Overnight Oatmeal Recipe

I had an early drs appt this morning and with hubby just getting home from work and he wouldnt wanna stand in the kitchen all morning long making the kids breakfast. I wanted to come up with something that would be ready when the kids woke and hubby wouldnt have to slave over the stove. It dawned on me...since I have been using my crockpot for dinners so much, whynot use it for breakfast. The first thing to enter my mind was oatmeal. My kids love it! Its warm, its yummy...you can experiment and flavor it tons of ways. So I threw together some stuff and sure enough I had oatmeal this morning! Hubby said next time I need to double the batch because there wasnt enough for seconds but it turned out great!! He even took a picture of Hudsons bowl for me, LOL! He thought I might want to scrap about it! So nice of my hubby to think of me while Im gone :)

Here is the recipe I threw together:

1 cup regular oats oatmeal
3 cups water
1 cup coconut milk
1 TBSp butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
cinnamon and some vanilla

Stir it up and cook on low for 8 hours

Meet Baylen!

He was born on November 30th! A new addition to our wonderful growing family. He is loved by all of us but Ry has really taking a love to him. Wanting to hold him, feed him and love on him all the time :)

My Christmas Decorating has begun!

We've begun decorating our home for Christmas! We put our tree up on Thanksgiving while our delicious turkey was slowly cooking in the oven. We got it up and decorated. We put out most of the decorations but I still have a few projects planned for the couple weeks after the baby comes. These projects are mainly for the kids. I want to be able to spend some time with them after the baby is here and so I have a ton of things planned to celebrate the season! Ill be spending the next week preparing for the new baby and preparing for the weeks ahead. Getting all supplies together and grouped by project and set aside in a bin for then!

My favorite way to decorate my home is in a natural way. I love all things natural when it comes to decorating my home. This means pine cones, cranberries, sticks, leaves and what not. I love it all!

Wanted to share some cute corners in my home and the kids helping decorate..

Tis the season for cozy drinks...

My husband and I love having our cozy hot drinks when its cold outside. I love a warm seasonal drink and a good book cuddled with a warm blankie on a cold evening or night. I love to try all the warm pumpkin, spicy and apple flavored drinks in fall. I even love warming up some good ole apple cider in the crock pot and sippin it~warms me up!

Thanks to Pinterest, I found lots of very yummy drinks that Ive already tried or Im waiting to try..so many I dont know if I will get them all in this season! Maby mix them into the winter season? :)

Right Now...

Right now I am:

:: Loving watching my family enjoy the change of the seasons, together.

:: Thinking that homemade tomato sauce is a great way to use up the fresh tomatoes
sitting on my counter

:: Planning on joining in on the pumpkin carving fun with my children!

:: LOVE checking out all the amazing Autumn Boards on Pinterest.

:: Enjoying our homeschooling adventures and adding new schedules and routines into
our lives

:: Waiting on our new little one to enter the world so we can love and hold him

:: Prepping for the upcoming season, holidays and new arrival of the baby.

Menu Plan Monday!

Decided to Join in the fun at Orgjunkies blog and post my weekly menu. Boy I have to tell you...after looking through everyones menu from last week. Im absolutely STARVING!
I make out my monthly menus and grocery lists at the beginning of each monrh. It wasnt workign at first but now its working just fine and seems to be going good. SO thats what I will stick to for now.
Anyways...On to the menu...

Monday-
Chicken Ceaser Lasanga

Tuesday-
Kale and Quinoa Soup

Wednesday-
Vegetable and Chic pea Curry with Chicken

Thursday-
Cranberry Pork Loin with Potatoes and root veggies

Friday-
Chicken breast with oven roasted squash and garlic..and a YUMMY dessert! Dahlias 2nd birthday!

Saturday-
Fall vegetables with Lentils

Sunday-
Chicken Artichoke Lasanga and fresh bread and CAKE for dessert! Trentons 9th Birthday!

Why I Love Fall

So..it isnt officially the first day of Fall yet but it sure feels like it. Carter begins his first day at Public school tomorrow. Trenton and I started school over the weekend. The cool nights and warmer days have begun. We have had some chiller days as well. The fall clothes have came out. The leaves are changing color. Its "officially" fall in my eyes!
This is my absolute favorite time of year. Maby it's the leaves falling from the trees. Maby its the amazing colors that come with the season. Here in New York..Fall lasts about 3 months. It makes me so happy. The weather begins to change about the end of Augest and then lasts right up until our first heavy snowfall...right around or after Thanksgiving. We have chilly mornings with amazing warm days and then ending with a chilly evening. So what is it about the season that I love so much? Oh Autumn....let me count the ways..

The Holidays- Love the holidays the occur in fall. Thanksgiving being one of my favorite. I love a table full of happy family and yummy food and not to mention all the pretty decor. Usually we have our own Thanksgiving here but this year I may go to my Mother in laws just because the baby is right around the corner. But Im not sure yet..I might still have it here. Halloween is so much fun too. I love to dress my little ones up and take lots of pictures. I love taking them Trick or Treating and love seeing how excited they get when they get a piece of candy in their bucket


The Colors- It's early yet, but even now you can see a patch of scarlet leaves among the green, or a flame-colored tree as you drive around town. In another week or two the countryside will be ablaze with color, and our roads will be clogged with leaf-peepers. Everybody has some kind of fall decor outside their home and the whole area turns red, orange and yellow within days.

Fall Foods-Oh Goodness. SO many foods to mention. I love Baking..all the fall yumminess..Pumpkin Bread, Apple Pies, Biscuits, Muffins, Plum cake, Pumpkin Pie..Oh gosh...All sounds so good. And not only the Baking but I also get out my Ole trusty crockpot and we eat from it all season long. Things like casseroles, Stews, and soups. I also love the many different ways to use up your garden goodies such as Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Brussell Sprouts, Apples, and root veggies such as Turnips and Beets. Ah im getting Hungry thinkin of all that yummy food!


Pumpkin Patches- Yep it's true. I absolutely ADORE hay rides and corn mazes and fields of orange as far as the eye can see. It was one of my favorite things growing up and as a parent is something I still look forward to all year long.


So yeah those are the things I absolutely love about Fall!