A Few Thoughts

* One thing I haven't really talked about is a small medical issue with our sweet Emma. I took her to the vet last week to have a small growth on her head looked at. The vet wasn't overly concerned but he does want to remove it and have it sent to the lab to determine if it is cancerous or not. The growth hasn't changed in size much but better safe than sorry. So that is what we are doing today, while she is having her teeth cleaned they will take the growth off and send it away. It could very well be nothing but better safe than sorry.

We just want our sweet girl to be okay.

* After a few set backs (and emergencies) we are debt free once again and it feels absolutely fantastic! Lets just hope no other crazy things pop up.

* I am getting pretty anxious for my surgery that is happening in 3 weeks. I really just want to get it over with, thankfully Kyle's work is being great and letting him have a 4 day pass to take care of me.

I hope you all have a great weekend!!

My Life in Bullet Points

Things have been pretty busy in our household lately, not that I'm complaining it is better than being bored. Here is a quick look at my life lately:

• I'm finishing up my current 3 classes this week, no rest for the weary though, I start 4 more on Monday.

• I have been knee deep in planning our Battalion Volunteer Recognition luncheon, ahh volunteer appreciation season is in full swing. :) I'm always planning an FRG bowling event, which will be our last big event before the unit goes away. :(

•  Monday nights are now reserved for Kyle's bowling league, yay for the post wide commanders cup program.

•  We registered for another race on post, a 10k Pub Run, should be a lot of fun!

•  We bought tickets to Monster Jam this weekend, yes we are secretly 15 and love monster trucks. lol.

• My Dad is coming to visit us in two weeks and I'm ridiculously excited. It will be great to have him here for a few days.

• We made our appointment to get our tattoos done this weekend to commemorate our marathon experience.

•  The weather here has been absolutely gorgeous, so Emma has been getting lots of walks lately.

• We are starting to look at getting Kyle a new car, this is giving me anxiety because I love having two paid off vehicles.

 I figured I would end this post with sweet pictures of Emma and Fishy:

Happy Wednesday!!

El Paso Marathon 2014

For the last few months you have heard me talk about the El Paso Marathon. Well yesterday was finally the day we had been waiting for. We were not able to train as much as we wanted to because of medical reasons but we were damn determined to finish.

This was at the top of the mountain getting ready to start at 7am.

Heading down Transmountain

At the half, I told Kyle to run off ahead of me because his knees were starting to hurt. At the 19 mile mark, I see him at the water station and he waited for me. The exact words that came out of his mouth were "I couldn't imagine finishing this race without you by my side". He is truly amazing!

This was at the 21 mile mark!

Let me just say that no matter how hard you train completing a full marathon is difficult, we had to walk some because of our knees but crossing that finish line is a feeling I will never forget. All I can remember was crumbling into Kyle's arms and crying. We had no goal time at all we just wanted to cross the finish line and we did it in a little over 6 hours. Not the greatest but we don't care.

We did it! No one can ever take that away from us. It was an absolutely incredible feeling. Time to get our tattoos. :)

 

Thanks to all those that offered support and encouragement through facebook and instagram.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

New Ink

It is no secret that I love tattoos, I have 6 but if you looked at me you would have no idea haha. It has been 3 years since I got my last one and I have been itching for a new one. All of my tattoos have a meaning behind it and I do not want to get something just for the hell of it.

I have throwing around a few ideas and here is what I'm hoping to get:

This tattoo would be a mixture of several elements. I want to honor and remember the 5 precious babies that we have lost. During all of my pregnancies I referred to them as sweet pea. So I want 5 sweet pea flowers with the pregnancy loss ribbon and a few butterflies incorporated together.

This one would be representing the month I was born...this is the larkspur fairy. The larkspur is the flower of July. :)

I think this one is self explanatory and will probably happen within the next two weeks. I want a permanent way to remember our first marathon.

I'm excited to complete all of these within the next year or so. :)

Hope you all have an amazing weekend!

Shopping Fun

Over the weekend I decided it was time to pick up some new pieces for my wardrobe. As I'm getting older I'm noticing that I need pieces that can be versatile. I don't want to be stuck in t-shirts and jeans all the time. With all the meetings and events I attend on a regular basis I need to be somewhat dressed up. I have also fallen in love with blazers, I picked up a few of those as well.

I went to Old Navy, Ann Taylor and Target. I was able to find some great stuff that can dressed up or down. I also found a few pairs of black skinny dress pants, they are ridiculously comfortable!

I'm going to slowly keep adding new items, good thing Kyle doesn't care haha.

How often do you update your wardrobe?

Happy Thursday!

Nerves

This Sunday I will do something that I never thought possible, I will be running the El Paso Marathon!

I am so excited that Kyle has decided to run alongside me, it will be amazing to cross that finish line together (can't promise that I will cross it on two feet haha).

My nerves are pretty much shot at this point and I'm ready to just have the day be here. I feel that I have trained to the best of my ability and that it will be a good one. The weather is supposed to be really nice, so that is a definite plus.

Hope you all have an amazing day!

*As a side note on March 1st, I will be posting a link to a Jamberry Nails Party that my sister is hosting, if you don't know what they are check out the website. Just wanted to get the word out now in case anyone is interested. :) Jamberry Nails*

Just Relax

What a weekend this was! It didn't start out so great because Kyle was sick all day on Friday. Poor guy slept most of the day, good thing we had no plans for Valentine's Day haha.

By Saturday morning he was feeling so much better and we headed off for our getaway to Albuquerque. It was a short 3 hour drive but it was beautiful for sure. When we got there we had lunch and then headed off to the aquarium, botanical gardens and zoo. We had an amazing just walking around and enjoying the gorgeous 70 degree weather.

Afterwards we checked into our hotel and took in the sites. I didn't take many pictures but it was absolutely gorgeous, even parts of it were decorated for Valentine's Day! We lounged around before we headed off to dinner at a rooftop steakhouse called Embers, it was amazing! 

After dinner we decided to have a little fun and gamble. Kyle let me pick the machines and we walked out of there with an extra $170 in our pockets, not too shabby if you ask me lol. We ended the night with ice cream and the Olympics. 

We headed home yesterday morning but not before enjoying a yummy room service breakfast. This is just what we needed and it was so nice to just relax and enjoy each others company.

 I have plans to do a little shopping today before Kyle's bowling league tonight, since we are already getting 70 degree weather it's time for summer clothes haha.

Hope you all had a great weekend!