Adoption Nesting!

So... I will just give you a heads up, this post has nothing to do with adoption! Well, not a lot to do!

In preparation for the boys coming home I have teased Kelly that I really feel like I am nesting! Except I feel like I am awaiting twins! That I don't know at all! Ha! (not to offend any of you that have actually had twins, I am sure you did tons more work than I am planning for!)

Anyway, in preparation for our little men I am trying to act a if I am prepping for a newborn, since I have no idea how high or low maintenance the boys will be! As such, I am trying to do as much meal planning ahead of time as I can.

You may not know this but I have a major love for my crock pot! So much so that I have three of them! different sizes so that I can do a main course veggie and side dish all at the same time! I know sad really, but this is a practice I began when Kelly and I were first married and I was driving an hour one way to work! I would just pop something in there in the morning and it was done when I got home! Since then I have stumbled upon several great sights with recipes for freeze ahead crock pot meals!

I have decided this is what I will do to prep for the boys, I have used some online recipes and created a few of my own based on things I know my family loves (lets hope the boys like these things too!)

So began my Saturday escapades of meal prepping... while teen beach movie played for the second time in my living room! (ok I'll admit it, I might have enjoyed it as much as Tatum :) )

I did all of my shopping at aldi and was able to get everything I needed for two weeks of meals, plus breakfasts for just over $100.00 Pretty great!

*Please ignore my messy kitchen in the following pictures*

so far this is what I have made:

honey garlic chicken

teriyaki pork chops

chicken fajita tacs

Hawaiian pork chops

Carolina pork roast

Italian sausage spaghetti

swiss steak

ranch pork tenderloin

here are all of the crazy pictures below! Including crazy topless Blakely who had to "cheese" during all the prep! (No I am not a clean preparer!)


If you want a recipe I would LOVE to share! Just email me BizzyBzBoutique@gmail.com

  

  Chicken Fajita Tacos

 

 Brittany Harley look ONIONS! You should be proud!

Hawaiian Pork Chops

Sunday Pork Roast

 

Italian Sausage Spaghetti

 

Swiss Steak

 

All the final products!

(ignore the fact that my freezer needs to be defrosted! One thing at a time here people!)

 

Alright! Hopefully we like all of these once they are cooked! Now onto something else to keep me busy and not going crazy with the wait!

Officially Brewers

As you may have seen Hank and Liam are officially Brewers! We are counting down the weeks when we can go get them! Even though we don't exactly know when that will be yet! Now that we have cleared the first steps of court in the Congo we are in the mandatory 30 day wait for our adoption to become official! Please pray for this to pass quickly and smoothly and for peace as we wait! Lots harder said than done!

We are busy laying out things to pack our bags and preparing for our final garage sale! Our last garage sale raised over $2000.00 and was a massive success! THANK YOU!

If you can contribute again we would be happy to accept your donations. We will even come help you clean out your closets! Let us know and we would be happy to come pick up things from you as well!

Also, as we are preparing our bags we are accepting much needed donations for the boys orphanage:

diapers
formula
clothes
shoes
wipes

If you have any of these items you would like to donate please let us know. We will be taking two additional bags with us for the orphanages!


We are so close to having these boys home and could not have done any of it without you!

Big Screen TV winners!

Congratulations Saju and Reena on winning our big screen TV give-a-way! You guys rock!

P.S. Kelly says he wants to come over and watch football and he'll even help put it up :)

Thank you all for your continued support as we get very close to the end of our journey! Very soon sweet Hank and Liam will be home, we could not have done this without all of you!