It was move week for the Coppinger crew and we.are.tired. We still ate well, thanks to so many loving people!
I can’t wait to sit down and write details about how our move is going. What an amazing house God gave us!!! We can’t get over this, our Castle. This place is going to be amazing for our family and for hospitality. What a gift.
Feeding 11 People
The first few days of last week as we finished packing in York, my goal was to clean leftovers out of the fridge. One of our “fancy” meals included leftover spaghetti and chicken salad in croissants.
Monday night, my niece Kailey brought us a Tator Tot casserole. It was so sweet of her and we all devoured it!
We were blessed on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings with meals from friends also: a meal of Lasagna and a meal from our local Mexican restaurant. So much was going on that I forgot to take pictures!
Just before loading day, I asked our egg-supplying friend if we could get 10 dozen for the road. :) I didn’t want to worry about getting eggs for a while.
The day we closed on our new place, we left all seven littles in York with sitters so that we could get into the Castle and get started with moving furniture. When we left York, I buckled four gallon jars of Homemade Vanilla into toddler car seats. They arrived in their new home safe and sound. :)
Justus and Kelsey brought barbecue pork to the house that day for all of us to eat for lunch. It was perfect.
The next morning, we loaded more belongings and headed to Lincoln with all of the littles. PHEW. They have been exploring the Castle, and are a bit confused about life in general, poor dears. Slowly but surely they are settling in. Eva and Kelsey have been a huge help keeping them occupied while the guys load and unload and move furniture. We’ve been cleaning out the house (a lot of items were left behind) and unpacking our things as much as possible whenever the kids are occupied.
My kitchen is starting to come together now, but on Thursday morning it looked like this. Crib in the doorway? Why not?
Say it isn’t so!! I found this in one of my refrigerators as I was cleaning it out, hahahaha. :) :) :) :) :)
We had been gifted a Wendy’s gift card and I’d saved it for our first day at the Castle. Elias and Malachi brought back bags of food for our lunch.
Some dear friends brought a Nacho feast for our dinner that night. We were starving, it was delicious, and we finished it all that night. :)
As our friends set down our Nacho fixings, they kept bringing in more and more food. Casseroles, homemade sourdough waffles, applesauce – it was incredible!
We enjoyed the waffles for breakfast Friday morning.
We had their Egg Bake for lunch Friday.
Why yes, we did eat the entire pan in one sitting.
That night, we hosted our first gathering at the Castle. ;) We picked up 8 large pizzas as a crew gathered to unload our U-Haul truck.
We were so thankful for the help unloading!
Saturday morning I scrambled 15 eggs on my amazing “new” stove. We ate them with berries, yogurt, and bread.
For lunch that day we warmed up Pesto Pasta that was included in our big food gift from our friends on Thursday night.
Awwww, it is, in fact, my first Castle Smoothie. :)
We are so excited about our new neighbors. Everyone we’ve met so far is kind, loving, and welcoming. Some sent cookies (no picture because they are gone, hehe!) and another brought these lemon meringue cupcakes. So sweet! We look forward to settling a bit so we can really get to know them all better.
I’ll share more as I have time. It’s been intense; it’s been good. We are so grateful.