The Little Issues Publication #331 – Life, laughter, and many nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, mates! Brace your self, I’m climate obsessed as soon as once more. It was 90 levels on Wednesday and 60 levels on Thursday. Fall has arrived and I’m so very a lot right here for it. I like the crisp climate, the sweatshirts, the nice and cozy mugs of tea and occasional within the morning, the crunching leaves on the sidewalks, and the sensible blue skies that flip grey in a second. I like it all.

I spent a day this week exploring Amish nation with some mates and it couldn’t have been extra good. In the event you’re wherever close to my space, I extremely advocate each Yoder Amish House Excursions and The Farm at Walnut Creek. (The Farm is like nothing else I’ve ever seen!) I’ve already informed my household that we’re going to drive up for a day quickly. I can hardly wait to see my boys expertise all of it.

ON THE BLOG this week: Crisp tortillas crammed with saucy bbq hen and melting cheese add as much as these BBQ Hen Quesadillas. They’re just a little bit spicy, and awesomely tacky, and they’re a extremely popular lunch in our home.

This Pineapple Mango Smoothie is a refreshingly scrumptious and naturally candy kid-approved inexperienced vegetable and fruit smoothie.

Cranberry Apple Walnut Oatmeal is a tart and candy body-warming dish good for filling these bellies earlier than a busy day.

This easy-as-can-be sheet pan dinner has develop into a favourite in a lot of your houses over the previous two years. It solely takes about 5 minutes of effort to toss the hen, potatoes, and inexperienced beans in a easy lemon and herb French dressing earlier than roasting till tender and crisp.

Chewy edges, loopy moist blondies, and a crackling crust add as much as these mouthwatering, barely candy Apple Brownies. Oh. my. phrase. Associates! How have I by no means had apple brownies prior to now? They’re AMAZING. Large due to my good friend Katie for telling me about them and inspiring me to attempt the recipe.

What I’m CRAVING: This Apple Cider Sangria sounds so good! Fall is right here and I’m prepared for all of the enjoyable fall flavors. 

favourite issues: these cute little tablet packing containers, this film, and these books

My FAVORITE THINGS this week are these tremendous useful little tablet organizers. They’re loopy low cost they usually’re the best little journey factor ever. I’m capable of carry simply each attainable drugs the household would possibly want in case of illness and the little field takes up nearly no area in any respect.

What I’m WATCHING: Getting in Fashion. This was such a enjoyable film for a Friday evening. It’s a lighthearted, heartwarming comedy with an superior forged. I assumed once we began it that the film was going to be a enjoyable one, however I like that my teenagers loved it much more than I did.

What we’re READING: The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry. In the event you haven’t learn The Giver or if it’s been some time, it is a actually superior learn. Our complete household has learn it over time. My youngest son simply learn it a few weeks in the past and instantly requested me to obtain the remainder of the books from the library.

This isn’t a collection within the conventional sense. (It doesn’t have a steady storyline that runs chronologically from e-book one to e-book 4.) The books are extra of a group of 4 distinct and separate tales linked by a typical theme. The characters overlap within the last e-book to offer a strong ending for the tales.

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I provides you with relaxation.” Matthew 11:28

Wishing you a stunning week filled with little issues that make you smile!

Mary