I agree with some of the comments regarding cleaning the fish tank. Cleaning everything disrupts the natural bacterial balance in the tank. Look up 'gravel vacuum' videos and just clean the gravel. This can be done with the fish still in the tank. Never get rid of all the water - drain it down only about halfway to keep the bacterial balance. Your tank environment will be a much happier place for your fish and snails.

Alyssa the fish tank looks really nice but you're not ever supposed to remove all their water. Just siphon out up to 3/4 if the tank & leave the rest & add fresh water w/conditioners included. They actually need some of their biofilm (natural bacteria) for their health. And keep John's lunch cold & he can heat it up in a convenience store in their microwave! I do it all the time. 😁

That is so smart and healthier for your husband. Your girls are so adorable and so nice to see how you and John help them take turns with helping. You're both great parents.

Love the fish tank! It's amazing how the kids want to learn how to do everything and to help! Maci is learning fast how to pull herself up. Thanks for sharing your videos and family with all of us.

I love how the girls are always willing to help.

Hello I just wanted to let you know if you go Amazon, you can order yourself a electric lunchbox You can plug in and it will warm your food, My son has one, you can also use it in your vehicle too. Have a Bless day

Try mixing things up with your lunches. I always pack fresh fruit which really helps in the hot summers. I also make extra for dinner so there are leftovers for lunch. A chef salad once a week is also a good option.

John's a keeper.

I love your family, the girls are getting so big. I love the videos and would love to see more. You are truly blessed.

Random tip... Butterfly the chicken... It makes it thinner and it cooks better/ more evenly! Been meal prepping for 6 years and it's been a life changer!!!

Make larger dinners & pack up a portion for John’s lunch the next day. Use freezer packs to keep food cold. They also make car heater bags for keeping food hot. But I would use the gas stations’ microwave. ☺️

Hey y'all fish are alot with littles. We just almost got rid of our tank due to the yuck and clenining it requires. But, to our surprise we got a sucker fish and after 1 week the tank is maintaining itself!!! Snails work and a couple shrimp too. The sucker fish has been the best yet though. Best 7 bucks spent. Just some ideas so you have more time to do other things. Love watching you guys and the girls. So fun! Reminds me of my littles. Blessings!

Great job yall! It's so good to be inspired and motivated to take good care of ourselves and our families!

Love the family interaction!! 💜

Love you guys video love your family the girls are growing they are beautiful just like your mom and they resemble their dad to he’s very handsome you all are beautiful couple many many blessing to the family can’t wait for next weeks video I wish I could do more videos during the week but I know you’re very busy with the kids and family Life❤️🙏

Those look really good 👌 your kids are adorable have a blessed day 🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

Absolutely LOVE this power couple!!

Amazon has Crock-pot brand Lunch Crock Food Warmers. They come in several colors. I am a lunch lady and have seen lots of teachers use them. Don't see why John couldn't try one. I have loved watching your family on UP TV for years. I enjoy your videos and family updates. God Bless you all!

My husband travels for work and has a microwave he can use in his truck....you could also get a big thermos type container that may keep it warm all day...but wouldn't be really hot!

Grate video John's lunch look great heat them up in the morning an wrap in aluminum foil it should stay warm till lunch time!!!! Love how the kids always won't to help!!! Y'all have a sweet little family!!! Hope y'all have a wonderful weekend God bless your little family stay safe an health from Harlan Kentucky see y'all next video!!!!

The kitchen looks amazing.

That was a good video your girls are soo sweet and adorable. You have a beautiful family

Love your family! Keep up the healthy habits .

You all work so well together .. children too!! What a fun a fish tank is for little one a good starter pet , before future family pets!!!❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

I will heat my son's lunch and wrap it in foil and it will stay warm for about 4 hours. You can also put a hand warmer on it to extend the heat for 6 to 8 hours. God bless

Thought I would let yall know those snails will lay eggs at the top of the aquarium anywhere they can find a spot out of the water. We had some of this exact ones.

To keep food warm all day just get one of those "Thermos" containers for meals. They seem a little small, but you can stuff them pretty good. You could also get a couple of them to have more food.

Coolers keep food hot or cold. Maybe if John uses a little cooler with the food hot already or a thermos container it might work. Love your channel!!

I pack my husband's lunch in a cooler heat it up in the morning before he goes to work and you can also get the gel packs like the ice packs but there for heating up in the microwave to put in it as well

Y’all are the Cutest!!

You’re both are doing a great job!!

Love you guys, Thanks for sharing... Maci is so cute!!!

Tip for packing sandwiches when you place them in a ziploc bag wrap the bag in foil and it will not get soggy. Used to fix hubby sandwiches for work and they had mayo and cheese and meat. Love watching you guys, the girls are growing too fast.

Ive never seen kids so excited to clean out a fish tank lol :) super cute

How much work is your fish tank? How often do you clean it? Did the snails make a difference in cleaning it? We own a tree service so my husband is at peoples houses while he works so he always brings his lunch. I liked the lunch idea you had for John. Good and healthy!!! Thanks for sharing!

love yall guys!

Thanks for sharing. Taking your lunch is so much better than eating out. Very wise.

Just a heads up, yo don’t need to fully change out the whole tank every time. We’ve had tanks set up for over 20 years that have never been fully drained. You just need a water change. Also keep an eye on pH of the water and you should never add the water from a fish store into your tank in case of diseases 😊

I love the steamer bag vegetables to make left overs stretch a bit farther for my husbands lunches as well as different fruit cups to add variety so my husband doesn’t get bored with his lunches

I love your videos , it's a blessing life wiht family

Like the tank snd pink on the sides

Go to a truck stop & buy a lunch box cooker that plugs into your truck cigarette lighter. My ex worked construction & he used one of these & warmed up soup, beef stew, chicken & dumplings, etc. You need to buy the small foil pans that fit inside the cooker & pack the food in it, then you just toss the pan & there's no dirty dishes to miss with. It worked so well that sometimes he would have to wait on it to cool down before he could eat.

Pasta salad is fun because you can mix up the veggies, dressing, and other add ins you put in!! You could make a big batch and switch it up by adding something different every day!! :))

You can buy a bento box that you can warm your meal up when you want it to be warm they have some that comes with a cord to plug in an outlet or a car charger cord too

You can keep food warm with a hot/cold pack. Heat it up in the morning and put it in your lunch pack. Maybe two, top and bottom.

You can get a travel crockpot on Amazon that you can out John's lunch in and keep it hot until he is ready for it.

So cute and funny about the gems!

You can always switch it up with different veggies and protein. When John gets tired. Like do Marinited Steak and Squash next time. Use the microwave at any place to heat it up. Nice.

Many convenience stores and gas stations have microwaves you can use to heat up your lunch. As someone who works in a gas station please dont heat up any seafood.

They are small lunch crock pots that you can heat up the food. Holds 20 ozs.

Lexi’s just waiting for her gems 😂🤣

You both are great parents, Your girls are proof of that. Haha Lexi threw dad under the bus. Maci is adorable and growing so fast. Thanks sharing 🙂 Put your food container on the dashboard I bet that would heat it up.

You have to let the chicken come to room temperature before you refrigerate or bacteria forms,especially when using plastic containers.Enjoy ur lunches John.fish story hilarious.❤🇨🇦

I always heated up my chicken in the morning and wrapped it in foil right after then stuck it into a Tupperware container and it kept it warm for a few hours.. the more insulation the longer it’ll stay warm 😁

My husband was pest control and brought his lunch and he would stop at one of those nicer gas stations like QT here in Texas and warm up his lunch they have microwaves and eat in his car and head back to next customer. Worked at well.

Easy broccoli recipe Broccoli, oil just to coat it, Lemmon pepper to taste Roast in oven at 425 for about 20 min or so depending on how much broccoli take it out once it starts to brown

Love y'all

I think it's great how you take the time to make healthy foods even with the big family you have

You can use the microwave in the gas station. We use them for our lunches.

i put my lunch on the floor board of my bus...it heats it up real good. i've seen some drivers put it in the engine compartment as well., knowing my luck it would fall out on the road..

I make lunch for my husband most days. Things I make usually incorporate left overs. He keeps it in a cooler with ice packs and microwaves except salads and sandwiches, unless it's a hot sandwich. Flatbreads can be low carb and loaded up with lots of good toppings. 1. BBQ chicken and spinach flat bread, with or without fresh mozzarella. Make your own BBQ sauce with Splenda or Stevia to keep it sugar free. Grill or pan Sautee chicken, add spinach to grab flavor and barely cook. Place BBQ sauce on Flatbread and add the toppings. You can add mushrooms or other veggies too, cooked to your favorite level of doneness. I like cold pizza, but if you do not then heat for about a minute in the mike. I make a Mac n cheese with the same BBQ chicken and spinach, but pasta isn't usually healthy eating friendly when getting into shape. If we have left over steak I will slice it thin and make steak, spinach and mushroom omelets for lunch. You can use egg whites if you don't want the extra calories in the yolk, but we use the yolks since low carb doesn't limit fat as much as some other eating plans do. I have lots of meal ideas. I just use my imagination and try to recreate delicious meals incorporating left overs as much as possible.

While my hubby isn’t visiting customers everyday, I make his lunch and he takes it. One tip for the chicken - instead of sending it whole, chop it up so he doesn’t have to cut it up himself. He can add a splash of water to the chicken and broccoli before heating and place the lid crossways and it kind of steams the meat and veg. Another thing I do is send a pack of lunch meat and buy a 1/2 log of bread and send with him, so he can make his own sandwiches. Id use small dressing containers out of the Rubbermaid sets to put his condiments in. Buy a hard ice pack and freeze. Place the meat and condiments on top of ice pack. Then place snacks and/or treats on top. Also for lunches, if he can get to a microwave take leftovers. Just add a splash of water before heating.

I love your videos. Just a tip only get rid of a 1/4 or a 1/2 of the water every time you change it. That way you keep some of the good bacteria for a healthier tank .

I agree with you, nothing worse spending $12 on a lousy salad

Chicken salads are always a great healthy meal..Amazon has great salad bowls and you can keep everything separate.

JOHN IS SUCH A GREAT DADDY AND HUSBAND,ALYSSA IS SO LUCKY TO HAVE A MAN LIKE JOHN,AND HE'S NOT BAD ON THE EYES EITHER,GREAT VIDEO,CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT ONE.STAY SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND

Yeti has a great insulated cooler/heater lunch box if you want to invest in something like that. It will keep your lunch warm!

I want to know if Jon ate the same thing for lunch 5 days in a row.

Great blog!!!!!

try making bowls like chipotle bowls. There are many ideas on Pinterest. Also roast all veggies in the oven with olive oil and garlic if you like it. All veggies are great in the oven you may even like them that way Alissa

You should try 5 dinners in one hour they also have a lunch plan.Prep everything in one day and don’t have to think about it ALL week!!!!Best thing EVER!!!

Hit up the local gas stations you can use their microwaves. I started cooking extra and making hubby's lunch from the leftovers. He adds some plain yogurt and a banana to his lunch box. That fills him up without crashing his blood sugar.

Where did you purchase your large rug in the family room off of the kitchen?

What kind of filter is that ?Love you guys thank you 😊

Up here in Canada (and I am sure you have them down there) the local hardware stores sell food heaters. They look like a small cooler but heat instead. They plug into the lighter plug or USB in the car and have a thermostat you can set to keep your food warm on long road trips. They work really well!

Amazon has a plug in food warmer that uses 12v for your vehicle

If you put the meat in a tumbler like a yeti (I use the knock off or even a small thermos) it'll stay hot until lunch. Just pour boiling hot water in the thermos to pre-heat it then pour it out, dry, and then toss in your meat. You can warm the meat each morning before you leave for work and toss it in the thermos/tumbler then. I used to do this when I was in college and wanted a hot, homemade meal on campus! 😁

For keeping food warm boil some water pour it in a thermo for about 2 minutes, pour it out dry thermo with a paper towel chopped the chicken and put it in the thermo it should stay warm all day.

They have a heatable travel container. It can use cigarette or usb. It works pretty good. It takes like 15-30 minutes to heat it up! I bought one on Amazon for like 25$. Well worth it!!

If you slice the chicken and have it as a salad then it doesn't have to be warm or you can cut it up and make chicken salad and that can be a cold sandwich or salad you just need to put an icy with it

Culinary Arts grad here✌ Chicken. Four days max on cooked chicken stored in a cold refrigerator and must be heated to internal temperature of 165°F. This kills bacteria (not their toxins, those give food poisoning, no way to rid them, if you want scientific explanation, pls let me know:) Wal-Mart sells some nice work coolers Buy ice packs one for top, one for bottom. Before work put ice pack in bottom, put cut chicken in baggy, put baggy on 1st ice pack, put 2nd ice pack over baggy. it will keep it cold. Pack the rest of food and put on top. Never eat previously cooked chicken room temp. Food poisoning. Some ideas; chicken that has an acid on it (salsa, fresh lemon squeezed on it, mustard/mix whic can be put in baggy and put on ice pack where chicken is; fresh lime, pineapple, spaghetti sauce) are highly acidic and kills bacteria, but still, no room temperature chicken even with protective acid. You could replace chicken with other protein, legumes, beans or bean salad, hummus, buy a box of protein bars have salad with veg, drink a protein shake for day 4 & 5. Just some different ideas. Peanut butter is excellent for pritein as well as tree nuts, plus, less risky. Might google excellent chouces of protein. They have car plugs, like for phones, they might have sockets on the end, if not, learn how to make one (oh Evan) buy a cheap microwave for work truck. You could have soups for lunch in the winter✌ Basic ideas, You can contact me if you need ideas, I like helping:) This is already a short novel🤔😂🤷‍♀️ LOVE the new cabinet and configuration! The sellers probably watch and want the house back! You two made it gorgeous (and family help was great!:)

You could also cut the chicken up into a big salad. Your friend Kathy from Montgomery NY

I don’t know if you have a 711 in your area but they have a microwave you can use to heat up your food. Also, with your daily water intake it should be 64-100 ounces per day. If your trying to loose weight it’s best to eat 5 small meals a day then a healthy dinner. Feel free to check out my Facebook page for ideas for healthy recipes.

You could use a thermos or maybe some hand warmers in the hunting section of the store.

My husband had a lunch box that was a warmer. So you could plug it into your car and warm you meals! She loved it!! He had warmed up soups, chicken, and even pizza rolls! 😂 I'm sure Amazon sells them! 🙂

Make sure you put drops in the water to take the chlorine out and stabilize the water!!! Or the fish won’t make it😢😢 they make good insulated thermos they work well

Fish cage? 🤣

love you both.

Put your food on the dash board 😋 it's always hot there

Yall make the best videos….

I put the mayo between the meat and cheese, won't get soggy bread that way

Get them to 100K!!!

A great healthy way to prep for meals and not have to worry about warming up your chicken is slice the breast meat after grilling and place over a salad with perhaps some raw vegetables. Enjoy 🤗

On days my 6yo daughter doesn't like what's on the school menu, I send warm meals in thermos containers. She can be picky and she only eat veggies cooked and warm, and this way she likes her lunches

Hydroflask makes a bowl with lid which will keep you our food warm for hours.

Put your food in a wide mouth thermos. They make a two pack that hook together and have a handle. They are on Amazon.

I love you Alyssa,John,Maci,Allie,Lexi,Zoey

Coconut aminos - great replacement for teriyaki sauce.

Did you know snails 🐌 multiply so fast and once you have them it near impossible to get rid of them. Gas⛽️Stations and 7-11’s have microwaves just don’t know if they have stipulations. My husband has always worked out in the field (not in the shop) working on equipment and he had this plug in cooler that did heat and cold. He used it for years but is in the shop now.

Racetrac and circle Ks have microwave s. In Florida you can use your windshield to warm up food, put it out for an hour.