Vday Lovin

This was our first Valentines Day together ... last year he was in the feild :(
So I was very excited to get to go to dinner together
HOWEVER
all I could think about all day is about all those couples who where not getting to spend the day with there loved ones because they are off serving our country!! Made me very grateful to have my valentine with me!!

For lunch I surpised him with a trail of yummys through our house with cute little sayings on each of them

He was spoiled and didnt know where to start!! :)

And for dinner he took me to "The Garden" where we took our first date in El Paso
IT WAS DELICIOUS AS I REMEMBER

The Centerpiece was ADORABLE!!!

picture isnt the greatest

but there is a little orange fish in there

I think this would be fun for a wedding

or any other event really

Red Velvet Cheesecake for desert

to top off the perfect night :)!!

Also got a GREAT package from mom and dad --with a willow tree (hope to remind me of my grandma), candy, Buffalo wild wings gift card, a FUNNY card, and Luellen racing shirts!!

They are the BEST!

And got the amazing news that not only is my mom and brother coming to see us in March BUT ALSO my sister and my two little nephews BEST NEWS ANYONE COULD HAVE ASKED FOR!!!!

I AM SO SO SO SO SO EXCITED

Hope everyone had an amazing Valentines Day with or without there other 1/2!!!

My Love Story

Becky : From Mrs. to Mama
If you don't follow her blog you should !!!! It is by far one of my Favorites

 

1. How long have you and your significant other been together?

Officially together since October 2010 But had been talking since Probably March (He was at BASIC so we where only righting letters and it wasn't until he was done with BASIC and AIT  Stationed at his first duty station that we became "official")

 

2. How did you meet? {What's your "love" story?}

We have known each other and been around one another since 2003 (Grade school but he was two years above me)

He remembers the first time we ever met, was at a bonfire, (I was in 8th grade and went with my sister I do NOT remember it being the first time we met but don't really know when the "first time" in my eyes was bc he was just always in my life!!!) He instantly tried to talk to me, however, he was drinking beer and "that wasn't cool" hahaha so I guess I paid him no attention and he gave up!

 

3. If married, how long have you been married? If not, is this the guy you hope to marry? {do tell}

We have been married for 10 months now :)

 

4. If you are married, where did you get married at? Big or small wedding?  If not, where would you like to get married? And will it be big or small?

HUGE wedding in our hometown in Iowa, outside!! :) BEAUTIFUL wouldn't have changed a thing

5. Do you have any nick-names that you call one another? Do share!

Lu, Boo, Babe, Baby, Hunny, Dear, Toots, Darlin

6. Name 3 things you love most about your honey.

*His HUGE heart --he would do anything for me or his family!!! such a huge family oriented guy which is one of his BEST qualities and he loves me for me !!

*His Personality--Humor, Laughter, Fun, Light hearted, relaxed, protective, smile, supportive, dependent, adventurous AND MORE

*His Figure--He is tall !! and I LOVE THAT! I am 5'9" and he makes me feel little and that was one quality i said my husband WOULD have NO EXCEPTIONS (when in reality I just prayed and prayed and prayed that it came true LUCKY ME)

7. Tell us how he proposed? Or your ideal proposal?

I came home from work (he was suppose to still be at work) and I walked in to him on his knee with 2 dozen roses in vases beside him, music playing, candles lit, and "thee ring" in his hand :)

 

8. Is he a flowers and teddy bear kind of guy for v-day, or strawberries, champagne, and rose petals?

Neither?!? lol flowers/dinner/ALCOHOL/movie/CUDDLING

9. Are you a sunset dinner on the beach kind of girl, or pop a movie in and relax on the couch?

BOTH!!! :) i just love romance and i think you can make ANYTHING romantic

10. Tell us one thing you'd like to do with your significant one day. If you could do anything? Go anywhere?

Have a honeymoon !! ANYWHERE!!! .... we got married and a few months later he deployed!!  since our wedding was so short notice anyways --we had only saved up enough money for the wedding itself!

11. Tell us what you plan on doing on this Valentine's Day.

Eating at the restaurant we had our "first date" at and going to a movie!!

12. Are you asking for anything this Valentine's day?

We agreed to save our money we have some "big costs" coming soon!

13. Give us one piece of advice of keeping a relationship strong and full of love.

Communication/Trust

Open-transparent marriage....... work together to have effective communication ....Tell each other everything work through the good, the bad, the ugly, and the best moments in life

It will be worth it NEVER GIVE UP

You are never alone and you are not the only marriage/couple going through certain situations always remember that

14.  Show us a picture of what love means to you.

Being in his arms!!!! :)

 

What a Weekend

Yes it was SUPER BOWL weekend
and we ate like CRAP the WHOLE weekend
disgusting really hahahhaha ... lots of pizza, lots of dips for chips, BBQ wings and such!!
The hubby wasn't really going for any team but I picked the giants
(only because I 1. like New York and 2. I like the name Eli hahah so go Manning's hahah and his wife is gorgeous)
ANYWAYS I WON --and I'm competitive so I was talking *ish the whole time heehee

I had to cut him off after this heehee

We went to a group for young married couples at our church after the service and really really liked it :)

We bought Couch's over the Ft Bliss Garage Sale Facebook Site
We only have one couch so when people come over there really isnt anywhere to sit (and we have tile floor so thats not really a "fun" option) and the hubs and I sit on the couch and in order to lounge out we are like on top of each other (we are a tall couple!!)
SO we found an identical couch that we already have and also a matching love seat for 200 dollars
we thought it thought it was a great deal!
 We had bought from this site before and always had good luck;so we thought it was safe : and usually you deal with a lot of military families so you know
1. that you will/should get a good deal
and
2. Honest people (they are soldiers)
WWWWRRRROOOONNNNNGGGGGG

they sent us a picture (looked good) , told us it was in good condition (and it appeared that way from the pictures), said they didn't smoke or have dogs
hhhhmmmmm..... well i though I asked all the right questions and that we where good to go
we do not have a truck so we had to rent a Uhaul to go pick it up (Extra $40 to pay for whatever we end up buying if its to big for a mid size car)
so yesterday the hubs had the day off ( I guess all soldiers get the day after super bowl off?? MAKES SENSE!! heehee )we headed to pick them up 

IT WAS HORRIBLE ---there where stains everywhere it had been in their garage for who knows how long
dust on it ... they def had dogs WE SAW THEM!  hair, hair, hair, and more hair
it was so disappointing to say the least
discouraged :(
and felt like it was my fault since I found them and suggested we get them !!
although the hubs didn't blame me and he did state "how could you have known" but I still felt like he secretly blamed me
so we spent all of our Monday CLEANING these couch's (so much for a day off from work sorry babes)
I think we both ended up High off the fumes
we vacuumed scrubbed, used some scrub cleaner, febreeze, REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT
i did it
we did it
the hubs did it

I couldn't even be downstairs last night bc the fumes where outrageous

And NOW.....
 They look so different!! :) They look Wonderful
I am so impressed with us
HOWEVER, it does still disgust me thinking about how they where ( and have only sat on the old couch still hahah) but I should get over that soon right?? UCK

The New Set Up

And now I can decorate the walls since we know where furniture will be ( i didn't want to hang anything knowing that we where HOPEFULLY getting more then just a single couch ) our tv looks itty bitty now

We also treated ourselves to

Apple Pie after all that hard work!!!

YUMMINESS

The Cutest Nephews in the whole world got to play in the snow all weekend in Iowa!!!

We where so Jealous , there was ZERO snow the whole 26 days we where home, now its Feb and they get a huge snow storm --it has been a wild unusual winter up there!!

Some really dear friends of ours (back in Iowa of course where ALL our friends are hahahah ) got engaged today :0 and we are so excited for them !!! Wyatt and Rocky Grew up together and are two peas in a pod !!

The Ring

Oh and I got flowers this weekend :)
always a fun surprise
LOVE HIM

**Sorry about the minor fuzzy pics they are all off the iphone**

Oh and did I mention that Nala is a DIVA???

Thankful HEART

#3 to a new life
living life being Thankful in all that God has provided for us in our lives

"A tHaNkFuL hEaRt MaKeS a HaPpY hEaRt"

So to follow my last post of being pessimistic about 1. El Paso and 2. NO job

 I am thankful for ---

-Our God : through him all things are possible : he is always challenging us everyday with a purpose behind everything ... so excited to see what he has in store for us in the future! I know he will not bring us to it if he cant bring us through it
-My Husband: we are together!!!! We should still have 7 months separated by distance BUT WE DON'T we are together, we get to do things together, we get to make plans, we get to kiss, we get to pray together (touching one another), we get to eat breakfast sometimes lunch and supper together, we get to go to bed every night in the same bed saying "good night" with a kiss
-Our Health: My husbands, My Parents, My siblings and there significant others, My Nephews, My in-laws, Our Extended family, Friends, Nala (yes that's our cat but she is my baby)
and I pray for the health of others that are going through the struggles or watching those who are enduring the struggle right now! **Never lose Hope**
-My Freedom: I think everyone is "thankful" for this but until you are actually tied directly to the military you do not realize how many sacrifices these men make, as well as their families!!  I am truly thankful for all of the men/woman that make up our troops that keep freedom a possibility for EVERYONE to live the lives we live with no second thought
-Family/Support: We are so blessed with the most amazing families in the world , they support us with every choice that we make and stand by our sides through thick and thin ... giving advice where need be (sometimes even when we don't need it heehee) and judgement where need be .....we wouldn't change it for anything
WE LITERALLY HAVE THE BEST FAMILY EVER i cant say that enough
-Technology: yes i am thankful for it !!! it allows us to stay connected no matter what the distance we can still "see" each other through skype "hear" your voice through the phone "read" your words through text
and stay close/connected to family, friends, and all people ---helps me not feel like we are are 20 hrs away (which we are )
-Financially Stable: I am thankful that even though I do not have a job and I wish I did ; my hubs does and we have a roof over our head, food on the table, we are safe, and taken care of fully!
-Angels: I have a very special angel above watching over me :)  ---and as hard as it is to say goodbye I hope everyone has an angel that they never forget about to watch over and keep them safe

I could go on and on and on ......
But that is a good start to my thankful list

What are you thankful for?

Happy Friday ---Hope everyone gets rowdy for the super bowl

20 more days

Can the days go any SLOWER?!?!?! hahahahah  20 more days people!!

Had a Dr appointment with my new PCM (primary care giver) today--- You never know what you are going to get with the army medical field so I was a bit nervous to say the least hahahah
HOWEVER
pleasantly surprised :)
Dr. Kidd turned out to be a really really great llady ---- I actually liked her A LOT!!!!

Nothing crazy today mainly just to get in do an overall check up and have my blood drawn!!!
Talk about Vitamins and other healthy things to be doing at this point in my life :)

AND ---the hubs took off some work to go with me (i know your thinking awww what a sweet guy but aka told his srgt we had an appointment to get out of work for ALL of the morning: He just decided NOT to go back to work until after lunch hahahah dont get me wrong he CAN be sweet)

AND THEN THERE IS ME-----
DYING to have a JOB any JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel like I am just applying and applying and applying
At this point everywhere and anywhere no ands/ifs/buts
weather
1. I would like the job or not
2. It is close or far away
3. The pay is good or bad
I JUST WANT SOMETHING ---something to get me out of the house , something to maybe help me meet people, something to feel like my life consist of something besides a SAHW (stay at home wife)
PART TIME
FULL TIME
ANYTHING

Really struggling down here in (h)El Paso --- I sometimes do not feel like it is America that we live in!!! (when you cant get a job because you don't speak Spanish??? I think that means something!!!)
GGGRRRR not racist
JUST
WANT
A
JOB
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Makes it even harder being away from all of your family and friends , not knowing anyone, and not having a job!!!
Im just such a motivated individual and I feel like I am losing control ---not being who I am or living out the life I wish to be living!!! IM BECOMING SASSY!
Dear Army: why could you not have stationed us somewhere anywhere better then here!!!

Worry Worry Worry

I am so caught up in worry lately
I have a lot weighing on my mind
and I just want to get through these next few weeks
I need to talk , vent, ask questions BUT ....I cant not yet

Patience and Guidance---I need to lean on God and his understanding NOT MY OWN!!!
Put it in Gods hands that everything will be okay and work out exactly how it is suppose to

Feb 22nd can NOT come fast enough

Breathe Breathe Breathe Breathe
Pray Pray Pray Pray Pray Pray

NEW LIFE #2

#2
We became members of our church today :)
When I moved down here to Texas last january the hubs and I (was not the hubs then) tried out numerous different church's to try to find a "home" for us
It wasnt until March that we tried the Ciela Vista Church that was just down the road (from where we lived at that point)
Then I went home to plan the wedding, then rocky deployed, AND NOW
we are back ....
and will most likely both will be here for quite awhile ----and now members we become
It was fun to finally get a tour of the whole building --ITS HUGE
and even bigger then what it was when we first started to go
We are going to hopefully join a study class or two
and meet other members of the church
You may ask "what is the difference between just going or going when your a member?"
becoming a member means we are going to hold ourselves accountable
we now are members and other members will depend on us to be there and we will depend on them
(at this point we dont really know anyone as HUGE as the place is) ssssoooooo----We hope to meet others and become active in the church as well

I am so excited about our second step in our life!!
and for the record #1 is going wonderful --we are on week number two :) 
veggies fruit veggies fruit veggies fruit veggies fruit veggies fruit veggies fruit

and as far as this whole "new blogging" goes ----YES you have to CONTINUE to wait ---sad news being it will prolly be a good like um maybe 5 more weeks before it actually starts :) BUT ITS REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY EXCITING: PROMISE ( clue: I am drained at this point with it SSSSHHHH all you smart people out there hahah CANT WAIT TO SHARE and get advice too)

2012- New life- Health

SO its a new year ---and its going to be a very exciting one at that !!!
There is going to be a lot of changes in this family for sure
STARTING with
1. OUR HEALTH
Like I said in an earlier post me and the hubs went home for 26 days and we ate like CRAP the whole time
it was actually kinda even disgusting hahahaha; yes partially can be blamed on the holidays but prolly also just blame it on being on a 26 day vacation---not to mention: We drank A TON!!! i mean A TON A TON A TON
SO on our 20 hour ride back we started to research cleanses to start
we found the "master cleanse"  aka lemonade diet
and we where set on doing that
HOWEVER, sunday night our minds where changed (for the better of course)
ssssooo this week it has been a lot of intake of veggies and fruits
and hardly anything else (the hubs is craving a huge cheesburger and he has done so good this week so we are going to treat ourselves)
BUT our lifestyles has changed
Looking up different HEALTHY recipes today
anyone know of any good sites??
or recipes period??
LOVE to hear about some


so step one of our new life in 2012
HEALTHY HEALTHY HEALTHY

I even started yoga today YOGA!!!!! does anyone else do yoga??? i think i may love but i just dunno yet!!

new blogging --soon

November 10th really? was that REALLY the last time i blogged --man does time just fly or what?!?!
life got crazy and hectic and i knew i was putting the blogging world on hold for awhile but honestly has it been that long?!?!
its already 2012 and baby oh baby have times changed since then!!!!!!!!!!
we have had a lot of new and exciting news happen since then
as well has the hussle and bussle of the holidays
THE SOLDIER IS HOME :)!!!!
that is what originally put the whole world (not just blogging but EVERYTHING/EVERYONE) on hold
November 27th we both arrived in Texas and where reunited after just 5 months NOT 12 woot woot we are the lucky ones that is for sure and i still pray everyday for those who are still seperated by distance and even more for the families of those who have served the ulitmate sacrifice.  Thankful and blessed everyday-every second to have my man home safe and in my arms.
we where back in texas until the 23rd of december and then hurried home with the father in law to make it to the midwest in time for christmas eve with the family :)
Home for 26 days and trust me we DID NOT want to come back ...
but now REALITY--this girl needs a job thats for sure .... ill take all the prayers one can get
this blog is about to get used a lot a lot a lot more
because i have something very new to start blogging about
i "decided" last night !!!!!!!!!
but for now....
ill keep you waiting  EEK EEK EEK
welcome back how you have been missed!!!! :)

**SNOW**

Yesterday was our FIRST SNOW OF THE YEAR  ......
(granite today it was almost all gone haha or a slushy sloshy mess)
BUT it came down it stayed around, didnt just melt when it hit the ground, and it was beautiful/perfect just like almost ALL first snows seems to be--- the kids at school where all so excited.  Its like it was a foreign thing that they all where so thrilled to be experiencing FINALLY, AGAIN!
as much as being cold makes me crabby, hate driving in it, and getting wet socks is by far the worse! it was still fun to watch the flakes come down and the kids get all bundled up and play in it
Snow also means
almost HOLIDAY TIME!! WOOT WOOT
and.......
the best to top it all off
THE HUBBY'S RETURN HOME ---(i would be lying if i told you i was only excited because the whole situation has kinda made me a crazy loony crabby person lately ... i am missing him so freaking much and knowing that he is coming home but who the heck knows when is just driving me bonkers and making me pretty darn irritable :( no good for my co-workers and kiddos and i can feel it when im being that way but i just cant help it or stop it__ I WANT A DAMN DATE OF WHEN HE WILL BE BACK!!!)

sick--o

What a poop-tastic day!!!
went to bed not feeling to hot only to wake up even worse :(
we gained an hour of sleep this only happens once a year its suppose to be a good thing!!!
COME ON GOD dont you know these things??
headache. upset stomach. no energy. ears hurt. flem. chest kills! cant even take a deep breathe. so uncomfortable and achey
the chest started last night
I thought maybe it was do to the abundant amount of enhaled dust I took in yesterday as the whole family
tackled grandmas house organizing, throwing stuff away, cleaning, painting, fixing, etc.
Going to get it put on the market asap!
Was so hard being there and not having her there ...and then soon enough we will never be there because the house will be gone idk which is harder!
My stupid ass aunt acted like the whole thing was christmas and seeing what all she could get her hands on to take GGGGRRRR!!!!!!
so it is officially 7 oclock and i am in bed headed to nighty night land

hubby should be headed or heck maybe already there ---KUWAIT!
one step closer to coming home and being together WOOT WOOT WOOT WOOT
I can not freaking wait
have to tell my work this week about the whole situation and how i may just have to up and be gone someday without much notice *I am an associate in a level three special ed room one on one with a kiddo*
hopefully that goes over good
just as soon as my little friend and I got to a good routine and knowing how eachother ticks : WHAM im gunna be a gonner
actually starting to love that ornery little booger
NOT TO MENTION he is learning so freaking much like LOADS AND LOADS of new ciriculum he is just taking off this week and BOOMING its seriously a very exciting thing for me to whitness --recognizing his letters, saying his letter sounds, patterning, ect.  may have taken a long while but we are GETTING THERE we are GOING PLACES :)

Go figure

The search is on ....
and the hubby thoughts on coming home are very positive CONSIDERING he thinks that we should get a place come the first of December so that when he gets home we have a place
(I'm sceptical because I KNOW if we where to do that then he wouldn't end up coming home for two months or more)

any who my Nnegative Nancy news to share---
I FOUND AN AMAZING APARTMENT IN OUR PRICE ZONE WITH AWESOME AMENITIES LOCATION PERFECT GATED COMMUNITY I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON THAT'S HOW THRILLED I AM ABOUT THIS PLACE!!!!!!!!!! (AND I HAD TO DO IT ALL IN CAPS IN ORDER TO SHOW YOU THE EXCITEMENT)
so you ask whats negative then?
uuuummmmmm........
there is a freaking wait list go flipping figure right?!
ggggrrrrrr the search continues
I'm trying to move on an act like its fine no big deal --but to be honest i was beyond thrilled and now im quite bummed but im not giving up!! i shall fall in love again HOPEFULLY!

HOWEVER, the mother (moms are always so smart and always know best) helped me search for hotels/motels that offer the extended stay!! surprisingly at good rates too no more then we would spend on an apartment even if we where to end up having to stay there for a whole month-- and it may be a good route for us to take so that i we can actually see our apartment before we sign in on it! or have to settle for something because it was available and in our price zone BUT then i think about money and how financially it makes more sense to start paying for an apartment rather then a temporary place to stay
decisions decisions the joys of gamble in the life of the army!
Fingers are still crossed :)

Goodbye Oct

Yes it was freaking GORGEOUS here in Iowa today :) just beautiful --no coat needed!!! high of 74 degrees oh and you ask what the weather is tomorrow.......
?????
a big ol 43 degrees with flurry's FLURRY'S seriously
what the heck
joys of IOWA WEATHER --so unpredictable you just never ever ever know!! but I wont complain to much because I really do LOVE IOWA!! GO HAWKS!!

So I have obviously not blogged in awhile ...and I'm sure according to my previous post you all can guess why....
the amazing woman i called grandma time was up and she was called home
Friday October 21,2011 at about 8am
I know she is in a better place -I know she is now pain free -I know she is always looking down on us
BUT ITS STILL SO UNBELIEVABLY HARD
i didn't think i could miss the husband anymore then i did but going through all of that without him their was only harder then it already was.  I know it wouldn't have been easy with him there, but i do know that it would have helped to have him there to lean on. to hold my hand. to comfort me. to be there with all of us as one big family. 
One of the things i will always remember grandma asking "when it gets closer to the end will rocky get to come home?"  she wanted him there as much as i did and probably more for me then her
I love her and there are just no words to describe the empty whole i feel in my stomach --yet life just continues on --the visitation is over, the funeral, all the food is gone that people brought, cards are no longer coming in, flowers are dying off, AND LIFE just keeps ticking it just keeps going no one even blinks and we are just to keep up with it all
its a very odd and weird feeling

on a happy note
news today from the hubby ---he will be leaving for Kuwait on the 5th (approximately) and possibly home by mid December SAY WHAT?!?!?! WINNER WINNER WINNER (now only if this actually happens hahahaha i like to ha ha in the army's face because you can honestly NEVER EVER believe anything and if you do you are just setting yourself up for FAILURE)
however just in time to get stressed out !! hahahah ... as if money isn't tight during the holidays anyways why not throw a move across America in there too right?! hahahah quite my job, move back to TX where you have no house, no job, and your husband has no car either
and you don't have money saved up from the last year because whelp you husband didn't actually deploy for a year
okay yes I'm bitching and your thinking
"hello your husband is coming home!!!"
i know i know i know i know
and trust me I'm more excited for him to come home then a kid in a candy shop (but I'm not going to get all sappy and make you read all that because I'm not in a sappy mood I'm in a MY PLATE IS OVERFLOWING mood)
I'm just gonna roll with it --you can never have enough money anyways rite?
and life can never be planned out at least not this kinda life

GOT TO LOVE LOVE LOVE LIFE
ARMY LIFE
LOVEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

so therefore with this kinda news the online shopping for a home in TX begins and let me inform you it is a freaking challenge!!! they can be so misleading its not even funny
so home first
because we are number 191 on the military list and our number isn't going to be up come December
then I will begin to search for other things like oh um A JOB

SHOUT OUT to Blue Star Kind Of LIFE : everyone should shoot some words of encouragment that girls way!! life is not easy and its amazing what words can do !!
even though i have not been blogging i have still been following blogs and seeing you quote a comment i made to you (http://bluestarkindoflife.blogspot.com/ ) SERIOUSLY MADE MY DAY like no freaking other :)  so thank you thank you thank you
and i am thinking and praying of you often
so excited for you to go visit the hubby :)

365 Days Later

sssooooo 365 days later

Its the hubby and i's one year anniversary since we started DATING

 (might i mention we have been married for 6 months now too hahahah)

We had been talking for a few months before i finally excepted the fact of having a TITLE wasnt really going to change anything with our relationship and lives at that moment (however this existing relationship im talking about that wasnt going to change was a very exciting DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP and we where not even ever around each other making it an even bigger commitment to sign up for a distance relationship that EVERYONE frowns upon "never work out" "cheating" blah blah blah  i mean honestly who would want to do this?NOONE who would sign up for that type of relationship OBVIOUSLY NOONE would choose that but if you "beat the odds" it makes you a lot stronger.......which LUCKY ME -- WINNER WINNER WINNER i didnt have to go down that path INSTEAD here we are MARRIED and thousands of miles apart!!

BOO BOO BOO BOO BOO

and my biggest most HUGE fear of losing my best friend by getting into a relationship with him ACTUALLY ended up being the best decision ever --it made our friendship even stronger!!! my best friend is now my HUSBAND :)

I COULDNT IMAGINE MY LIFE ANY OTHER WAY



However, I will be the first to admit--I am very ready to have him home DISTANCE IS OVER RATED----im over the distance, im over being strong, im over not getting to do the little NORMAL things that people get to do with their spouses!!!!, im over sleeping alone, im over not having him hear to talk about all the stupid little things, im over "planning" future out "when we are together again" what we will do and what we want, IM OVER NOT BEING IN THE SAME TIME ZONE; SAME LIFE!!!!!!!!! IM READY TO LIVE OUT OUR FUTURE LIVE OUT OUR RELATIONSHIP LIVE OUT OUR PLANS!!!!!!!!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

25 years down

so this happened like almost a month ago but not quite hahha however with my life the way it is i planned to do it HOWEVER

here i am 

 it was a blast in a glass (okay not quite deena) however it was a freaking blast and a hell-0 good time!!!

so i had to write about it and share this fun idea with all you bloggers :)

MOM AND DAD 25th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY SURPRISE BASH AT BLUE MOON PIANO BAR

first off -- you cant go wrong with blue moon!! you will laugh until you think you are going to pee everytime

and to watch everyone get embarrassed is hillarious too (lighten up people its life you have to have fun)

2nd-- sister and i pulling off the party was so much fun from the planning to the secrets to the stress hahah

lots was going on in everyones life (grandma'S being sick) so the party was smaller then expected, we feared mom and dad where not going to even make it thankfully they did!!!

had their ACTUAL wedding napkins and other things used (name tag was actually their thank you notes but just had their names on the outside) and then their party favors where cute little rolled up poems (dad wrote to mom cough cough NOT! but he tried to say he did hahah he is not really the "romantic" type)

We found old pictures of the two of them

8x10 of their wedding picture for middle of the table for everyone in bar to see hahhahaha

and then we tied other ones to some jars to use as a "centerpiece" in the middle of tables

 best part of all ---all the ladies dressed up in "80s bridesmaids dresses"

we made moms sash and she wore a veil Dad worea  top hat for their actually wedding HOWEVER our's was a little to small for that big head of his hahhaha

Sisters born in the 80s rockin out like they lived in the 80s

Prego at 40? smokin? drinkin? NOT married? WTH

They where so surprised and everyone had such a good time

After this night of fun i decided that you shouldnt need an occasion to dress up instead you should just pick fun "themes" and you and your girls just have a blast with it :)



Blonde or Brunette

So I can honestly say one or the other "do NOT have more fun" then the other
You get to choose your hair and you get to choose your fun :)
and its the one thing i can control ssssooooo when this girls life gets our of control i take control and change my hair just so that i know that i have control over something !!!
its so true though , yes you get the occasional im bored lets make a hair change, but most of time when my life starts to spin and i cant grasp on to things **i change the hair** i think its a good solution hahahha people start to concentrate on that new fact in your life and not the others "hows your grandma? hows your mom? hows rocky?" ggguuuuhhhhhh to much to much to much to much I GIVE IN (hince my title yes im freaking clever lol)
okay so to you few wonderful blog followers of mine voice your opinon please!! :)
which you digging ?!?


            BEFORE


                 AFTER

                  

what ya thinking?! new girl new attitude new hope ---okay so its just new hair hahaahhaha
                                                     IT'S STILL NEW!!!!!!!!!!!



A different shot both ways so you can get a full effect on the difference (like you couldnt tell already LOL)

Card-Board

i SERIOUSLY already wrote this post once and then it all got deleted !!! :( WTF

sssoooo here we go again and most def isnt going to be as good as the first one-- as always
so this is kinda going to be kinda short and sweet and not at all as gushy and cute as the first one!

For my birthday my husband missed and loves me so much that he shipped himself to me!! :)

HoW rEaL dOeS hE lOoK?!?! kinda creepy and kinda perfect too hahaha

The order got messed up and i didnt get it on my acual birthday, however, it didnt matter to me :) (we where cursed anyways --even the card he mailed to me got returned to him hahah not regular size or something crazy like that)

His hint to me "its 6 foot tall" --okay the farthest thing from my brain was a cardboard cutout of himself hahahah

I took him to the birthday party to surprise the rest of his family ---everyone loved it as much as me :)

Im glad I got to be accompanied --so many events I get to go to alone these days its nice to have the Mr. "tag" along for a change

These boys where very inappropriate and I am not going to be able to share any pictures from them EXCEPT this one!!!

The boys

Shawn & Mom

He was excited to share his birthday celebration with me this year!!! :)

Luellen's

Grove's

Jada and Chase with their guns

Nana and her soldier

Amazing how much fun a cut out piece of card board can be!! :) But when you miss someone as much as we miss him --well its fun!! its more then fun!!

A beyond wonderful weekend!!!! :) the whole family was out at grandmas this saturday deep cleaning and organizing grandmas house just so one she can wake to a CLEAN warm house (she has been so sick and in and out of the hospital often enough without much recovering time to gain strength to clean and do other chores around the house that it was nice we could all pitch in and get the job done it looks 100 times better) she said "it will be so nice to wake to a clean house; it will be so nice to have people come visit and not be embarassed of the house" and at this point all you want to be able to do is make everything and anything a bajillion times nicer for her its really the LEAST that we can do.  She is such a wonderful lady hard to imagine a life without her --at this point her spirits are good, the fight is still on, and the pain tolerance isnt bad yet! We still have our grandma the one we all know and love and hope to have her like this till the day God takes her home!

My Uncle stays with my grandma and helps her with most of her needs. My cousin Kara and I stayed out there saturday for a little slumber party with the grandma and gave him a break for the night to go hang out with friends and get away.  I prolly enjoyed it more then him getting a break!!! idk the last time I stayed out there--all the little things mean so much and can be so much fun.  I really did enjoy myself and am going to stay out there again this weekend.  I am going to color grandma and kara's hair (we have family pictures next weekend --I only wish my husband was going to be here :( makes me very sad)  and just have a girls night again. 
We woke up watched a movie enjoyed our coffee and then packed up to head to the little brothers football game, grandma had not got to see one yet this year and she was very excited.  Packing her up (medicine, walker, chair, oxygen, stuff to stay warm, etc. was POSSIBLY as bad as getting a kid ready to go somewhere hahahah i told her we need to invest in a diaper bag and how they even make cute ones now :) she said "its good practice for you" I only kid because I do not mind doing it at all I actually like it, I like spending time just me and her.

Trey after the game all sweaty and stinky

Doesnt get any better then these two little guys --they are my world!!!

Wouldnt you do anything for that face?

Loves his uncle trevor

made us all a little nervous having him thrown all over the place HOWEVER the giggles and deep chuckles coming from that little body was hillarious; he was LOVIN it

Birthday Party later that day for the other side ---the brother n law and I are a day apart so we celebrated ours together (for tomorrows blog)