My Heart Still Hurts

Today marks 4 years since I said goodbye to the most important woman in my life. As I sit here typing this I cannot believe that it has already been 4 years. Some days I feel like it was just yesterday and others I feel like it has been much longer. There is not a day that goes by that I don't miss her and wish dearly that she was still here with us.

When a hear a song, smell a particular smell or watch a certain TV show I can feel her presence. I know that she is with me everyday and that does give me a level of comfort.

I hope that I have made her proud over the last several years, I hope that we all have!

I miss you and love you, Mom! Always!

A Little Weekend Fun!

What a great weekend we had! Friday, we attended the post change of command. I love military ceremonies, I know some people think they can be a bit boring but I love all the pomp and circumstance.

Saturday morning we got up and headed off to Anacoco (about 20 minutes from us) for the Tail Twisting 10k. This race was supporting the local Lions Club which does a lot of great community service acts to help their local area.

It was an out and back course that took us the whole length of the town (it is a tiny tiny place) and the views were amazing. We ran parallel to Vernon Lake and the weather was absolutely perfect! Even with the crazy hills I knew I was a little faster than normal, and was surprised to see that I shaved off 4 minutes from my last 10k. I was even more surprised to see that I placed 1st in my age group and was the 2nd overall female!

We had the best time running this race and can't wait to participate next year. The best part was how nice the people were, that is one of my favorite things about living in the South.

Afterwards we headed off to Lake Charles to have lunch and do some shopping. My wardrobe has been lacking lately and I found some great sales at Target, Khols, Gap, Old Navy and Maurices.

Sunday was more low key, it was spent doing laundry, grocery shopping and getting things ready for our trip to Florida this weekend for Easter! :)

I hope you all had a great weekend!

What I'm Loving!

It's finally Friday and I couldn't be happier! We are attending the post Change of Command this morning and running a 10k tomorrow, that's about all we have planned for the next few days and I am perfectly okay with that.

Here are a few things that I am loving lately.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Dream Bars. Oh good gracious this is the most amazing dessert, you cannot go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter. It is worth every single calorie.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Dream Bars

This Nirvana t-shirt from Target, it's super comfortable and has quickly become a favorite.

I recently purchased this crossbody bag from Harveys and it's amazing. I have always loved their seatbelt bags but this is the best one yet.

I am loving the weather we are having! Despite rain here and there it has been warm and awesome.

This spanish steak salad! It has quickly become a staple in our house because of how easy and delicious it is.

Spanish Steak Salad

What are you loving lately?!

Have a great weekend!

A Little Throwback: 7 Years

7 years ago my world turned upside down. I began dating the man that would change the rest of my life. I was in Las Vegas and he was in North Carolina...we spent a total of 2 weeks together before we knew that we wanted to get married.

I am so glad I took that leap of faith with him!


Look how young we look?! :)

Have a great Thursday everyone!!!

Changing My Routine

I feel like lately I have been in a rut in both daily life and working out. My daily life is consumed with school and the winter just really got me down (I was a cranky mess yesterday lol). I am so glad that we are having more sunny days and I can spend more time outside, especially with it getting darker later now.

When it comes to working out I really slacked on keeping up with running. I knew that something had to change and thanks to Kyle I finally figured it out. I was focusing too much on running and not getting a full body workout. On Monday, I was up at 4:30am to go to the gym with him. His current job doesn't have standard unit PT (Physical Training) so he does it on his own. This means an hour at the gym and a run afterwards.

I felt fantastic afterwards!!! From now on I will be at the gym at 5am 3x a week and then focusing solely on running 3x a week. I always feel the best when I workout and I'm hoping this causes a shift for me. I have the time to do so I just need to buckle down. 

Do you change up your routine when you are in a funk??

Happy Wednesday!

Finally A Weekend Together

On Saturday our plans got pushed back because of rain...go figure. I did however finally cave and go to the gym with Kyle so he could teach me how to properly lift (I'm not a fan of weights) and let me tell you parts of my body hurt that I never thought possible lol.

We made the most of the rainy day by picking up some amazing cajun sausage and grilling. Apparently rain does not stop him from grilling haha. 

Sunday morning it was overcast but not raining so we headed off to Toledo Bend to check out the recreation sites and the cabins. It was gorgeous! We can't wait for better weather so we can fish and kayak.

Our next stop was Vernon Lake, this place is only 25 minutes from our house and it was amazing. They had a sand volleyball court, fishing and boating. I can tell we will be spending a lot of time at both of these places this summer.

We ended the day with a long walk for Emma and lounging around the house.

It was an awesome weekend and I'm looking forward to my last week of my current classes. Only 4 classes away from graduation! 

I hope you all had an awesome weekend!

Weekend Plans

This weekend Kyle will finally have 2 days off so we can actually do some things together. Let me tell all my fellow milspouses that if your soldier ever says they have orders to Polk to be a part of OPS Group, just be prepared for crazy hours and barely seeing them. :) It's a great job but man I'm happy to have a few days of his undivided attention. 

We are going to head about an hour way to Toledo Bend Reservoir on Saturday.

There is a part of it that is exclusively owned and managed by MWR (morale, welfare, and recreation) and it has campgrounds, cabins and yurts. We aren't staying the night but we have plan to go hiking and enjoy the beautiful sites. 

I am sure we will also make our way to a few historic plantations. We plan on hitting up a specialty meat store to pick up some stuff to grill.

Sunday we may venture out to Kisatchie National Forest. It has nature trails, ponds and places to go off-roading:

It's going to be a really nice weekend to just hang out and finally visit some beautiful places.

I hope you all have an awesome weekend!!!