26

That's how old I am, as of yesterday:) 

Ryan made me the bEsT ever homemade card, it made me laugh a lot & almost cry too!  He also got me some super cool kicks ... his speciality is picking out awesome sneakers and I always love the ones he picks.  We were heading home after church to pack up a picnic to take with us and Dubs to the park, but the weather was not so great for that.  So we got ice cream and watched college basketball instead:)  Last night 10 of us had dinner at a good mexican restaurant we found (still missing some SA mexican food).  Ryan and I both were just so blessed and are so thankful for the friends the Lord has given us here.  We are pumped to be in a small group with these friends through our church Grace Bible, I just know God is going to work in mighty ways! 

So to all my family and friends who made my b-day so special ... thank you!!

Happy Birthday TODAY to my cool cousin Luke .... luke, me and my gramp have birthdays in March so we always got to share fun cakes and celebrate together:)  We've been so lucky to get to see more of Luke thanks to the military, he's in the Navy and Ryan and him have trained at bases near each other.  So proud of both of them:)

 

home

Getting things settled in our new place has been lots of fun:)  There is some work in progress, including our catch-all office and the garage which is currently filled with my classroom.  I have lots more decorating ideas stirring up, but for now our home goods have come along way from being in a storage shed for months!  My goal is always to try and take more pictures ... hopefully I'll be successful here on our Ft. Hood journey:)

our living room and dining area behind

he loved putting that cross wall up, haha:)

the guest bath

the hallway

guest room, for any of YOU!

my favorite thing in the office,

season 5 by the way is off to a pretty good start!

forgot to take a picture of our bathroom,

but its just a bathroom

Dubs going back and forth from the back door

to our bedroom window hoping to get let in:)

picking ryan up at DFW when he came home from Fairchild AFB,

a few days before we moved to Killeen ...

and here we are :) :)

home

my favorite christmas present = ryan came home!!
a very exciting reunion!!

having ry home for a week leave at christmas sure was sweet:)
just a few more short weeks until we're permanetly back together!
                                                                                              more super sweet welcome homes ...

 FaMiLy ...

we celebrated our anniversary at the cutest little b&b

what a JOY our marriage is:)

1.06.07

january 6, 2007 ... 4 years ago a dream came true!  we thank the Lord for creating us for each other, marriage rocks & we love it!  ryan just keeps becoming more of a stud;) ... i. love. him.

happy birthday hubs:)

happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear rYaN, happy birthday to you!!  this guy rocks it ... hooray for a day to celebrate him!

ry, you are SO loved!

 at least we know they have fun too:)



high ~ low

It has been such a bIg blessing to be w/ my rockin family these past few months!  Ry & I are so super thankful for their encouragement during this time apart.  We adore are families, they. are. amazing.
so while I'm on the subject of being here ...
a few abilene highs & lows ...

highs :)
**our families
**time I've had w/ awesome girls
**its calmness
**learning & growing (thanks you Lord for things like my beth moore study & global awakening)
**new teaching opportunities & sweet kiddos

lows:(
**our OHC life group isn't here
**EISD teachers & kids aren't here
**there's only 1 target & its not super
**mexican food ...(we were so used to SA mexican food!)
basically the lows equal things I miss most about San Antonio which would have to be amazing friends, great food & good shopping!

a pinch about our dog ...

if only dubs would live up to his name, i mean a dubskie (double) is a really good thing in baseball!  we've laughed A LOT over our crazy dog ... maybe thats the problem, his owners:)  dubs has made a few bad choices ... but he is soooo cute & we love him!    and mom, dubs thinks your new sunglasses look super hot (he's sorry about the old ones)