Hoffman Hoopla: May 2014

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Insta-Friday!

Saturday

Had a wonderful day with Grandma and Papa!!

Bucket List #2 & 3 Soccer and S'Mores

Happy S'morial day!!!

Sunday

Had a great day at Shay-Shay and Papa Andy's House!!

Bucket List #4 Visit Cousins

Monday

Monterey Chicken from Cook's Country. It was Awesome!!!

Tuesday

Counting pennies from Grandma's classroom so they could split them evenly :)

Bucket List #5 Get library card!!

Crawfish Roban for supper.

Wednesday

When I woke up this morning Grady was writing down the three Beast Quest books he read last night on his summer reading list!!

My Mom came to watch the boys while I went to the Allergist.

They completed Bucket List #6 & 7 Twister and Hot Potato.

Thursday

The boys showing me their dance moves!!

Friday

Reece woke us up this morning playing in our room with a laser pointer from Grandma's classroom.

We dropped the boys off at my parents house so we could go to Keith's Aunt funeral in New Orleans.

Then had dinner and a movie at home that night.

Monday, May 26, 2014

What's for Supper?? May 26 - June 1st

I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day, we had a wonderful day. We received an email this morning from Keith's Grandmother in London talking about being a little girl during the war, it was a sobering and meaningful way to start the day.

Monday

Monterey Chicken From Cook's Country

NEW RECIPE!! Never made last week!

We made this tonight and it was awesome.

Tuesday

Crawfish Roban(old recipe) I decided to try the new recipe,
It was really good but too spicy with boiled crawfish, I am going to cut back on Blackened Seasoning Mix next time. I am not sure if you do need all the seasoning when using chicken.

Wednesday

Skillet Chicken with Spinach Orzo

Cook's Country

Thursday

leftovers

Friday

Homemade Pizza

Saturday

Cooking in Central

Sunday

Nachos

Friday, May 23, 2014

Insta-Friday

Saturday

Reece's last soccer game of the season !!

My Dad also took Motorcycle Training and spent the night at our house Saturday.

Tic tac toe with Papa!!

Three against one!!

Sunday

Enjoyed a peach off our tree today!!

Monday

We made Cheesy Zucchini Summer Pasta tonight with squash that Keith's co-worker grew in his garden, it was very good.

Tuesday

Grady's Award Ceremony then Class Party!!

Working on our Summer Bucket List!!

Wednesday

My little shopping buddy!!

Just picked 5 more peaches from our tree

Thursday

Grady's first and last day of 1st Grade

Reece's first and last day of Pre-K 3

Coffee Call before Reece's Candlelight Ceremony.

Welcome to Summer!!

Friday

#1 on Summer Bucket List... Splash Park!!

Today I went to workout at the YMCA then we went swimming and played in the Splash Park at the Y.

Monday, May 19, 2014

What's for Supper?? May 19 - 25th

Monday

Cheesy Zucchini Summer Pasta

NEW RECIPE!!
We made this tonight with squash that Keith's co-worker grew in his garden.
It was very good, I used 1/4 tsp of red pepper flakes & dried oregano.

Tuesday

Grilled Peanut Butter and Banana Split Sandwich
Never made last week!

Wednesday

Spinach-Stuffed Pasta Shells

Thursday

Monterey Chicken From Cook's Country
NEW RECIPE!! Never made last week!

Friday
Leftovers

Saturday

Cheeseburger Pizza

Sunday
Out to eat

Insta-Friday

Saturday

Reece making scrambled eggs this morning.

Mother's Day Sushi with all my boys!!!

Sunday

We had a wonderful brunch with friends in a our new Kitchen.

Watched Smurfs movie with the boys.

My sweet gifts and cards from the boys.

Then Papa Andy brought us out to supper and spent the night.

Tuesday

Grady and Reece decided to play putt putt from the unplugged play book!!

Wednesday

Yummy crawfish enchiladas for supper!!!

What a wonderful surprise!! Thanks Mom you are too sweet!! We love you!!

Thursday

Make-up Soccer Game then we went out to eat at Rotolo's with friends.

Friday

The boys waiting for haircuts.

Show off Day at Gymnastics.

My brother, Kevin, spent the night after if first day of Motorcycle Training.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Updating Kitchen!

I never would have thought we would be able to update our kitchen just three years after we moved in. After unexpectedly having to get a loan to replace our roof, tax returns and postponing our anniversary trip we were able to do the update. We are so happy that we were able to update our kitchen and that we will be able to enjoy it with the boys for years to come.

Here is a picture of the kitchen before.

Here is a slideshow of the before and after pictures.

We hired the same contractor who installed the skylights in Reece's room, First & Select Designs. We updated the light fixtures, painted cabinets, new countertops, new backsplash, and installed window trim.

We used Sherwin Williams Alabaster SW 7008 paint in with Satin finish for the cabinets.

Weathered Bronze Pendant Light above the sink.

We picked Stonemark Granite 3 in. Bianco Romano for the countertops.

We picked darker pulls for cabinets to tie in our stain and black dining room table. I love Amerock Highland Ridge Dark Oiled Bronze Finish Pull because the give the room a little rustic feel. We used 3in on drawers (because they had 3in pulls before), 96mm on doors, and 160mm on pantry doors.

We got a Delta Cassidy Kitchen Faucet in Venetian Bronze with an Undermount Single Bowl Sink.

We used White Subway Tile with white grout for our backsplash.

The contractor was able to complete the whole kitchen update in two weeks and did an awesome job. We are so happy with the way it came out and already hosted a Mother's Day Brunch in our new kitchen.

Here is link to all the all the photos Kitchen Photos.