What's for Dinner???

When I first became a SAHM (stay at home mom), I really thought I'd be able to have a spotless house, work out every day and have dinner on the table when Chuck got home for work.  Could I have ever been more wrong?!!? 

I play the pick up game everyday a million times a day and I try to clean at least one room each day and usually it takes me ALL DAY to clean that one room.  So my entire house is never clean all at one time. Ugh.  I may give off the appearance that I work out everyday considering I wear leggings or yoga pants and a t-shirt and have my hair pulled back on a daily basis and though I have the best intentions to go, I have a hard time going consistently.  I could go when Chuck gets home from work but by that time I feel like I have already run a marathon taking care of the kiddos.  Ha!  I try to cook us a good meal a couple of times a week for dinner other than a Stouffer's Meatloaf, chicken nuggets or turkey sandwiches.  But if I'm going to cook it has to be minimal ingredients, cheap, quick and easy.

 I came across this recipe the other day on Pinterest.  I already had most of what it called for so I thought we could give it a shot.  It ended up being SO yummy and couldn't be any easier.  The only changes I made to it was that I doubled the recipe and eyeballed the cheese  Who doesn't like a little extra cheese? ;)  What's more important is that the fam loved it, even the kids!

http://www.kuzakscloset.com/blog/recipes/low-carb-dinner-with-room-for-a-special-treat/

I decided we needed a side item.  I had some bacon in the fridge so I found recipe for bacon wrapped asparagus (Pinterest, of course) and it was supper yummy!  I didn't have any sesame seeds, sesame oil or garlic and I wasn't going to buy any for a one time dish so I just added more olive oil and brown sugar and sprinkled the mixture on top.  Chuck said it was the best asparagus he has ever had!  The kids, however, weren't too thrilled about it.

http://www.howsweeteats.com/2012/04/bacon-wrapped-caramelized-sesame-asparagus/

Back to Blogging!!!

Chuck asked me a couple of weeks ago why I haven't kept up with my blog.  I guess you could say we have been quite busy over the last almost TWO YEARS since the last time I posted anything.  I told y'all I was a terrible blogger but come on, two years is just plain awful!  So I decided to give this whole blogging thing another go...

Busy you say???
Why yes, we have!  My last post shows Avery just a couple of months old (if that).  Well since then, we have welcomed another sweet baby into our family and become a Party of Five!!!  Charles Hayes Trayal, Jr. was born August 2nd, 2012.  If you do the math, he and Avery are only 15 months apart.  He is now 8 1/2  months old and is the sweetest thing.   He started to crawl this last month and is all over the place.  Avery will be 2 on May 5th and has a head full of blonde curls and right now her current obsessions are with boats and shoes.  She loves going to MDO every Wednesday at St. Louis and I can already tell you that she is going to be our wild one.  Charlie is 5 1/2, has lost TWO teeth and is still taking dance lessons and playing her first season of t-ball.  She is a wonderful big sister and still entertains us on a daily basis with her new songs and dances she makes up.  She goes to St. Louis pre-school and is getting way too big way too fast! 

My Three Little Birds

On the River


What mom & dad have been up to...
The day after Avery turned 1 month old Chuck began a new position at his work, McKesson, and travelled Monday thru Friday.  He has been home since February 2012 and has been working at the Olive Branch location.  We are just lucky to have him here since the other 8 people on his team fly in from all over the country on a weekly basis.   After I got off maternity leave with Avery we decided it would be best that I stay at home with the girls. I quit my job in advertising/marketing at The Commercial Appeal after 7 years and became the Chief Executive Officer of the Trayal Household.  I have also started selling Premier Jewelry, which is one of the funnest things I've ever gotten involved in.  By doing that I've been able to pay for pre-school, dance lessons and anything else that comes up like birthdays and Christmas presents.  Not a bad gig!  I'm also in Le Bonheur Club and on the Board of Directors of the Rebel Club of Memphis.  About a year ago we started going up to Camden, TN on the Tennessee River.  We are up there most every weekend and the kids absolutely LOVE it as do Chuck and I. 

Me & My Love

Chuck's 31st Birthday on April 10th, 2013

Here we go!!!

Since Chuck asked me about the status of my blog I catch myself blogging in my head (I know, I'm a bit nuts) when I'm working on a project, cooking, or when me and the kids are up to something fun.  I post things on facebook but y'all know I like to talk so a simple facebook post just won't do sometimes.  Fair warning that grammatical errors will be often.  So here's to blogging again!