MmmMmmMmm!!

Yes.  I did learn to be more thankful this week.  For my food and the variety of it.  And for special treats.

I was supposed to have gone to a music conference today, but felt I needed some time with my family.  Yes.  I know.  We homeschool and therefore spent outrageous amounts of time together.  But that's different.  We needed time to do yard work as a family.  We needed time to take the kids to the park and go clothes shopping.  We needed time at the grocery store getting more yummy food for this week.  We needed time to watch a movie together.  And I needed to see the kids so thoroughly enjoying their food today!!

We've sure had some great discussions this week.  No one ever complained, but we did share our thoughts with each other.  And one thought was that we need to do this again.

No.  Really.  We do.

Well, maybe not the beans and rice.  But we need to have a week where we focus on giving to others.  So we decided that every six months or so we will have a week were we eat out of the pantry and freezer.  I'll probably buy a few fresh ingredients at the store.  But we'll definitely have a reduced grocery bill so that we can give the rest.  Or use it to go buy food to take to CCA (Christian Community Action).

The kids are excited about taking our offering to church in the morning.

Thanks so much for joining us on this Journey this week.  It's definitely an experience I won't ever forgot!

Oh.  And the Grilled Chicken and Roasted Red Pepper Panini was absolutely THE best thing I have eaten in a long time!!