Right Now

I cannot believe it is the second month of this year. And it seems this year has only begin.

  I started the new year on the phone with my husband who was on his way back from R&R. I was so thankful to been able to ring in the New Year, even if it was on the phone.

Right now life is going fast. We are staying busy which makes the days pass quickly. Staying busy where the days past fast is good during a deployment. Last month we have celebrate day 100. I wanted to do something to mark a milestone for the deployment. So we celebrated day 100 with cupcakes and candles and it was fun...and R didn't mind the cupcakes. Now we are half way to the end!!!!!!!!

I am doing Project Life (Becky Higgins).  I decided to do it for one simple reason...my husband requested more pictures. So I decided the best way to do that was to document our everyday. I am so excited to show him when he comes home! He was so excited about the project when I told him about it.

Also I believe crafting/scrapbooking has saved me from going crazy. It keeps me occupied. I have to scrapbook or I get out of sorts! Though I have a few bad days and weeks, they too pass.

The only thing I really have been interested on TV is Once Upon  a Time. Though I need and want to read, I just haven't made the time. Right now R loves Little Einsteins and Mickey Mouse.

I have found on so many occasions R sleeping in his bedroom floor. I think he would rather play than sleep so he plays until he falls asleep in the floor.

I am so thankful for friends that have ate lunch/supper with me, gone shopping with me, talked with me, and just hung out. I am so thankful for friends. And I will not forget my family who has put up with R and I. They are a lifesaver.

I am a NOMAD... We have a traveling home right now. No real place on earth to call a "home". But I am okay with that, though sometimes it drives me crazy not having a place of my own.

And I miss him. I miss every bit of him, but I will not bore you with how much I really miss him! Cannot wait until we are all back together again.

best photo of 2011

was taken when my husband came home for leave. Yep that is where I have been for a while...MIA. And I received the best Christmas present of all :). Enjoying time as a family.

I just wanted to share my favorite photo from 2011. It is not a perfect portrait with perfect hair, eyes all sparkling, the aperture just right, but it has more than all those perfect photos. It is an beautiful moment recorded that makes it extraordinary. It says so much so I will let the picture speak for itself...

Thankful

This year I have so much to be thankful for. Every year I have had so much to be thankful for, but this year my eyes are open even more to all the blessings that I have. I am so thankful for my family. I do not know what I would do without them. I am so thankful for having an amazing husband who cares and loves me. And that as I type this, he is safe. I am thankful for the sweetest baby boy ever. I am thankful for our God and savior who has blessed my life richly and all the thing he has done. I am thankful for a home to live in. I am thankful for my friends. They show up in the right moments when I have needed them. I am thankful for the wonderful food. I love food. A good reason to be thankful this week. There is so much more to be thankful for in my life, I could go on, but for now that is all.


I have neglected my blog through this process of moving and adjusting to everything. I am definitely staying very busy with scrapbooking, church, new projects, and family activities. I am still adjusting and the days are passing quickly.






So now on to some projects I need to share. First is my thankful (gratitude) mini flip book. You can see more photos of the project and a little how to HERE.



This year I turned 24. I enjoy going back to remembering things about myself every year. My journaling is tucked behind the photo. I used some of Crate's standouts and made some acordian flowers myself---a little time consuming, but worth it. You can see more photos HERE.

sending him off to war

is one of the hardest things in my short life I have had to do. The emotions rush in a flood your entire body. You have that enormous lump in your throat while holding back tears. You feels as though the air was sucked out of the room and little butterflies now occupy the space of air in your body. I feel this because you know that for at least months it will be the last time you see him, kiss his lips, feel his warmth, and you know you are going home to a painfully quite home. The bed will be cold and lonely. You lose your best friend for a while and sometimes it's the most interesting part of your day is gone. I know for months there is going to be have heavy weight on my shoulders, but I know in time it will all be okay. Or at least you pray that he will come home and life will go on as though it never happened. The year I survived and learned independence. It can only make me a better, wiser, and a stronger person. So let's do this!

     I cannot even describe how proud I am of him. We have learned what a little bit sacrifice is for this great country that can only be learned by serving.

Sharing Time

I have some new projects to share today with Crate Paper's products. I have been looking forward to fall so much that I wanted to make a page with last year's annual hayride photos that my parents have done for many years. Naturally I used the Farmhouse collection which is perfect for Fall or even Halloween.

Check my this page at the CP Blog.

I also made a mini album using the Peppermint collection. You can see more information on the album HERE.

Welcome Fall

The weather is not quite fall-ish for me! But it is a little cooler in the mornings. Which makes me happy. I have been extra excited for this fall and I am not sure why I am so excited. I think it may be due to this awful summer in the heat. I mean sweating in my home because we have awful cooling!! Or the hot chocolate, roasted marshmallow, wearing a jacket... And the fact that this weekend we went to the La Union Corn Maze in New Mexico.

It was rather warm, but we really enjoyed all the activities. Ruger LOVED it so much! He did not want to leave. I think the only reason we got him out to the car was because he was so tired from all the excitement and fell asleep on the way home! He got to walk the corn maze with us, pet and feed the farm animals, play in a huge sand box, slide on slides, ride the hayride, pick at the pumpkin patch, ride the cows, bonce on the bouncy thingy, and ate roasted corn. And there is still a lot of fall left to go!!!

4ever his

Today is our 4 year anniversary. Today 4 years ago I married the most wonderful man. God has blessed me so richly with a wonderful and godly husband.

In the last 4 years we have

moved 4 times.

had the most beautiful baby.

learned how to be very independent.

bought a home.

learned that time apart makes time together more valuable.

lived on love (not money).

visited places we never dreamed we would see.

learned to live.

I continue to learn more of him everyday. I only pray and hope for 90 more years together.

I love you J!!