Kazakhstan Bound

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Welcome to our Blog

Thanks for visiting our blog. Here you will be able to follow our journey to bring home our child from Kazakhstan.

posted by Rachel Lanser at 11:05 AM

25 Comments:

  • First Post!!

    Good luck and be safe.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:44 AM  

  • Second Post!

    Be safe and dont eat the chinese food over there!

    Eric

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:00 AM  

  • I believe I took that profile picture. Be safe and good luck.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:47 PM  

  • Please be very careful and give Mason lots of hugs and kisses from his nana and papa. We love you all, our prayers are always with you on this wonderful journey! Let us know you OK! Mom and dad Lanser

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:01 PM  

  • Ultra-Juicy, Skillet Grassfed Goat-burgers ~ Sloans Creek Farm ~ Dodd City, TX ~ AGA Member

    Should serve 4 hungry folks without any problem.

    Here is a unique twist for hamburgers for your family. Use grassfed goat-burger for an interesting taste experience. Goat, or chevon as it is widely known, is a staple red meat for much of the rest of the world outside the US. It is very lean and healthy, especially when it is grassfed. If you enjoy whitetail deer meat you should really enjoy this grassfed goat-burger experience. Goat has a specific taste, but we don’t think it is near as stout as wild venison. This recipe should make some succulent grassfed goat-burger patties for you and your family to enjoy!



    1 lb of grassfed ground goat (goat-burger), thawed

    1 medium sweet onion, chopped

    1 teaspoon of dried rosemary leaves

    1 teaspoon of dried thyme leaves

    1 teaspoon of dried cilantro

    1 teaspoon of ground cumin

    1 teaspoon of sea salt or natural trace mineralized salt such as Redmond™

    Black pepper to taste

    2 tablespoons of Dijon mustard

    1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce

    5 tablespoons of olive or canola oil

    1 tablespoon of butter



    Note: When available use locally produced or homegrown organic ingredients. Support your local, sustainable agricultural producers.



    1) In a medium skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium to high heat. Add the onion, lower the heat, and sauté for about 20 minutes until nicely browned and caramelized. Be careful to not allow onions to stick to skillet. Set aside to cool.

    2) Place the goat-burger in a mixing bowl, mix in the onions, rosemary, thyme, cilantro, cumin, salt, pepper, cumin, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce.

    3) Shape the goat-burger into 4 to 6 patties.

    4) In a cast iron skillet heat the remaining olive oil and the butter over medium-to-high heat.

    5) Cook the patties in oil and butter until medium to medium-well, from about 10 to12 minutes on each side. The oil is to help retain moisture and prevent sticking. Grassfed goat-burger is very lean.



    When done, serve with your favorite hamburger buns, sliced cheese (grassfed and/or organic), fresh lettuce, homegrown tomatoes, and your favorite condiment—such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, barbeque, or other sauce


    Jason

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:24 AM  

  • Goat Testicle Stew
    8 - 10 pairs of goat testicles
    Salt water.
    1 large chopped onion
    Several chili peppers
    Celery
    Potatoes, butter & milk for mashed potatoes

    Boil the testicles in natural saltwater. Throw onions, chili peppers and celery in the in the pot.
    Let it boil for approximately 1 1/2 hours.
    Serve with mashed potatoes.

    MORE GOAT RECIPES SOON, FINISH THAT FIRST, THEN YOU CAN HAVE MORE!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:29 AM  

  • Hope everything is going well. Let's us know how your doing.

    Myleen

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:06 AM  

  • If you can help me out please....Start teaching the "earmuffs" (from Old School) to Mason while you are there...it might sink in better by the time I start trying to teach him at home. If you can't do it while at the baby house I understand...but practice makes perfect:)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:13 PM  

  • Hello, I bet you are enjoying!! Please give that Mason HUGS and KISSES and GOD Blesses from us all!! Love you Rachel & Ryan We know that you will be safe and all the luck is with you! Your mom is overwhelmed with excitement for you to get back with Mason to have one on one time with him. Will be checking in daily to hear from you. Love Antie Anita

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:38 AM  

  • Dear

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:07 AM  

  • Dear Auntie Rachel & Uncle ryan,
    I hope you two will become lovely parents. You two are going to make my Daddy an Uncle, and me and my sister a new cousin.

    Love,
    Brent

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:16 AM  

  • hi Ryan and Rachel,
    im glad you made it there safe and had no problems and i can't wait to see the baby it sounds like you are havin fun i will keep in touch and i hope you are having fun.
    Love you Elaine

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:10 AM  

  • Hi Rachel and Ryan,
    Great to read about such wonderful news!!! We've been planting,planting, planting, but we need some rain. Mason will have to come a pick a pumpkin when he gets home. Miss you.
    Love,
    Katie, Mark, Joe and Jake

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:43 PM  

  • Yeah,
    I'm not computer illiterate...I was able to blog. Just wanted to say, I bet "a little bit of Vodka makes the meat go down, makes the meat go down..." Ya know, like sugar.
    Love,
    Katie

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:49 PM  

  • Okay it's the 12th! I hope you don't think we are going to settle for a blog a week! We need pictures. Let us know how things are going. We miss you both. How is that beard coming along Ryan? Do you look like a native yet?
    Hey I bought a condo today. It's not a house but it's a start.
    We miss you. Tremendiously. And yes Rachel, you still can make me cry even though your a half a world away.

    Love Ya,

    Myleen & Jim

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:57 PM  

  • Al & Agnes are so happy for you both, the new Mom & Dad. We hope all is going well & that Mason is enjoying your visits. Be careful & come home safe. God Bless.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:35 AM  

  • Hi Ryan, Rachel, Mason,

    Your e-mail yesterday said you were having troubles with the internet, we hope everything will be fixed soon!

    Everyone is very excited for you and can't wait to hear your stories and see pictures of Mason and everything there.

    Please be careful, Love you
    Mom,dad and family

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:33 PM  

  • THIS IS FROM RYAN AND RACHEL, THE WEBSITE OVER THERE IS NOT WORKING FOR THEM SO IM JUST COPYING IT OUT FROM MY EMAIL. ADAM

    Hello everyone,
    Things for the most part are going good over here, it is still a bit of a challenge to over come the bordom that attacks us everyday over here. It's not like at home where you can turn on the tv to watch anything you want, cause everything over here is in russian. And as of late we have been having a bit of a problem with the power going off a couple times a day. We ran out of water in the city once for 27 hours, kind of sucks if you have to go to the bathroom and no water to flush the toilet.
    Mason is doing better and better everyday. He is walking very well, and is just starting to feel comfortable with Rachel and Myself where he can play and be content. He still is very shy around other people, except anyone who speaks russian to him. Rachel is in the apartment now with the flu and a fever, so hopefully she will feel better before our visit this afternoon with mason. I believe this would mark our 8th visit today with our son. Other than that, not much else is new here, our web site will probably never happen. We are having problems over here with the website and as for pictures, we do not have the camera cord for the computor. we looked around at other stores but the look at us like were aliens to them. So LOTS of pictures to show you when we get home. That's all for now, got to get going, take care

    Ryan, Rachel, and Mason

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:48 PM  

  • Rachel and Ryan,
    Thanks for the updates! Adam, thanks for forwarding the email to everyone via the comments section. It is great to hear that Mason is warming up to you all. You are in my prayers, I hope that your time continues to go smoothly and safely. I am sure you will learn lots about the culture and people. It is so great that you have the time to learn about and see where Mason is from.
    Hope you are enjoying it!
    Love and prayers,
    Stacy

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:56 PM  

  • Hi Ryan and Rachel and Mason,
    I love you and so does Brady. We just saw your pictures and we think Mason is soooo cute. I am so happy to have my first, first cousin. I am a big girl and will show Mason all good things.

    I hope you come home safe, we cant wait to play with Mason.....

    Please write too Brady and Kylie.

    love, Kylie and Brady

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:15 AM  

  • Thanks for all the pictures. They are awesome. Agnes

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:26 PM  

  • Hi guys ! Mason is so addorable, don't worry time does fly and just enjoy your time there. I am so happy all is going well. Court is a breeze and all will be well.
    Parker is looking forward to meeting his Kaz bro :)
    lots of love-Theresa, Shawn, Lindsay and Parker

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:26 AM  

  • Dear Ryan, Rachel and Mason,
    Congratulations mom, dad and Mason! It was awsome talking too you last night, you sound sooooo proud. Good for you, its only right!

    We will call next on Sunday AM, the usual time.

    Hang in there, your on the down slide of time there. Soon you will start for home and we can't wait.

    We love you and give kisses too Mason from us. Take good care!

    Love, mom, dad and family

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:31 AM  

  • Oh Boy, Oh Boy..... I love that Judge! That is such good news.
    Congrat's on being new parents. Mason is so lucky. Come home safe.
    Love,
    Agnes

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:48 PM  

  • Hi Ryan, Rachel & Mason,
    You all look so happy on the pictures. It is good to see that you are doing good. What's with the water problems!!! You seem to comment about that a lot. Tell them they need to "clean-up" their act. Well..... Maybe wait until the day you leave to tell them. Hee, Hee.
    Take care & God Bless.
    Agnes & Al

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:20 AM  

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