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Life has been going great since the move. You could say we are finally settled.

Living next to sandwich places galore instead of chicken fried steak and fish has probably been good for our health. Plus, the free time that looking for a job has given me allows for a lot of exercise!

Our apartment is finally feeling like home. We never really hung anything up in the old apartment, because everything always fell off of the walls. Fortunately everything seems to be staying in place now! 

A few weeks ago, we got this new chair to help seat all of our friends

And here is the master all decorated

We have stayed busy this past month, catching up with our family and hanging out with friends!

We spent a day celebrating a R@nger's victory a few weeks ago

And I got to enjoy a girl's night in Grapevine

Rainy Day Taco Soup

With all of the rain that we have been getting, and the fact that Mark has a fantasy football draft tonight....I figured I would do some easy comfort food for dinner!

This was my first time to cook this soup, but I have had it quite a few times! It comes from one of the most generous people I know! Anytime she knew life was getting crazy, she would bring us some taco soup! 

It makes alot-enough to share! So when you make it, invite some friends over or take some to a family who may need cheering up! 

Taco Soup 

1 pound hamburger meat

1 onion, chopped

1 pkg. dry Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing seasoning

1 pkg. taco seasoning

3 cans stewed tomatoes 

3 cans Ranch style beans

1 can hominy

1 can whole kernel corn

 

 

In large stew pot, brown meat and add onion.  Add all other ingredients and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to a simmer.  Simmer for three hours.  If liquid needs to be added, use one bullion cube and a cup of water.

(This makes a large amount of soup, but we like to have some to share or freeze.)

The Journey Continues!

It feels like all of my posts lately have been about such huge topics in our lives. I think that is just kind of how this summer has been for us.

Hopefully this will be the last post for a while with something "big" in it! You see- we have been quite busy in the few weeks since I last updated....

Yes, on top of all of the other crazy moments, we have packed up all of mine our belongings and relocated. Why? Well, because the husband got an AMAZING job with lots of new opportunities!

Here was the hard part: We had to leave my AMAZING job, the hundreds of kids that had stolen and forever changed my heart, some incredible friends, an awesome church, and family.

So, where does that leave us? That leaves us here- in a new home in the DFWish area. Close to new friends and new family. We can't wait to see where this journey will take us!