We’re finally getting back to normal! Of course, our normal is a little off to begin with but hey, it works for us!

We ate breakfast this morning as an appraiser walked around our house. It was interesting to say the least. He commented quite a few times on how well my kids eat which was pretty funny. Levi probably ate about 4 or 5 eggs on his own and 4 pieces of sausage. You can only imagine how much the other two ate. It was a pretty darn good breakfast if I do say so myself. Plain old sausage and eggs. Haha.

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Talk about a lack of energy today. After running around like crazy people for the last few days we are worn out today! No time to rest though. The appraiser is coming tomorrow and our messy house needs to get clean. Talk about a day of basic eating. Breakfast was fruit. Yep, that’s it, fruit. We have zero food in the house except for the leftover fruit we had brought with us to Houston. So we ate fruit.

Last night I defrosted some frozen spaghetti chili to last us the next couple days, perfect plan. I always think spaghetti tastes even better as leftovers, and it really does.

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Time to go home! We’re on our way back to NOLA today. This will be our last drive “home” to New Orleans although we will absolutely be coming back to visit. Especially when we finally get our diabetic alert dog we will be coming back to show him off to all of our amazing supporters. I can’t wait for that day!

We started off with a great breakfast of eggs and bacon. The kids took it upon themselves to make a “fruit cocktail” for all of us. They were too cute.

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Today was a day of waiting….and waiting…..and waiting some more. I’ll tell you what, being under a massive amount of stress and eating only whole30 approved foods is NOT easy. As we sat in our realtors office and drooled over the jar of cookies, and the jar of candy, and the other jar of candy, and the pitcher of pink lemonade, it was NOT easy! But we did it. I will say that it is easier to make the right decisions when your whole family is making the same decision. If my kids were eating candy while I tried to have self-control on my own, that self-control would turn into a deep lack of self-control quickly. When all of us are saying no we all are strong together. Doesn’t get any better.

Breakfast this morning was a sausage, eggs and fruit. A simple, healthy way to start off the day, complete with salsa in our eggs. Hey, we’re in Texas!

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Day 2 of house hunting! We looked at 12 houses yesterday and looking at 12 more today. Making sure we have covered our bases for sure. Thankfully, we are eating well and my ginormous box of homemade trail mix has been serving us well.

Brandon’s best friend from college lives here in Houston so we’ve been staying with him and his precious wife Ashley…and their 2 adorable children. It’s been a blast and they’ve gone out of their way to have whole30 approved food available for us.

Breakfast this morning was eggs with salsa, sausage and fruit. Oh yeah, and coffee! Wonderful breakfast with wonderful friends.

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Thank God it’s Friday! I actually didn’t realize it was Friday until the evening which just shows how much  I needed it to be Friday. Haha. We kept it simple at breakfast and used up the meats we had left before shopping at the Farmers Market on Saturday. I made chorizo and eggs with what chorizo we had left and ham and eggs with the ham that was left. Of course, I picked the chorizo….and vitamins. Cute, huh? 

We’ve been enjoying going to the summer movies and today was the last movie showing, Kung Fu Panda. Instead of popcorn and candy we went for a snack of sushi. Perfect!

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We had a few options left for breakfast this morning and all ended up eating something different. I chose the rest of the hawaiian chicken and it was just as good as the other day.

Can I say again that making meals ahead of time is so great?! Try it, you will really like it! 

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Day 17 already?! The time is flying….well, sometimes. How’s it going for you? We are getting into a groove and Whole30 has pretty much become the norm around here, which is fantastic. We had been testing the waters off the wagon before this whole30 and Brandon and I are both glad to be back on it with happy tummies. Crossing our fingers that we remember how great we feel when temptations arise!

Yesterday I cooked a bunch of meals and I am sooooo glad I did. I forgot about pre-cooking and how much easier it makes the next couple of days. There were 3 options for breakfast today and we chose to go with the cabbage and sausage. Surprisingly my kids love this dish although they have no idea how great it is for them too. 

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Sometimes it feels like these whole30 days are going by rather slowly and yet then I look up and…we’re halfway through!

I am so proud of all of us and how great we are doing. No, the desire to eat onion rings or red beans and rice or ice cream hasn’t gone away, but we are loving the great food we are eating and how we feel eating it. I’ll tell you what, when our family says we’re going to do something, we do it. And we do it with style.

We’re spending more quality time together, we’re in the word, we’re sleeping better, we’re exercising, we’re feeling better, Jeremiah’s numbers are doing well, and Brandon’s tummy is quickly going down. We are so blessed to be where we are and beyond thankful for the season God has us in. Blessing after blessing has been poured on our undeserving heads these past few weeks and we are humbled and thankful for them. Some you know of, some we will share with you later.

The main blessing? The strengthening of our family. We have purposefully been spending quality time together and it’s been wonderful. We’ve been playing games, reading, cooking, cleaning and resting…together. If you are running around so busy that you only get a few precious minutes with your family at the end of the day, I urge you to see what can be moved around to remedy that immediately. It’s a beautiful thing how time spent with your family can do so much, just by being together. Try it, you’ll like it!

So how did our day 15 go? It was Whole30 approved, that’s for sure! 

Breakfast was a casserole of eggs, steak and asparagus. We’re cutting back on Jeremiah’s egg consumption so he had a bowl of salmon and veggies.

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I know you know but I’m going to say it again just for good measure: we successfully made it through another great day of eating whole30 approved foods and we feel great!

One of our goals with this whole30 was to be together as a family more. It’s really cool to see that actually happening. Today was a day spent together, not by chance, or after a busy week, but a day spent together after many days spent together. And I think it ‘s growing on us.

The kids are playing together nicely, Brandon’s on the floor with them every evening, we’re having a great time cheering on team USA together, and we’re making wise decisions together as a family. I’ve got to say my most favorite, and selfish, part of this togetherness is the agreement Brandon and I made. Since I’m doing 95% of the cooking and it is creating a huge amount of dishes Brandon offered to be my dishwasher.

It’s working great  and it’s really nice to be working together. Hint, hunt guys! Brandon has also been enjoying grilling lately, as we all have. Just another way we are all working together.

Breakfast today was my have and one you’ve seen a lot of, and will continue to see, chorizo and eggs. Although we have brought eggs back into our diet, when it comes to Jeremiah I am still limiting his eggs. He is trying to hold in his excitement because he isn’t fond of eggs to begin with. So breakfast for Jeremiah was leftover salmon with the leftovers from lunch yesterday.

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