Praise God!!!!

We bought a house! Its a beautiful 4 bedroom custom home on a 1/2 acre. It has a gorgeous view of the sandias and I couldn't ask for more in a house. I am most excited about having a home again. We have been doing Homes in Transition for 8 months now I cant wait to just settle in to a house again. I miss the feeling of being unpacked. I miss painting. Most of all I miss not making my bed which was rare anyways but I promise I will not be making my bed for at least a month once we move in.

God has blessed us so much with the opportunity to do homes in transition which helped us to pay off a good chunk of debt and save a good down payment for our house. He blessed us with great tenants in our rental home and most of all brandons amazing job which allows him to move or be anywhere and still work! I have two healthy babies...can I still call Cayden a baby? #2 is kicking away as I type and I can tell already is going to be very active and #1 is behaving pretty well for the most part. I cant wait to see Cayden as a big brother!

Right now Im filling my time with getting rid of stuff. Im anxious to get moving. We dont close until April 30th which seems like forever but I know it will fly by. In the mean time I have been feeling this overwhelming need to organize and get ready for our 2nd child. I cant do anything to prepare for him though. It's killing me!

Im going to have Cayden and the baby share a room. I have so much furniture to sell and a nursery/bedroom I need to design and purchase. Its exciting but overwhelming! I feel like I need to do it all now because when we move I will be 2 months from my due date. Oh well I know it will all get done and I need to stop obsessing.

Ok Im going to go eat a fruit pizza. THE END

Recipes

My Mother-in-law, Sister-in-law and I are now sharing recipes every monday for the sole purpose of not having to think about what we are going to put on the dinner table. I hate having to wake up and remember to take meat out of the freezer or wonder what am I going to make. We decided it would be much easier if we shared our ideas for the week via email. If you dont like the recipe or dont feel your family will just sub something in but for the most part I havent had to. Even if we are making simple tacos its helpful to not have to plan alone! Im going to start sharing the recipes!

Recipes for this week

Chicken Marsala

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/chicken-marsala/Detail.aspx

I serve it over egg noodles or wide "homemade amish" noodles from walmart and fresh sauteed spinach (butter, salt, garlic powder)

Olive Garden Minestrone

http://www.food.com/recipe/copycat-olive-garden-minestrone-soup-by-todd-wilbur-77585

I add 1 lb of browned drained ground beef before the 20 minute simmer

Served with french bread and Italian salad.

Chicken lo mein

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/chicken-lo-mein-2/Detail.aspx

I serve it with steamed broccoli florets and white rice

Lasagna

1lb of spicy italian ground sausage

1 jar of spaghetti sauce

15 oz or so Ricotta cheese

1 egg

itailan seasoning

12 pieces of oven ready lasagna

big bag of shredded mozz cheese (on sale at smiths)

1/4 cup parm cheese

Set oven to 350

brown sausage and drain

add sauce and some italian seasoning and salt

let simmer for about 10 minutes

mix ricotta cheese and egg (i also put a little of the italian seasoning in this)

once sauce is done spread about a 1/4 cup on the bottom of the pan

lay uncooked noodles

layer sauce, ricotta, then mozz/parm blend

repeat

I like three layers

cover with foil bake for 30 minutes

uncover bake for another 10-15 minutes

let sit for 5 minutes

I like to rinse the sauce jar out with about 1/4 cp water and add to the sauce and meat mixture to thin out sauce.