Finding harmony in family, finance & military life

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Since my menu plans have been a big hit in the past I wanted to quickly share the one I just wrote up. 1st. Grill night!! Hot dogs, Johnsonville Brats, potato chips and fresh cut up cucumbers and tomatoes 2nd. Fair Day!! We are planning to spend the day at the Wayne County Fair with the kids eating fair food :) 3rd. Chick-fil-A Mother Son Date Knight and Home made Pizza Party for Daddy and the Girls woohoo  (hmm I may be running to grab some pepperoni)   4th. Crock pot Chicken Alfredo with spaghetti squash (so happy it is fall!) 5th. Frozen Pizza and Salad 6th. Fish&Chips (aka frozen Ore Ida Fries) and steamed kale 7th. Date Night (we order carry out for the two of us or make a special meal just for us while the kids get finger food or Tuna Helper and a movie in the boys room) 8th. Home made pizza night (this time the kids get to help!) 9th. Family Dinner Out At Ruby Tuesdays! With a coupon of course :) 10th. Spaghetti with salad and if I have tim...

 You will need 1 carrot chopped 1 rib of celery chopped half an onion chopped  (personally I plan on using less onion next time it was a bit strong) 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1/4 tsp ground thyme 2 TBSP lemon juice 1 cup white grape juice 4 cups water 4 Salmon fillets 1 Slow Cooker liner :)  Mix the chopped veggies with the salt, pepper and thyme Pour the veggie/spice mix in the slow cooker with the lemon juice, grape juice and water. Turn your slow cooker on high and let cook for about 20 minutes. Clean your salmon so it is ready to put in the slow cooker after the 20 minutes is up.  I used a bone in skin on fillet but I would suggest using the boneless, skinless fillet to save on time. Place salmon in slow cooker, and cook on low for about 45 minutes or until salmon is pink and cooked through. Other then the strong onion flavor this dish was great! I got the recipe from All You Magazine and tweaked it to suit our needs. Let me know if...

My Disclaimer: I am not without sin! I will probably hurt your feelings and I will definitely make you think. This is what God laid on my heart to write and I did the best I could. I hope it touches you and I hope you share it, no matter how it makes you feel. Thank you for reading and well enjoy as always. "Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything." 1 Corinthians 6:12 " So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31 Gluttony is a sin, the sin of gorging ones self, it is THE sin that can quite literally result in death. Yet it is also a sin that is rarely approached from the pulpit. In my 25 years as a Christian I have actually only heard it addressed once in a sermon and it was brief. Now I am not knocking Pastors after all they have a multitude of other matters to preach on. I do wonder somet...

Justice is ready to go to Wee Wings. Come on mom let's go!! Look mom I made this for you. Super cool first day of school pose                                                                                                         Hunter and Skylar ready to take on the world Sending Liberty off to her first day Kindergarten in the hands of her big brother and sister It is hard to believe just how fast they grow