MEET RUBY!!
Our newest family member!!
She is a peekapoo – pekinese and toy poodle mix.
She will be between 10 and 14 pounds full grown – about the same size that our Zoe was!
She comes home on Saturday!
She is really Addie Mae’s new puppy, but I know we all will love her VERY much!
We are SO excited and counting down the days!!
See you soon, Ruby Jane!
This recipe has memories attached to it!
My Dad used to make this steak for us all the time, which is why the three big kids call it “Granddad Steak.”
When we lived in Illinois we always spent Sunday evening with my Dad and Mom, and would eat dinner with them.
This is a tradition we have continued!
We hold Sunday evenings as a time for family still today, and Kayla and her crew join us too!
This steak is delicious, and I am thankful for how it brings back memories of my Dad – especially because we made it on Father’s Day yesterday.
“Granddad” Steak
one flank steak
Marinade:
1 cup soy sauce (we use coconut aminos)
1/4 cup honey (warm it first if it is thick or crystallized)
1/4 cup water
1/8 cup olive oil
6 cloves of garlic, minced
Place the meat in a zip loc baggie and pour marinade over top. Place in fridge. I like to marinade the meat for at least six hours to deepen the flavor, shaking the baggie every couple of hours. Grill the steak on low-medium heat for 12 minutes on each side. Slice with the grain, and serve hot. This marinade is also delicious on boneless chicken, especially when you add 1 TBSP of ground ginger to the marinade! Note: I made four flank steaks yesterday, but only doubled the marinade and it was plenty.
**This is an expensive cut of beef, which is why it is a holiday treat for us. I also did not buy grass-fed organic beef like we normally would.
**We use coconut aminos in place of soy sauce due to allergies.
Enjoy!
Things have been a little quiet around here this week as we deal with more dental issues for Eliza.
Blake and I spent most of Monday and Wednesday away from home to take her to appointments.
I am focusing on all the blessings as we walk through this extended trial with Eliza, but it has not been an easy thing to see Eliza have so much pain and go through so much.
At all.
This is Eliza yesterday just as she got home from surgery.
I wish I could say “so glad that is over!”, but it is not.
This infection just keeps moving to a new place, and it will just not go away.
We have another big appointment scheduled for Monday, unless something gets more serious before then.
I am praying and praying for these antibiotics to WORK!
Eliza’s face says it well, don’t you think?
The skies have been cloudy and grey almost all week, which makes things always seem quieter too!
Blake did hang a new shelf for me in the garage at some point, but I have not purposed to get out there and organize the things I plan to put on it.
I was also very blessed when I went to make my cup of coffee before my quiet time very early one morning and found this –
We were able to spend lunch at River’s place at the end of last week and got to see their new chickens!
We still visited the library and stopped for a special treat too.
The kiddos joined the library summer reading program and have already marked off two cards worth of reading time and earned a couple of free books of their choosing!
They tend to be a smidge ambitious – which is so sweet to watch!
We have a quiet weekend planned for Eliza’s sake too – and I am looking forward to it very much.
A little bit of quiet is a GOOD thing some times!!
Hopefully next time I post I will be able to say “glad that’s over!” in regards to Eliza’s health struggle.
Will you pray with us?
We just want God to receive the glory He is due!
Thank you for your prayers!
Have a great weekend everyone!!
This Saturday was a much anticipated one for me and my crew, as we knew we would be spending the whole day watching Clyde, Ellie and River!
River was a late addition to the plan, as we debated on how a whole day would go without his Mama!
I am pleased to say the Lord answered my every prayer for this day!!
River did GREAT!
Especially after I showed him that the van his Mama and Daddy left with us did not actually have his Mama and Daddy inside of it anymore!
Smart little guy!
Always first on our Saturday agenda is a BIG breakfast with a BIG circle!
Big circle days are my JOY!
Then it was time to play!
First – upstairs!
We would line them up for diaper changes!
And then we played downstairs.
River took a great little nap too!
We also got to keep the grand pup.
She stayed outside all day and Sadie stayed in the garage all day.
She is not dirty!
That dirt is on the window, which I obviously need to clean!
Pretty soon we headed outside.
To our EMPTY driveway!!!
Everyone ate so good at lunch.
Then I put all five of the littles down for a nap.
Everyone went down for naps perfectly and slept SO long.
Answered prayers, remember!!
Pretty soon our reinforcements started arriving home!
My heart was SO full by the time Grant, Addie, and Chad took the babies home that night to tuck them in their own beds!
This crew helped me clean-up the house, and we deemed the day the BEST DAY EVER!
I just scrolled back through this post – good grief, there are a lot of blurry photos.
See why I like to take photos of sunrises and sunsets?
Those things hold still!
I am still very thankful to have these photos.
A precious moment in time!
You know, when Kayla was a teenager we would talk about days like this one I just wrote about.
We would dream about living close to each other and being very involved in each others lives!
We would pray about it together too!
Of course, we did not know for sure if the Lord would bring the desires of our hearts to fruition – but I am just RELISHING in the fact that HE DID.
DREAMS DO COME TRUE.
Thank you, Jesus, for letting us live out SO MANY of ours.
Saturday truly was the best day ever….but I know BETTER is yet to come!!
