Recipe of the Week

Overnight Oats. Super easy, super healthy, no cooking required, delicious with endless varieties to play with and kids love it. I love to be able to just wake up to breakfast, especially since I have two hungry kids bright and early looking for food. The one in the picture is a a overnight oats with blueberries and bananas then layered with vanilla yogurt and chunky strawberry sauce and topped with some pecans for crunch. Here is the basic recipe and then I will give you some yummy variations you can try. By the way, this is supposedly one serving but it feeds my whole family so I guess make it according to how ever much you think your family will eat.

2/3 cup quick oats

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup plain yogurt

1 Tbsp. chia seeds (optional, they make it more pudding like, sort of like tapioca and add tons of nutrients especially omega 3's)

Mix well, add any of the variations below and place in an airtight container and place in the fridge overnight. Remove from the fridge 10 minutes before serving. top with whatever you like ie. more fruit, granola, nuts, cereals, sauce (such as chunky fruit sauces, compotes, chocolate sauce, ect.) even a dollop of peanut butter.

Here are add ins:

blueberries, sliced bananas, maple syrup to taste

apple sauce, cinnamon and honey to taste

banana slices or chunks, cocoa powder and honey to taste

bananas, peanut butter, honey to taste

raspberries, raspberry jam and vanilla to a taste (or substitute other fruits and jams)

mango, coconut, pineapple and honey or preserves to taste

Puddle Splashing

Family Day at the Beach

We plan a family activity once a week. Usually on Monday which is one of mike's day off. We often go swimming and sometimes out to a eat at a buffet afterwards or we take a long leisurely walk and stop at a park along the way. This week we decided to change it up. We drove out to park lake and we played in the water and in the sand. Mike and Jada dug a deep hole and then made a path for the water to flow through and fill up the hole. Then the girls spent some time at the park and finally we built a fire and roasted some smokies and laid a blanket out in a nice sunny meadow and had a picnic lunch. I am so grateful for Mike everyday. He puts his family first. We have a lot of together time as a family and are building a lot of wonderful memories. Even when we are just at home mike spend a

lot of quality time with his girls and with me as well. Thank you for being a wonderful husband and father. We love you a lot. He far exceeds what I ever expected a husband and father to be. He makes me a very blessed and grateful wife.