The Sirois Family

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Monday, May 22, 2017

Hello! Happy Monday! I hope you will join myself and Heather, grab our graphic and link up today with your Monday post. Anything goes!

We had a really good weekend, despite having to work. The weather was absolutely beautiful all weekend, and it's SO nice to be able to spend time outside finally. Not only did we have a really long winter with lots of snow, our spring up until this point had been really rainy. So the sunshine is very much welcome!

Friday I took the day off from work. We had a really great day. I dropped Emma off at school and then came back home and Alyx played outside while Brian and I did some yard work.

She's got the craziest hair! Mind you, she had just woken up too ;)

I decided to go pick up coffee for Brian and I, and when I got to the drive-thru I looked behind me and saw this...

Sound asleep =)

While Brian mowed our lawn I planted some flowers. The only ones I got planted are the ones in my old whiskey barrell.

I'm anxious for it to fill in. Normally I have really only done "green" plants in here, but this year I decided to add some color. Now I need to mulch all around my flower gardens.

Friday afternoon Emma was a part of the Maine All State Elementary Centennial Choir. It was a huge honor for her to be asked. There were approximately 100 kids who were chosen all over the state.

These kids sang absolutely beautiful. So much talent in this room.

My parents came down for it, and my mom brought me a TON of fiddleheads =)

They are so delicious. It's a vegetable that I am pretty sure is only found in Maine and you can only find them for about 2 weeks and then they are gone. I can't wait to dig into these!

Saturday I had to work. Emma had a softball game. She was the opening pitcher.

Every game she does better and better. I'm proud of her for accomplishments in this sport.

I'm also sad that I had to miss one of her games. Definately a downfall of having work every other weekend. They didn't win their game, but they did well.

Sunday, I have no pictures for. I worked until 4pm. I came home and grabbed Emma and brought her to our local Police Department so she could sell them some Candy Bars for her softball fundraiser. She made out well there!

The girls played outside until it was time to come in to get ready for bed. They love being outside!

I hope you all had a great weekend as well. Wednesday, Myself, Heather and Jenna will be linking up with our Kids Summer Reading Club! So if you joined us, remember to grab our graphic and link up with us!

Have a GREAT Monday!!!

An InLinkz Link-up

hello Monday

Hello! Happy Monday! I hope you will join myself and Heather, grab our graphic and link up today with your Monday post. Anything goes!

Recipe Club {Hamburg Macaroni Soup}

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

It's Recipe Club day! I hope you will join myself and Heather and link up today and share a favorite recipe of yours!

I have a huge love for soup. Especially homemade soups. They are just so good. When I found this recipe several years ago it was a hit and it still is to this day =)

1 medium sized onion

1 box of elbow macaroni

1 large can of whole peeled tomatoes

1 can tomato sauce

2 cups of beef broth

2 tbsp chopped garlic

1 tsp oregeno

1 lb ground beef

1 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Start by dicing an onion. I used a medium size onion

Brown your hamburg and then add your onion.

Add your beef broth

Add all the remaining ingredients.

Boil one box of elbow macaroni until al dente.

Add the macaroni by spoonfuls to your bowl and then add the beef mixture. I don't add the macaroni directly to the beef mixture because it swells up and absorbs the liquid.

And that's it! It's so easy and very tasty!!

Now it's your turn! Link up with us below =)
Have a great day!

An InLinkz Link-up

Recipe Club {Hamburg Macaroni Soup}

It's Recipe Club day! I hope you will join myself and Heather and link up today and share a favorite recipe of yours!

Tuesday Randoms

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Happy Tuesday Friends =)

Today's post is just going to be random. I feel like I have to get caught up on the last 2 weeks of missing this whole blogging thing, so why not just throw a bunch of random stuff together! =)

I'm linking up today with the ladies of Tuesday Talk.

First of all, thank you all so much for your kind words yesterday. I am feeling so much better. But the bad news? The rest of my family caught it. It's horrible. It seems as thought it has hit Alyx the hardest. After I got out of work yesterday I brought her to the doctor.

She threw up twice just while waiting for the doctor =( They also tested her for strep throat, and unfortunately that came back positive.

While we were waiting for the strep test to come back, the doctor was so nice and brought Alyx in her favorite color kool pop.

Lots of snuggles, rest and some antibiotics will hopefully make this one feel better very soon. Now lets hope that Emma and Brian don't get it quite this bad.

Back a couple of weeks ago I surprised Emma with tickets to the Broadway show Annie. It was obviously an off Broadway show and it was at the University in the next town over.

I let her choose where we went to dinner first, and she chose Chinese. Her absolute favorite!

We had so much food, but it was SO good!

We both enjoyed the show a lot. The talent these kids have is just unbelievable. The singing, the acting, the dancing, they had it all!

Have I mentioned before how my love for Rae Dunn runs deep? I'm obsessed with all of her pieces. I've recently added to my collection a bit =)

These new summery mugs are just TOO cute! And the bird house, I'm in love with!

I planted my succulents in the flower pots, and it's probably my favorite thing in my kitchen right now. I love going in there and seeing them on my window sil.

These plants have grown so much since I got them in December. They were so tiny when I originally bought them. And I am also proud of myself for keeping them alive! ha! =)

I also finally found the Mom and Dad Rae Dunn mugs! And my first bowl as well! I don't get why I have had such a hard time finding the bowls. This is the first one I have ever found. I'll keep looking for them!

I got the Beach mug and the Hello mug for Emma's teachers. They both really liked them! Emma came home and told me she mentioned to one of her teachers how obsessed with these mugs I am, haha =)

Lastly, here is your reminder that tomorrow is Recipe Club linkup with myself and Heather =)

Any recipe goes!

I hope you all have a great day!

Also linking up today with

Ashley & Erika

Tuesday Randoms

Happy Tuesday Friends =)

Today's post is just going to be random. I feel like I have to get caught up on the last 2 weeks of missing this whole blogging thing, so why not just throw a bunch of random stuff together! =)

I'm linking up today with the ladies of Tuesday Talk.

$10 at Target

Monday, May 15, 2017

Hello Friends! Today I have two posts up. Yup 2! I've been MIA in the blogging world for almost 2 weeks now, so make sure to check out my hello Monday post by clicking here.

This is my first month as a co-host to this linkup. Not sure what this link up is? Well, it's pretty easy! If you go to Target often, then make sure to link up with us next month and show us when you can get for just $10.00. Or at least close to $10. It can be anything at all from Target. I had fun this month shopping and attempting to keep it at our $10 budget.

This month I chose to stick pretty much to the dollar spot. Normally I can find some good sales in other places of the store, but on this particular trip...not so much.

So here is what I got!

Look at the cute stuff =)

I thought this towel would be perfect for Alyx to bring to daycare this summer. In the summer they spend a lot of time outside doing water play.

One thing I really wanted to get this summer for Alyx was a drawstring bag to put her wet clothes in it from daycare, so I was excited when I found one at Target.