While He Is Away

Kyle has been in San Antonio since Sunday for a medical appointment but will be home this afternoon. The one good thing about him having a blackberry for work is that he got an email from his branch that everything is being pushed through for our PCS to Polk, we should have an RFO (request for orders) by next week!!!

Usually when he is gone I tend to clean a little bit more and get more little things done around the house. With visitors coming this weekend I am in overdrive to get everything taken care of.

I was even nice enough to wash his car. Now I love my husband but his car was a mess haha. I think I filled up 1 large trash bag, thank goodness it is plastic on the inside so I can just wipe it out.

He has needed an end table for his man cave and I found this gem at Walmart. It's actually a recliner end table, score!!

Emma and Fishy decided that they both wanted to be on the loveseat with me...they seem to forget that there is another couch in the house haha. I think they miss their Daddy and want me to not be working on my research paper for school.

Good Times!

This weekend was pretty relaxed for the most part. Kyle spent a lot of it getting ready for his brief trip to San Antonio.

We did however take the time to run a Father's Day 5k downtown. The money benefited a local community center for kids and it was such an awesome run. The route took us by this amazing bakery and we have plans to go back and sample the goodness haha.

One of the most interesting parts about doing anything downtown is how close you are to Mexico. I took this picture as we went passed one of the bridges going into Mexico. The big flag always cracks me up.

Sunday we got up early and did a little shopping and had lunch at Jason's Deli before I dropped Kyle off at the airport. He will be back on Tuesday so it is definitely a quick trip.

Some of the best news we got was on Friday. Kyle met with his current brigade commander about a job opportunity. Polk and JRTC desperately need someone with Kyle's qualifications and if the by name request goes through HRC (human resources command) quickly and correctly we will be moving.

We are excited and hopeful that everything will go smoothly! Now it's just fingers crossed that we can get an RFO soon and get the house on the market. :)

Hope you all had an amazing weekend!!!

See You Later

Last night we held a farewell for our brigade commanders wife, Kim. This lady has been such an inspiration in my life, she has been there for me through so much.

To give you a better understanding I need to go back 6 years ago. I was a terrified new military spouse living with a new husband in a new place. At a Hail and Farewell as we were welcomed into the BN, I met Kim, COL (then LTC), and their two kids. We instantly became friends, she was a mentor to me and helped me find my place in this crazy life. We had lunch on a regular basis even after we left the unit. She was one of the first people I called when my Mom passed away. I had the privelege of spending 3 great years in the same place with her.

As with everything in the Army we moved on to new adventures, but still talked often. Then we were lucky enough to be brought here to Bliss to work with them again. I got my mentor/buddy back! It was so bittersweet to say goodbye to her last night, there is a possibility that we will be following them to Fort Polk (fingers crossed for a good meeting friday lol), so our adventure together might not be over.

Here are a few snapshots from the event. I can't wait to see all the other amazing photos the photographer took.

The theme was Texas Casual, everyone rocked their cowboy boots and we even had a little dance prepared it was great.  We had it catered by an awesome taco place, all of the ladies worked so hard to put it together and we are so thankful that everything went off without a hitch and that Kim loved it.

Kim and Lynda (Commanding General of Fort Bliss and 1AD's wife)

Kim giving her speech

Me and Kim

In the Army it is never goodbye, it is always just see you later!

A Few Thoughts

As usual it seems like every week just gets busier and busier. It makes me even more excited for our anniversary trip.

*Speaking of that trip we finally decided on a more low-key weekend. We are going to spend it at Inn of the Mountain Gods. Golfing, paddle boating, and just relaxing will be so nice.

*Yesterday we finally had our freezer looked. It seems as though the compressor is leaking and will cost $900 to replace (it's not even 2 years old), so either GE is going to do the right thing and pay to replace it or we will just purchase a new one.

*I am on day 20 of this cycle of clomid...I am actually feeling okay. I do feel slightly bloated but that is to be expected. I have to take a test next week so fingers crossed that it worked!

*Tonight is the farewell for our brigade commander's wife and my very dear friend, Kim. We have been working on this for weeks and while it has been stressful at times I think it will be wonderful. I finished the name tags yesterday and I am really happy with how they turned out. 

Here is hoping everything goes off without a hitch.

*We are running a Father's Day 5k on Saturday, Kyle is such a good sport. He never complains when I tell him that I have registered us for another race lol.

*When I am in between meetings and FRG events I have been keeping occupied with Orange is the New Black and school work. Only 2 weeks left of these classes and I am so ready to start new ones lol.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

It's Monday Again

I am very much disliking how fast these weekends are going by.

I decided to bring out my crafty side on Friday after and made these for the house:

I am so happy with how they turned out!

Friday night was an early night because we were up at 4am for our 10k run. It was a 2 hour drive up to Cloudcroft, NM. It is so gorgeous driving through there because of the greenery. This race was intense, when we started we were at an elevation of 8600 feet. At the highest point we were over 10,000. It was awesome, but man going uphill for the majority was brutal.

We were both exhausted at the end and we treated ourselves to Ihop haha. The rest of the day was spent relaxing. Kyle grilled steaks and we settled in to watch hockey. It was a great day.

On Sunday we finally picked up everything to make a new home for the trash cans. It was a pain to drag them across the rocks so now they have a place. Kyle did a great job!

The baking bug bit me so I decided to make some lemon sugar cookies and chocolate chip banana muffins. I am addicted to these cookies and may eat them all haha.

I hope you all had a great weekend!

A Birthday Wish and Other Things

First, I want to wish my Dad a very very Happy Birthday!!! I love you, Dad. You are the best!

 Tomorrow we are running a 10k in Cloudcroft, New Mexico. It is absolutely beautiful up there but the altitude is higher than El Paso so we will see how that goes lol.

We have plans to stop at a place called The Old Apple Barn. It is an adorable country store with the best Root Beer floats!

We also are going to tackle a few home improvement projects that we have been putting on the back burner. Even though the temps have been well over 105 every day it will be nice to work outside and enjoy a mostly low key weekend. 

I may even break out my mold and resin to make some coasters and other fun things. :) 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Ups and Downs

This week has been a roller coaster of ups and downs.

*On top of the Ranger School situation we found out yesterday morning that Kyle was not selected for one of the fellowships he applied for. While we are still waiting to hear about the 2nd one he is understandably disappointed and so am I. Situations like these make you wonder what does he not have that others do. Obviously everything happens for a reason but it still stings for sure.

*Kyle is still losing soldiers everyday (which means my FRG is dwindling away to nothing), his 1SG left last Friday and he said it is weird not having her there anymore. This deactivation has become stressful, I think everyone is ready for it be done.

Now on to the ups! :)

*In honor of National Running Day yesterday, I registered us for 3 more races. You can never run too much. ;)

*For the last 3 weeks I have been agonizing over a paper for my personality theories class. I turned it in on Sunday and was excited to see that I got a 100% on it. I am so relieved and happy.

*We booked our anniversary trip, we are going to spend a long weekend at Inn of The Mountain Gods. It will be so nice to just enjoy the lake and mountains without any distractions.

I figured I would leave you with this picture haha. This is why you don't leave drawers open!

Have a great day!