It’s good to be home! We went from family to family, had a short kid-free trip in the middle, and saw extended family on both sides as well. It was a busy, but fulfilling week away.
We made it back home last night and are slowly getting unpacked while I head out this morning for the half marathon. I’ll do my best to have the recap up tomorrow!
Some highlights from the week:
[Listening to grandpa make up stories; Time with cousins; A Lalaloopsy cupcake to celebrate her belated birthday; Date night dinner at a great Italian restaurant; Ice cream treat on our kid-free trip; Running in beautiful PA]
One of L’s favorite parts of flying is riding the bus to and from our car at the airport. We left our car at the Parking Spot, and she loved the yellow bus with black polka dots.
Our trip home went so smoothly. The pilot managed to shave an hour off our projected flight time (no headwind?) and our bus was waiting for us when we stepped outside the airport.
Complimentary water bottles were a nice surprise, too. We were so happy to get back to our car and be minutes from home!
It was a treat to skip cooking all week. Both of our families know how to feed us well! Back to menu planning this week…
Sunday: Veggie burgers and roasted sweet potatoes, spinach salad
Monday: Sun-Dried Tomato, Goat cheese and Spaghetti Squash Bake
Tuesday: Breakfast for dinner- veggie omelets
Wednesday: Slow Cooker White Chili
Thursday: Baked Salmon, quinoa and sauteed kale
Friday: Leftovers
Saturday: Out or Roasted Asparagus Pasta with Feta Cheese
Also, the March race for the 5 by the 5th series kicked off on Friday!! There are two more days to get your miles in and record your time. Fitfluential LLC compensated me for this campaign. All opinions are my own.
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Welcome home! Great ideas for your menu this week. I pinned a few for future meals.
Good luck today!
Angela @ Happy Fit Mama recently posted..Meal Planning: Week of March 3
Welcome home Laura!
Jill @ Fitness, Health and Happiness recently posted..Menu Planning and Smoothies On-The-Go
Looks like a great trip. I think I know what I’m fixing for dinner tonight. That’s as far as I can get!
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Thanks for including my chili on your menu this week!Great looking menu. The roasted asparagus pasta makes me long for Spring!
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Me too! Asparagus is on sale here- it’s already spring in Texas.
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Wow–a whole hour off the flight?! Nice! Glad you guys had a great time with family. I hope you enjoy the spaghetti squash bake!!
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Isn’t that the best feeling ever when your long flight becomes significantly shorter? Such a great surprise! Can’t wait to hear about your race.
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How awesome to have an hour shaved off your flight time! Especially when traveling with kids! I have yet to do that… I pinned Michelle’s spaghetti squash bake to make soon. Looks so good!
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I’m back on track!!
It looks like you had a great week. I absolutely adore that picture of you and L. <3
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Welcome back! It looks like you guys had a great time.
If my market has spaghetti squash today I making that bak this week too! Or soemthing like it. My mom used ot make spaghetti “pie” when I was a kid – it would be fun to recreate it!
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table recently posted..Strange But Good Blues
It has been a little bit warmer here lately so my broccoli and kale are growing quickly, have to eat them every day to keep up.
Other than that, my meals aren’t that exciting.
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Sounds like such a fun week – glad it went well!
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Thanks for stopping by Laura, WTG on the Half-Marathon!
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Glad you had a great trip and got to visit lots of family. Those are my favorite trips!
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i’ve heard such good things about the parking spot! definitely trying it out on my next trip!
Lindsay @ The Lean Green Bean recently posted..Sunday Food Prep Inspiration 3
Looks like a great time to me! And I love the menu you have planned, might have to try some of those. I am in the process of planning out my week right now, schedule, workouts and meals!
p.s Love the polkadot bus, and all of the pictures, you have a wonderful looking family!
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Looks like you had an awesome trip… And your menu planning all looks super yummy. It’s my first time here and I definitely want to start linking up next week! Thanks for the inspiration!
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Yes, please do! We’d love to have you join us.
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That spaghetti squash bake looks awesome! Definitely adding that one to my list. Have a great week!
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Looks like such a wonderful week!! Welcome back!
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Hope your half went well! And thanks for sharing the link on the white chili recipe … I marked a corn chowder recipe to try from that site
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Way to go on your race!! The spaghetti squash dish sounds yummy! Let me know how it comes out.
Sounds like an amazing trip! I can’t tell you how much I love that pic of L with grandpa. That is just adorable and priceless!!! :=)
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Welcome home Laura! I think I saw that you had a PR at the half marathon, wooo hooo!! Can’t wait to read all about it.
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Welcome home! Sounds like you all had a great trip. I love that picture of L and her grandpa lying on the floor telling stories. So so sweet!
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I’m glad you had a nice trip and got home safe. Date night Italian sounds like a good idea! Gotta copy that one.
Jo
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I picked the right time to read this since I’m getting ready to go grocery shopping. May be rearranging the meal plan a little now!
Welcome home! It looks like you had a great trip! Thanks for including my pasta dish in your menu plan for this week!
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Looks like you had a great trip! I love the photo of L and her grandpa, so cute!
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