Sunday Trip to Pick Apples & Nectarines

So most of you know that I am not much of a cook...I can bake with the best of them, but when it comes to cooking....not so much!!  I leave that part to my wonderful hubby :)

Anyway this morning we were watching one of my favorite cooking shows Pioneer Woman and lets just say she made an amazing looking Pasta Salad that even Lizzie said she would eat.  Wade is headed home after a weekend golf touney and is planning on grilling steaks...so perfect I would show him I actually did something in the kitchen besides bake.   Lets just say it is amazing!!!

We started the weekend off with a little picnic and playtime in the park....

Followed by a whole rest of the day of laziness....man it has been awhile with nothing to do

Sunday morning Lizzie looked at me and said mom can we please do something....ok there is a darling little farmers market down the street from me and they just posted U Pick Nectarines and Apples.  We were there!!

Bella loved the fact that she had her own bag to fill up...she kept repeating "My Bag, My Bag"

Heading towards the nectarine trees...I have never picked anything but apples so I was excited to get some VERY fresh of my most favorite fruit.

Of course Bells was too excited about her bag to look at me for any quick pics....

Moving on to Apples...she was excited b/c these were low enough that she could grab her own!

And what  Bella was most excited about...her own container of Tomatoes..or MATOS as Bella calls them. 

Ready to go straight into the Pasta Salad for tonights dinner.

Can't wait to use all those nectarines once they have softened up a bit for a nectarine pie or cobbler.  And we have enough apples to experiment with some new cupcake recipes, icing, pies, etc.    Yummy...good thing I am preggo still b/c I will be partaking in eating all of them!!!

Such a great Sunday!!

Happy Sunday

Well I can safely say that it is 10:10 am in St. Charles and I am still in PJ's!   It happens about every few months, but it is soooo rare that I have nothing going on and the hubs is watching Grace play basketball in Jeff City so that leaves the Bells and I alone for the weekend (Lizzie is with Daddy for the weekend.

I heart these days big time...and I have Bella napping soundly this morning so I can catch up on a few blogs, drink my coffee and wait for the next round of laundry to be done.   I try and have everything all caught up before the rush of all 4 kids hit us on Mondays.   Mondays are the days when we get all 4 all week (Ava and Grace are on the schedule of week with Dad and then week with Mom)  

So Bella and I have been enjoying a quiet morning ....here is a great upclose shot of a determined little girl to get her Apples & Cherries.   Look at those baby blues!!  Although this little one looks absolutly nothing like me I love that I get to have a little blonde hair blue eye baby....I really never thought that was possible with all my dark hair and dark eye genes :)

My favorite Civey family chalkboard with my new favorite....

And what I am waiting on....dough to thaw a little so I can get started on 2 dozen shamrock cookies to ship to FL on Tuesday....

P.S. - I just switched out the laundry and realized I forgot to put the dang laundry soap in there...WOW!!

A Busy Weekend ended with some Lizzie sickness

This weekend was a busy one at the Civey Household...we had Basketball Friday and Saturday with Grace at the City Tourney..and guess what they took 1st place!!!  So now they are heading to state in Jeff City in a couple weeks.  Oh she was so excited!  I so remember those days of winning big tournaments, that was just so much fun and at the time nothing got better than those particular moments!!

We all headed out and watched her first game, but apparently little Miss Bella just isnt into the bleachers and games running behind and all that fun stuff...so that was the only one she attended all day.   Naps were needed to be had, b/c the Lutheran High bleachers just aren't that comfortable for napping!! :)

Wade left for Florda for a golfing trip with some buddies on Sunday morning early and while I was downstairs having my coffee before the other girls woke up, I heard little Miss Lizzie upstairs puking in her bed.  NOTHING better than a Sunday morning vomiting all over her bed!  Ugh I hate that smell...I was gagging as I was cleaning it all up...meanwhile Wade was boarding the plane :)

So here are so fun shots of our Sunday after we got back home from delivering some Superbowl Cookies across town.   Didnt get to partake in any of those parties b/c of Lizzie's stomach bug. :(

 Absolutly love the little sleepers that have the little animals on the butt!!  Too cute!!!

 My poor little angel sick as a dog..good thing it only lasted 24 hours....