30 Day Military Challenge: Day 12

Day 12 – post a picture of a book you are reading/have 

read b/c of your s/o being in the military and tell how it has helped you.

The show Army Wives is based on this book

I don't know that this book really helped me in any way.  But, I did read it because my husband is in the Army.  I read it the first time when we were stationed at Fort Bragg.  The book is a true story that is also based on Fort Bragg.  It is a very interesting read.  But be careful if you are an "Army Wives" fan because it does give some spoilers.  :)

My first blog award!

I was awarded my first blog award tonight from Courage Is Not An Image.  I was so surprised and excited!  I just recently got into blogging and have really been enjoying it, but I have like mine isn't up to par with some of the great ones that I have come across.  So it was very nice to get this from a blogger friend!  Thank you Lacey!

So, to accept this award you must:


1. Thank and link back to the person that has given you this award.
2. Share 7 thing's about yourself
3. Award the blogs you feel deserve the award
4. Contact these bloggers and let them know about the award.

Here we go. Seven things about me:

1. I am about to turn 25 and am having a "quarter-life crisis"

2. I hate pets.

3. I couldn't live without my TV shows.

4. I love college football.

5. I am extremely impulsive.

6. I could eat spaghetti every day.

7. I wish I could still do gymnastics every day. 

And now to award a few of my fav bloggers:

Take a Walk With Me...

and

The Neff Family

30 Day Military Challenge: Days 10 & 11

Day 10 - Post a photo that you or your significant 

other took on webcam or cell phone

"Skype"ing with my love.

Day 11 - post a picture of the stationary you pour your 

heart out onto in letters to your s/o

Most of our letters are Facebook messages.

Life is good.

Are you ever just in one of those moods when every thing is great?!  I have been in one of those for the last few days.  I have just been reminded lately over and over that I am a very luck girl and that I have been blessed with so much!  A constant good mood is a nice thing.  Maybe its the fact that my sweet husband will be here for R&R very shortly or maybe I'm just happy.  I don't know but I am all smiles! I hope that this new week brings smiles to all of you as well!  :)

30 Day Military Challenge: Days 8 & 9

Day 8 - Post your favorite deployment pic (a pic of see u laters, him 

coming home, or him deployed) and tell why it is your favorite

Our first homecoming with Kiley!

Day 9 – post a picture of your favorite thing that 

you or your SO has made and tell what it is.

I made this countdown board.  :)

30 Day Military Challenge: Day 7

Day 7 - post a picture of a wonderful friend that you’ve

made because of your s/o being in the military

The Herrera's.  We miss you!

30 Day Military Challenge: Day 6

Day 6 - post a picture of the base your man is at 

and tell 5 cool things about that base

Fort Campbell, Kentucky

1. There is a large Amish community near by.

2. The largest PX in the world.

3. It's only 3 hours from our hometown.

4. Home of Air Assault school

5. Beautiful spring and summer weather.

The big 3!!

Miss Kiley is just a few short days away from turning 3 years old.  I still have no idea how this happened.  This is the first year that she cared enough to choose the theme of her party!!  And what did she choose??..

A Cinderella birthday party!

Cinderella it is!  This was not a surprising choice as Kiley is her biggest fan.  I love the fact that I have a girly girl! She is so excited about this party and is talking about it every day!!

Kiley's best present that she will be getting this year is her daddy!!  Chris specifically chose this date to come home for his leave so that he could be here for her birthday.  So sweet.  We can't wait to all celebrate another year together!  Yay.  There is so much exciting stuff coming up.

 

 

April 1, 2008

April 1, 2009

April 1, 2010

So glad that we will have another family picture from this April 1st.  We have been so blessed with our sweet girl!  Can't believe its been 3 years.  Maybe it's time for another one soon..  Maybe?  :)

Here comes the R&R craze

Well now that we only have a little less then two weeks until Chris gets here, I am starting to stress.  Not about him coming, but about trying to get everything ready for him coming!  I am sure he couldn't care less about all the things that I have to make perfect.  Like the house has to be spotless, I need to have our cars detailed, all of his clothes clean and folded.  And on top of the normal tasks to prepare, I am also having Kiley's 3rd birthday party about two days after he is supposed to arrive.  And the day after that we are going to the beach for a week.  So really, its R&R/birthday party planning/pre-vacation jitters all rolled into one!  On the other hand, I was hoping that all the tasks would make the time speed up, but that really hasn't happened either.  The days are still dragging by.  It will be here soon though, and we can't wait!  Enjoy your Tuesday everyone, we have lots to do!  :) 

30 Day Military Challenge: Day 5

Day 5 - post a pic of the branch he is in and list your 

favorite thing about him being in the military

1. I like taking on new adventures as a family.

2. Chris looks great in his uniform.

3. I feel like we have a greater respect for our 

country and those who have fought for it.

4.  Overwhelming pride for my husband and country.

5.  Meeting great new people from all over the country.

30 Day Military Challenge: Day 4

Day 4 - Post a picture of the family he had to leave behind to protect his country

Every penny counts

I bought this huge water jug (I poured the water out) for one reason.  I bought it to put change in.  It is a really big jug.  So when it is full, there should be a nice "chunk of change" inside of it.  It is my own personal savings account.  I have decided that with this money, I am going to buy myself a Canon rebel t2i.  Now the contents of this jug might not equal up to the price.  But it should help!  I just gathered all the change I could find.  I got this from the bottom of my purse and the car.  All of it totaled up to $7.55. (Which I kinda thought was a lot just to have thrown around places.)  The $7.55 looks like barely anything in my enormous jug..  so just imagine when it is full.  Haha, it's kinda of silly, but I'm taking back to piggy bank days.  As I am sure you will be concerned, I will post update pictures of the jug every so often to keep people in the know!

30 Day Military Challenge: Day 3

Day 3 - Post a a random pic of how you met. 

Did you know then that you’d be where you are with him today?

A wedding.. but not ours.

I met my husbands at his first wedding to his first wife.  Adorable huh?  

So I will have to go with no, I did not see us being together at that time.

30 Day Military Challenge: Day 2

Day 2 - post a picture of you and you military SO being silly

I was burying myself.  No idea that Chris decided to get a better view.

30 Day Military Challenge: Day 1

Day 1 - Post a photo of your military SO and list 10 facts about him

My husband SSG Chris Howard

1. He is Jimmy Buffet's biggest fan

2.  He loves to cook and eat BBQ

3.  He is the oldest of 4 kids

4. He bites then end off of my hash browns from Mcdonalds 

and tells me that the employee did it..  every time.

5. He has been in the Army for 10 years as of November 2010.

6.  He loves gummy worms.

7. He reads a lot.

8.  He is an Auburn football fan.  Gag.

9. He has an extremely dry sense of humor.

10.  He is my hero! 

30 Day Military Challenge

I'm gonna be starting a 30 day picture challenge thing... that is MILITARY STYLE!


Day 1 - Post a photo of your military SO and list 10 facts about him

Day 2 - post a picture of you and you military SO being silly

Day 3 - Post a a random pic of how u met. Did you know then that you’d be where you are with him today?

Day 4 - Post a picture of the family he had to leave behind to protect his country

Day 5 - post a pic of the branch he is in and list your favorite thing about him being in the military

Day 6 - post a picture of the base your man is at and tell 5 cool things about that base

Day 7 - post a picture of a wonderful friend that you’ve made because of your s/o being in the military

Day 8 - Post your favorite deployment pic (a pic of see u laters, him coming home, or him deployed) and tell why it is your favorite

Day 9 – post a picture of your favorite thing that you or your SO has made and tell what it is.

Day 10 - Post a photo that you or your significant other took on webcam or cell phone

Day 11 - post a picture of the stationary you pour your heart out onto in letters to your s/o

Day 12 – post a picture of a book you are reading/have read b/c of your s/o being in the military and tell how it has helped you.

Day 13 – post a picture of your favorite military support accessory and tell where you got it from.

Day 14 – post a picture of what consumes most of your time when your s/o is away

Day 15 - post a picture of your SO during your proudest moment of him

Day 16 (March 6th) – post a picture of your favorite piece of jewelry that your man has gotten you and why it is your favorite?

Day 17 - post a picture of something your SO left you while he was away and how that helped you… did/do you carry it with you or sleep with it?

Day 18 – post a picture of the lyrics of yours and your SO’s song and tell how it became y’alls song

Day 19 - Post a picture of his favorite show and tell of one episode you watched with him

Day 20 - post a pic of you in something military (shirt, camo,etc)

Day 21 - post a picture of a movie or show you watch when your SO is away that you usually don’t watch when he is home and tell why you don’t watch it when he is home.

Day 22 – post a picture of what keeps you strong when your military SO is away

Day 23 - Post a picture and tell what your life would be like without your SO.

Day 24 – A picture of your SOs favorite sports team

Day 25- Favorite moment or experience you have had with the military

Day 26 - post a picture of your mans military branch and tell your favorite stay strong quote

Day 27 - post a picture of something that reminds you of your SO and tell why it does.

Day 28 – post a picture of the band that sings the song of your significant other’s ring tone while they are away..(usually a military themed song like "wait for me")

Day 29 – post a picture of the coolest place you ever got to go to b/c of your s/o being in the military

Day 30 - post a pic of your favorite military SO support group and tell how it has helped you.

The days are dragging by..

  This deployment has been going by quicker then I thought that it would.  But with Chris coming home for leave in just a couple weeks.  The time seems to have stopped.  Kiley and I are so excited to have him back.  He has also said that he is very much in need of a break.  Poor guy.  Can you imagine..  7 months without a day off?  He will be here for Kiley's 3rd birthday.  Kiley keeps telling people "my daddy is going to march home for my birthday".  She understands the whole situation much more then I thought she would.  I think sometimes we don't give kids all the credit that they deserve.  Kiley is so observant, and she is very good at reading other people.  So she knows just when I need a hug or an "I love you."  Chris hasn't seen her since August, and I just know that he is going to be blown away by how much she has grown!

The Lifetime network has come out with a show called "Coming Home".  It is about soldiers coming home and surprising their family members.  Of course I had to watch this, and of course I cried.  It's very sweet though.  Happy tears.

Little girl from "Coming Home"

Watching this show however did make me ask myself the question..  Should I surprise Kiley the day Chris comes home?  Or should I brace her for it?  I still haven't come up with an answer yet.  Chris and I are kind of leaning towards a surprise for her.  I also don't want to startle her with all the big surprises.  I think she should be fine because she talks to Chris frequently and knows that he is coming soon.  We just can't wait for his arrival.

Yea.. sorry.

So It's been a while.  But in a few short days, this will be a beautiful blog!!  I thought I would go ahead and do one last post while it still ugly!  Haha.  Well the Cottontails arts and crafts show was this weekend.  I promised myself that I was not going to go..  but you guessed it.  I went!  And  I am sure glad that I did!  Maybe not Chris, but definitely me!  Got lots of adorable clothes for Kiley.  She is very girly and loves dresses and pretty things.  It also has inspired me to have the best dressed child that I can!  I have been finding great kids clothing on the internet ever since.  YAY!  Here are a few of Kiley's new things.