 boys at home, my parents are up from North Carolina so I get to see my mom on a near daily basis. My brother and his family are living in my husband's family's campground just down the road so we see them often too!  2. I have eaten so many delicious things this summer but my favorites would include: Ice cream treats!   Fresh picked raspberries-- they were SO good!  We tried some new turkey burger recipes this summer that were SO good! One was apple maple mustard and the other was a Mediterranean burger with spinach and feta and onions.  Ian caught some fresh fish when he went deep sea fishing and we made some really delicious fish tacos one night. I never eat tacos but these were incredible!   While these next 3 were technically eaten in ...

It's the last Wednesday of the month and that means it's time for What's Up Wednesday.  What We're Eating:   Sunday:  Smoked turkey breasts with rice and summer squash casserole. Monday:  Grilled steak, broccoli, and egg noodles (leftover squash casserole for me) Tuesday:  Quick and simple taco salad /plain tacos for the boys. Wednesday:   A new recipe I'm making-- pulled pork pizzas with salad.  Thursday:  Pasta Primavera-- we like this recipe. I'll heat up sauce for the boys who will end up eating plain pasta and sauce but we'll have a salad to go with it.  Friday: Shrimp and chicken kabobs over rice with corn on the cob. What I'm Reminiscing About:  So many times this summer I found myself remembering the summers when the boys were little and we would spend every single day outside on our back patio in the sand and in the water-- even eating dinner outside since we couldn't drag them away from the water. We were often joined by...