Weekend Recap

What a great weekend we had! 

Friday it started out with a fundraiser for our battalion. All of the company commanders were being dunked in the dunk tank. Not only was the water freezing but they put the tank in the shade haha. They were all really good sports about it. 

That night we picked up our packets for the half marathon and had dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings, food always tastes much better when it's being purchased with a gift card. :)

Saturday morning we got up bright and early for the Fort Bliss Half Marathon. It was awesome! While we weren't shooting for a PR we ended up beating our last half time which was great for us.

Afterwards we had lunch and decided to go shopping for a new bed. We settled on a King size tempur-pedic (we currently have a queen size one). It was delivered yesterday and I'm in love haha. 

Saturday night we headed over to a friends house to watch the Colts/Patriots game. It was awesome! 2 of the other commanders that Kyle works with are really really good friends of ours (along with their wives) and we had a blast hanging out with them.

The bottom picture sums up how our friend Tony felt about the Colts losing. lol.  

Yesterday was more relaxed, I went grocery shopping and spent the rest of the day working on school work.

I hope you all had a great weekend!

1st of 2014

Tomorrow is our first race of 2014! It's the Fort Bliss Half Marathon (my 3rd overall), we are excited for this race because we love running on post. The route will take us right in front of Kyle's company area which is pretty cool if you ask me. 

This will be the first of many races for us this year, we are already registered for 4 and I'm sure that number will continue to grow as the year goes on.

I hope you all have a great day and a wonderful weekend!

Wordless Wednesday

In honor of my sister and her family moving to AZ next week, I wanted to share my new favorite picture of me and her.

I am beyond excited that she will only be 7 hours from me instead of 12. :) 

Happy Wednesday!

An Anniversary Of Sorts

Back in late December we celebrated an anniversary of sorts. On December 20th we celebrated 1 year of being homeowners. Let me tell ya it has been a pretty awesome year. We never thought that we would get the chance to own a home while Kyle was still active duty. We thought long and hard about making this decision but it is one we have never regretted.

When it comes time for us to PCS (mostly likely next year) we will be faced with the choice to rent it out or sell it. Until then we will continue to be happy homeowners until something breaks haha. 

I took these photos not long after our household goods were delivered....so many memories have been made in this house since then.

I hope you all have an amazing Tuesday!

Back to the Grind

After 3 weeks off together Kyle finally is headed back to work today. Let me just say that I love him to pieces but it sure is nice to have some alone time haha. My day will be filled with cleaning and organizing our house, it needs it desperately.

Today I also start 3 more classes for school. I have really enjoyed my experiences so far. I just got my grades from my last two classes and I'm thrilled with how I have done so far:

I know the classes will only get harder but after being out of the academic loop for 10 years, I'm happy.

We didn't do much over the weekend but we did venture out to spend some gift cards we got for Christmas. I ended up getting this at Target:

Baths are much more enjoyable now since I don't have to hold my magazine or book. :)

We did have a special birthday over the weekend. Our precious Emma turned 10 years old. I have had her since she was 4 weeks old and I couldn't imagine our lives without her.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

2014 Goals

We arrived home last night after 2 wonderful weeks with family. I am so thankful that we have 2 loving families to spend time with. I probably won't end up recapping the trip but just know that it was awesome!

I am still in shock that it is already 2014, I feel like every year just goes by faster than the last. I don't normally set goals for myself at the beginning of a new year but I figured this year it would be fun to try. 

1. Continue running and enjoy it! I honestly love running but thanks to a few people they made me feel poorly about it. I will not let anything get me down this year.

2. Keep saving money. We have a set amount that goes into our savings account every month and I want to bump up the amount this year.

3. Really take a look at friendships and get rid of the toxic ones. This is going to be a challenge but I know that it needs to be done.

4. Spend as much time with family this year since we could potentially move to DC next year.

5. Start reading again, I used to read at least 2 books a month but haven't had the time lately.

6. Communicate better with Kyle, believe me things aren't always butterflies and roses. I need to get better about telling him how I feel.

7. Take one day a month for me! Kyle always tell me that I do so much for everyone else that I get burnt out. He is right so I need to make me a priority as well. 

8. Last but not least, continue to try and have a baby. I have a feeling this will always be a goal until it happens. 

Well there are my goals for the year! :)

I hope you all are having a great start to the year.

See Ya Later Vegas!

We are heading back to El Paso today! It was amazing seeing and spending time with family. Can't wait to get back into a blog routine and catch up with everyone.

Happy New Year!!!