Easy Dinner time Meals with Smithfield Pork.

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I'm always on the search for ways to make dinner time easy, less prep, easy clean up and meals that my family will enjoy. With a busy school schedule and trying to simplify life I don't have time to waste in the kitchen over complicated meals. Plus the easier they are to make and clean up the more time we have for family time at night which is so so important to us.

When I saw Smithfield marinated pork when I was in Walmart I immediately thought; easy and simple. Something that my family will love. They have a lot of really great flavors that could go well with a few different meals. My favorites were the  Smithfield® Garlic & Herb Pork Loin Filet and the Smithfield® Applewood Topped Bacon Pork Loin Filet.

This dinner was so easy, and again I like easy dinners. I just placed the marinated pork in my crock pot on low for six hours. I made a veggies for a side and it was the perfect combination for an easy dinner. 

With the variety of so many delicious flavors from Smithfield pork it's the perfect way to make dinner to head into your back to school routines. They had have many different meat choices but my favorites are the marinated pork filets that come in many different flavors, that can please any member of your family.

What are some of your easy and go to recipes for your family? I'd love to hear them in the comments below, and if you're feeling extra generous leave me the links in the comments so I can check them out! 

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Coffee Date | Miss America Chat & Weekend Plans.

Happy Friday friends! So happy that you're joining me for coffee date! Today we're chatting about the upcoming Miss America pageant and our weekend plans. Let's dive in. Scroll down to the bottom to download the free printables I mention in the video! 

Get you prediction card here and the "CROWN" Bingo card here. These are for personal use only, feel free to share them with family and friends and enjoy! 

You Can't See the Dirt If You Don't Open the Blinds.

By nature I love things nice and organized. I thrive when everything has a place, and is neatly in its place. Order, rules, structure those are things that are important to me. 

Confession; I like things to be clean but I don't actually love to clean. 

Yup, you hear it here first. There are some days I walk around my house wishing the "cleaning fairy" would show up already. Sometimes I even avoid folding laundry and cleaning to the last possible second. 

If I ever had the money to do so I'd hire a cleaning person and a driver (story for another day) in a heartbeat! And since the cleaning fairy never shows up, I guess I get to do it. 

Some days if I'm honest I do a "speed" cleaning. You know the ones where you just wipe down the surface and don't move anything off the counters? Or when you just sweep the floor and don't mop or move any of the furniture? 

Don't lie, you know you've been there. 

Now when I really get after it I'll move the furniture. We have a dog that sheds like crazy and I feel like I'm constantly sweeping up dog hair with the cheerios that fall on the floor. When I open the blinds and move the furniture to clean all that is revealed in all its glory. 

I was thinking about this idea the other day and God so sweetly reminded me;

"You can't see the dirt if you don't open the blinds."

If I don't ever open the blinds and let the light in you can't see the dog hair, you can't see it unless you're on the floor eye level with it. If I keep those blinds closed and just clean the surface everything looks fine.

God reminded me how true this is in our own lives when it comes to our relationship with him. Sometimes we do this on purpose. We don't spend time with God because we don't want God to point out things in our lives. Things he wants to grow us in, or things He may want to teach us that maybe we don't think we're ready for.

So we keep things hidden. We keep our relationship with Him at arms length instead of having it open handed to him at all times.

But God in his grace wants us to know how much he loves us and longs to be with us. Sure, there may be moments where God really wants to reveal himself to us and teach us something. And there may be other moments where we just need to sit in his presence and not be afraid. Just be still. Just hear from him.

But all this starts with our willing heart and opening the blinds.

Opening his words Opening our mouths in prayer and worship to him. 

God is justly, and a loving God all at the same time. I invite you today to not only seek him but be willing to expose even the most deepest parts of yourself to him. He already knows them because he created you. However there's a significance in surrender, in us coming to Him. 

This is how we grow in Him and how he gives us strength. What are some areas of your life today that you're keeping hidden from God? What are some areas where you'd like to grow in with God's help?

I invite you today to spend some time in His word, in prayer today over these things and allow him to reveal himself to you. 

S E P T E M B E R Goals.

September in Arizona just doesn't look like the rest of the country. It's still so hot here. There are no leaves to be changing. But we can pretend all we want locked inside our house with our air cranked low and sipping PSL's all day errr day. :)

I'm seriously having a hard time believe that it's already September! It's crazy to think that in just a few short months the holidays will be here. It's one of my most favorite times of the year, so I'm looking forward to it.

Before we dig into this month's goals I thought I'd quickly re-cap August. Here we go:

In August I had a goal to read at least 2 new book and ended up reading 4! Holy cow! I was on a roll! I edited and updated my shop this month, I still need to get some new inventory listed but for now there's a sale going on over there so take advantage! We test drove some cars and finally decided on one. I'd been researching for over a month now, and I'm so glad God has provided for us and that's taken care of. 

Ok, now onto this month's goals: 

This month is going to go rather quickly I think. I've got an out of town trip planned in just a couple weeks. I'm traveling to the Influence Conference for the first time. I'm super excited that I get to meet up with one of my very best friends and we get to experience this together. I've also got several blog projects I need to finish for the 'Bid On A Budget' contest I'm participating in. At the end of the month I'm speaking at a local church's women's event.

So this month is crazy and filled. I have some short and sweet goals for this month!

01. Start Christmas Shopping for my kids.

Yes! I want to try and kick out their portion of Christmas pretty early on. You can read more about how we do Christmas gifts for our kids here. 

02. Read 2 new books.

I've actually got 5 new books on my roster to read. But we'll shoot for two this month. 

03. Work on Zane's big boy room.

This is the room I'm re doing for the contest I mentioned. I've been slowly working on it. But still have to work on making over the big furniture pieces I have. I also need to sell all of the old nursery furniture, since we have no space to store it. 

04. Finish Board & Batten Living Room Project.

We started planning this project and then got all the materials for it and have just been sitting on it. I'd love to finish this project this month. 

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Coffee Date 9/4/15

Hi friends! Happy Friday! Join me every Friday at 9 am MST for a LIVE Coffee Date chat on Periscope! I'm loving doing coffee date this way, it's so fun! You can catch a re broadcast if you're on Periscope or watch it below on Youtube. 

*Just a note when I upload it to Youtube it disables the comments on the screen. So when you hear me answer questions that's why.