A much needed quiet weekend

It seems for the past few weeks we have mostly been on the go so it was nice to have a quiet weekend at home. Our original plans were to go to Inkfest but between him having to work and the extended drive we blew that off pretty quickly. It did end up being another unusual week, I suppose if this keeps happening I will have to stop calling it that. We had our normal Wednesday evening together but Brandon didn't have to work the following Thursday. We made pizzas together Wednesday night, which were delicious. I however forgot to take a picture of them. They were bacon, pepperoni, onion, green pepper and two cheeses. Yum.We ended up being super productive and getting some of his errands done followed by a nice lunch in downtown. We made dinner together that evening, something that is quickly turning into my favorite thing to do together. We went simple with chicken shake and bake served with buttered corn and chipotle bacon cheddar mashed potatoes. Sounds like a lot of work but we did mixes instead of the normal home made fair.

Friday was mostly lazy as well, once he got off work we basically just stuck around the house and watched movies. He had a pretty rough day at work so it was nice to just keep things low key. We hung out in th kitchen for a while and made fancy grilled cheese sandwiches. Because we.are.adults! (July 11th)

We woke up super early on Saturday to go out to breakfast before he had to go to work. Neither of us are particularly morning people but he breakfast was good and it was nice to spend some extra time together that we wouldn't normally be together for. We finished early enough to be able to come back and lay down for a little while. He went off to work and later that morning I did the grocery shopping with Dad. That in itself isn't overly exciting but we have been planning to go camping for a little while now and I found the tent that we were looking at on sale. $20 off the price that we were expecting. After he got off we went back to the store to pick it up. We set it up in the yard to see how it looked.

Turned out to be a great little tent so hopefully it will cool off and we will be able to use it soon. We made a nice pasta dinner, he was sweet enough to offer to help but this was one it was just easier for me to take care of while he took a shower. It was another quiet nice at home with more movies. (July 12th)

We didn't do our cooking adventure much this weekend so we baked together on Sunday. Cherry bakewell, a fantastic treat that I loved while in England. He has an affinity for England so I thought this would be a nice crossover. However it was 100 degrees, I was hot and cranky and the dough just didn't want to work with me! He was kind an patient with me, more so than I probably deserved. The end result was still tasty even with set backs.

After the effort that had to go into making the bakewell tarts dinner was kept simple with breakfast for dinner. A little treat that we like to indulge in.Blueberry pancakes, eggs and a large pile of bacon. Sunday night was filled with O's baseball and trying to get a splinter/piece of glass out of his foot. The baseball was probably a bit more entertaining.  (July 13th)