Life Lately

June has always been a crazy month.

When I was teaching, it'd be the end of the year, wrap everything up insanity.

On top of that, my husband works two weeks straight, 9am-10pm at his job each June.

It's a huge Tent Event at the mall where lots of cars are for sale for the dealership he works for.

I miss him dearly, but I know how important it is to him, so I support him as much as I can!
On Sunday, he actually got home a little after 5, so we were able to have dinner together!

I spent the morning in the garden, still weeding away!

And then worked in the kitchen, whipping up a batch of homemade hummus,

Vanilla Cupcakes 

{the ones I made for V-Day, hubs kept requesting again!}

Homemade Over the Rainbow Mac & Cheese {Seriously, hands down best ever.}

It was on Oprah Winfrey as one of her favorites, it's Patti LaBelle's recipe

I also threw together one of my famous salads.

I picked up some hormone/antibiotic free babyback ribs from BJ's

and we decided we were going to try them a different way.

Smoking them for a bit:

Then tossing them on our fire pit with charcoal:

 It was so nice to have my husband home with me before sunset!

Yes,  I was totally rocking the housewife look.

{Apron from my friend Alison! So cute!}

My brother & husband loved the ribs.

I should have gotten a snapshot of their faces covered in BBQ sauce.

Dinner was fantastic.

Over the Rainbow Mac & Cheese 

 Blurry salad pic.

I still prefer them in the oven, slow cooked all.day.long.

 Just 5 full days left of the tent sale!!
I'm getting my niece later today, and we're going to visit Uncle Joey & Uncle Ty Ty...

and a clown.
We'll see how this goes!!
It's raining here today, which is quite a reprieve from the 92 degrees we got up to yesterday!
My flowers needed the water, and now I don't have to do the work!

What have you been up to in the kitchen/grill??

Have fabulous Tuesday.