Breakfast

Bryan was on call at the hospital for 24 hours on Friday, and he's on call at the hospital for 24 hours today.  So, since breakfast yesterday was the only meal we were going to have all together, I thought I would make it a little special and serve it family style at the table in hopes that we would linger a little longer.

We make two types of eggs--one for Sarah that we cook a little bit longer--and one for the rest of us.

Sausage and bacon.

Lots of fruit.

Jackson's favorite, my homemade biscuits, with jam and honey.

It was a sweet breakfast with my favorite people.

Basketball Game

Yesterday, when Jackson and I got home from our weekly date, Papa Bear was already home!  So, J asked him if he wanted to play basketball, and he said "sure!"

There were lots of laughs and lots of trash talk!

It was the best part of my day!

Jackson is so good at basketball...

...Daddy, not so much!

They are so cute playing together!

I love watching Jackson when he scores!

He's the best!

Way to Go, Sarah!

Sarah is an amazing journalist for her school's newspaper, and Tuesday at dinner, she told us that next year, she's going to be one of the editors!  We were so proud of her!

So yesterday while she was at school,  I baked her a celebration cake!

Baking with my Baby

On Friday, Sarah was coming home from California, and we were all so excited!  Jackson and I thought it would be nice to bake her a brownie pie!

When I asked him to go get his chair to stand on, he said, "I don't need a chair, I'm a man!"  This was the first time he hasn't sat on the counter or stood on a chair to cook with me in the kitchen, and I'm not going to lie, it made me sad.  I can't believe how big he's getting!

Trip Essentials

On Sunday evening, Sarah left to go to California with her best friend and her parents for the week.  I sent the following essentials with her:  a card for each day she's going to be gone, homemade cookies and brownies, and a new book.  We already miss her so much already!  I don't know what we're going to do when she goes away to college!

Our Weekends

On the weekends, we really like to soak up family time.

So, the weekend before last, we made homemade pizzas!

It's been far too long since we've done this, and I don't know why, because as we were making them, we were all talking about how it's one of our favorite things to do!

After Jackson finished his side of the pizza, he said, "Ta-Da!"  When I asked him to do it again for the camera, this is what I got!

Then, this weekend, we made s'mores!

It was the first time in a long time that the weather was nice, so Papa Bear lit a fire, and we enjoyed the outdoors and lots of chocolate!