Proud to be a clutz!

I'm sure some of you can relate to being clumsy. I, for one, am a HUGE clutz! I woke up about 9:30am on Sunday morning and headed for downstairs. I got down the first set of stairs just fine, the second not so much. As soon as my foot hit the stair I knew I was done for, this was me:

I hit every stair on the way down, oh my goodness it was painful!!! I sat on the floor calling out for Kyle, only to realize that he had left for work. I was in the most excruciating pain I have ever felt, I thought I had broken my tailbone. It is now Wednesday and it is still sore but thanks to epsom salt and hot baths it is getting better.

Hopefully it will be completely better by Friday because Kyle and I are going on a Historic Hauntings Hayride in downtown Fayetteville, we have heard awesome things about it!!!

Happy Wednesday!!!



Weekend Wrap-Up

Another weekend is coming to a close and it makes me sad. It always seems like the week drags on and the weekends fly by.

Friday we had planned to go to the Vander Haunted Trail with our friends Jeremy and Kristina. All I can say is that we were not disappointed. It was really scary, it is out in the back-woods area and there really isn't much around it. When we got there they had some of the characters running around the parking lot scaring people and they were pretty successful. Once we got our tickets, they had a Haunted Train Ride you could go on, it took you around the woods and there was people waiting to scare you. It took us about 30 minutes to get through the whole thing and in typical haunted house fashion the last part was guys with chainsaws they chased us out and kept following us haha. My voice was definitely hoarse the next day. Kyle and I then headed to Dairy Queen for ice cream (yum), then headed home to watch Ghost Adventures, overall a great night. Here is a picture of us after we exited the Haunted Trail:

Saturday I decided it was time to get my flu shot, for anyone that knows me really well knows that I HATE needles. To keep my mind off it beforehand we did some shopping at Target (finally got my thank you cards for the people who donated to our pancreatic cancer fundraiser) and then had lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings. The shot ended up not being so bad it just really hurt afterward. A little bit later I decided it was time for a change, I went and got my hair cut off, it feels soo much better and I love it. I will post a picture eventually.

Today, we are just lounging around and going to watch football. At some point I have to make homemade cinnamon rolls and chocolate chip cookies for Kyles work (it was requested haha). I love days like these!!

On a great note, we finally reached our goal for our Pancreatic Cancer 5k!!! We are still happily accepting donations though :)

I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend!!!

flight is booked!!

I am so excited that I finally have my plane ticket booked to go back to Vegas for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, my wonderful husband won't be able to make it back with me (that is the only thing that has me upset about the whole thing). I am looking forward to the time I get to spend with my mom. I have to be realistic about everything and know that this might possibly be the last Thanksgiving I will get to spend with her. As much as that hurts me to say I know it is possible. I can honestly say that I have the most amazing husband, he is understanding, caring, supportive and so loving. He understands how important this is to me and he doesn't question it all (even though that means our Thanksgiving together will have to be the weekend before). So far we are planning to take my niece to Knotts Berry Farm and Legoland in California, my mom is so excited (it will be easy for her to manuever her wheelchair around each place).

Until I leave Kyle and I have a lot of fun things planned. This weekend we are going with friends to a haunted trail, I'm hoping it's really scary haha. We are also finally getting our pumpkins to carve (and probably a few extra just for the seeds) we have to do 4 because we always carve little ones for our "kids" (Emma and Fishy). Speaking of them I bought them costumes for Halloween and have to share the pictures:

Emma in her bumblebee costume

Fishy in his hot dog costume (he was really pissed off at me)


We are always less than 1 month away from our 5k, holy cow I need to get my butt in gear for this. Kyle and I are excited and can't wait!


I hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!!

Scarf Swap!

I was so excited to participate in the Scarf Swap. I got paired up with Channing from Better Together.... go check out her blog she is awesome!!! She sent me the most beautiful scarf, I love it:

sorry for the somewhat blinding picture lol (my husband is not the best photographer lol)

I have worn my scarf for the last few days and it's perfect! Thank you Channing!!!

Also, I wanted to say a big thanks to Mateya at Our Journey from Iraq to the Altar for hosting this Scarf Swap, I can't wait to participate in another one.

Appointment Update

I just got the dreaded phone call from my mom (I love hearing her voice). She got good and bad news, good news is her platelets are up. They were really concerned about them the last time because they had dropped. Bad news is her tumor markers have gone up to about 103 (they were at 77 the last time), honestly I'm not really sure what that is going to mean for her treatments or anything like that. I know my Dad is going to sit down with the Dr and figure everything out. She was getting ready to have her infusion done (ie: she was going to sleep), which she always dreads.

Thank you for all the prayers. Lets hope for better results in 21 days!

I hate appointment days...

Today is the day I always dread, every 21 days this rolls around. My mom is back in Arizona for her appointment. They will do the usually blood work and infusion and find out if she has made any progress. About an hour from now she will begin her day and see her doctor (well not her specific doctor because he is gone right now) to begin the tests. I sit and stare at my phone until my dad calls me to give me the results. She has had some rough days lately, constant upset stomach and her bones ache. We are just hoping for a miracle and hoping that her tumor markers are still going down. She told my dad the other day that she is just tired of being sick but we know she is not going to give up this fight anytime soon.

Please say a prayer for her today!

Halloween Spirit!!

We finally got our Halloween decorations put up today and we are finally in the Halloween spirit. It's fun watching people walk by pointing and smiling at our decorations. Every year we buy something new to add to our decorations and we are really happy with how everything looks this year, here are a few pictures:

Our House

Our new sign (it's fitting especially for what I do for a living)

house all lit up

We are so excited to see how many trick or treaters we get this year. We have gotten soo many the last 2 years (we ran out of candy the first year haha). We have started buying candy and we already have 8 huge bags, we will probably need more. We are loving going all out since Kyle won't be here for Halloween next year (or Christmas for that matter).

So much is going to be happening in the next few months that we are enjoying all the time we get to spend together. With Holidays coming up and me going to Vegas things are going to get crazy starting next month. Kyle will head off to JRTC in January with the command team for 2 weeks and then headed back for their deployment rotation in March. Sometime shortly after that he will be deployed. We are definitely taking advantage of our time together.

A good friend of ours came home from her deployment today so we are headed out tonight to Huske Hardware for dinner and drinks. It will be awesome to see her again.

Enjoy your weekend!!!