Wordless Wednesday | Holidays

I haven't been feeling well lately and my picture taking has lacked considerably. Here are a couple of my favorites from the holidays. :)

Christmas Eve with my little family.

How cute is this guy?! He loves his Christmas toy pup. <3

Happy Wednesday!

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Wednesday!

 

Here's a little bit of what I've been up to. :)

 

Brought in the New Year feeling great!

Declared 2014 the "Year of the Selfie" ;)

Lots of driving around with this cutie <3

More "Selfies"

Reuniting with my college roomie after 8 years!

 

Hope you have a great day!



Happy Holidays and more!

I'm back! Yay! I know in my last post I promised to blog soon and of course life got in the way. But I'm here and plan to update you all on what I've been up to!

I'd like to do separate posts about everything but I'll try to sum it up here to give you a bit of a preview. :)

I officially started Jenny Craig at the end of September and I'm 3 months in! I've lost 15lbs and feel wonderful! I'm learning how to eat all over again and exercising a lot of self control! Dieting like this during the holidays is a challenge and I'm so proud of what I've accomplished so far.


For Thanksgiving I headed out to Colorado Springs, CO to visit my sister and mom. I got stuck in my first snow storm and was constantly amazed by the beautiful snow-filled landscape. My sisters German Shepherd, Kilo, kept me entertained and gave me lots of love when I was missing my fur-baby at home. I also met up with a friend I met through Facebook when our husbands went through training together! It was a great day! I'll give you a full update on my trip as soon as I can. :)

My sisters front yard :)

Look at that face! My "nephew", Kilo. :)

Amanda and I. Love this girl!

As soon as I got back from my trip I began decorating for Christmas! I absolutely love this time of year! I decorated the house and sent out holiday cards to friends, family and Amanda's Somewhere Over the Camo holiday card exchange. I also made a cake for my brother-in-laws 15th birthday and went to a "costume" party for my best friends birthday. That was all in the last couple of weeks! This past Friday my husband and I also went to his Judo Club's holiday party and had so much fun! :)

My sweet boy in front of our tree.

Holiday cards were sent out!

My brother-in-law's birthday cake.
 

"Costume" Party with my Bestie! :)

This week my Mom has been in town and we've been spending a lot of time together. Tonight we will be having dinner at my brother's house and then it's Christmas! I'm so happy to be back blogging and hope I can catch you up even more in the next coming weeks.

Happy Holidays!

It's Ok

 

I am so happy to be able to finally take advantage of my first link-up! I've been following Neely for a little while and saw she hosted this great link-up! I'm still pretty new at this and I hope I'm doing it right. A lot has been going on with me and I'm finding that my blog and the support I get from it is so wonderful I should be sharing a lot more! The husband got Assassins Creed III for Christmas so that gives me lots of extra time on our computer now! Lol.

 

Without further interruption, please enjoy my first "It's Ok Thursdays"!

 

It's Ok...

 

To not want the Christmas season to end and have to put away all my pretty decorations. :(

 

To be scared of the possibility of a very complex back surgery in my future. Everyone is telling me to go ahead with it, but the thought of being cut open and spending a few nights in the hospital scares me.

 

To be sad that my Mom and Sister couldn't make it for Christmas this year. I miss both of them so much! Hoping Mom will make it out here in a couple of weeks!

 

That I've been sleeping so much lately. The holidays have kept me pretty active which takes it's toll on me physically. I sleep because my body needs to heal and the meds keep me tired!

 

To not be sure of anything any more. The future and my plans are so up in the air these days. I need to be patient and know that things will fall into place when the time is right.

 

To have my phone full of pictures of this little guy. He makes me so happy! I was blessed with the best fur baby in the world!

 

My cuddle buddy, Rocky <3

 

 



Merry Christmas!

Just dropping in to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!

 

Source: designspiration.net via Kim on Pinterest

 

I will be enjoying Christmas Eve with my in-laws and Christmas Day with both my family and in-laws! I love that we all come together during the holidays!

 

My mom and my sister will be absent this year and sorely missed. I'm reminded that although they aren't here to celebrate this joyous day, they are still very present in my life and I am so grateful to call them family.

 

Merry Christmas!

 

From Kim, Wan and Rocky <3

 

 

 

Home for the Holidays

It seems like so long since my last post! Lot's going on with Christmas just around the corner. Last week I got the news that my mom would not be joining us for Christmas. The tickets are insanely expensive this time of year and it just doesn't make sense to come now. Hopefully next month. I've accepted it, but not after crying like a baby because I wouldn't be with my mom for the first time in my life on Christmas. Yes, I am a cry baby.

The good news is that I got a brand new "fake" tree this year and I love it so much more than our last one! My mom also sent me my stocking and I got my husband and "fur baby" Rocky stockings too! It's time to start our own traditions and I am so excited to see how much the holiday grows in our home. :)

(excuse the fuzzy phone pictures)

 

With all the warm and fuzzies that the holidays bring I was super excited when I found out my custom order from DefineBliss is on it's way! Back in October I entered a giveaway over at Katie's Camo-Colored Chaos and I won! I began emailing with Jessica at DefineBliss and she came up with the most beautiful custom order for our family! I should have it this weekend and I can't wait! This was my first time ordering something from Etsy and Jessica made the process so smooth and effortless. I got my husband in on it and we agreed on the font, color, and placement of everything! I definitely recommend her for all your custom needs! She's awesome!

 

This baby will be hanging right above our TV in the center of our little home. :)

 

 

After a little over a year in this tiny apartment of ours, it's really starting to feel like a home. It's custom pieces like this along with lots of love and memories. :)

 

 

I hope you all have a great weekend!



Missing

Now that the holiday season is in full swing I can't help but feel like somethings missing, or rather someone. My mom is truly my best friend. She is always there when I need her and even thousands of miles away she seems to always make me feel better.

Last year my mom made a choice to move back to her hometown in Arkansas to be with her high school sweetheart. At first I did not support her decision. How could she just leave her kids like that? We still need her! It took some time for me to calm down and realize that she was doing something for herself for the first time in a long time. I needed to support her.

This was the second time without my mom here for Thanksgiving in my whole life. It still has not quite sunk in that she's really not here. She's thousands of miles away in a different time zone. But, she's with her now husband, on a beautiful land with chickens and fishing everyday. She's living the retired life with her love and I can't help but smile. She's happy.

Some days I miss her being here so much it hurts. I miss her hugs and our shopping days. I miss her coming over to my house and re-organizing everything! I miss how she smells. I know to some of my readers this may all seem childish. But when it comes to my Mama, I'm okay with being a 27 year old baby. I deal with pain everyday, some days are better than others but the days where I can't get out of bed are the days I just wish she was here to take care of me.

Last year while my husband was gone training. I spent almost every weekend with my mom. She helped me move twice, held my hand when I had to deal with the "day before" of my first colonoscopy, took me to all my hospital visits, and was there for me when my husband couldn't be there on my birthday or those days that I missed him so much I couldn't function. She was there. Always.

I know that she's still here. Just not physically here. Sometimes that physical time with a person means so much more. One thing to look forward to is having her here around Christmas time. She's still not sure if she can be here Christmas Day, but just having her here means the world to me.

This is all part of growing up I guess. People move away and go in different directions. One thing I'm hoping for in the next year or so is that wherever my husband and I end up living, that it's close to my Mom. She loves to drive and travel and I know the closer we are the more I'll be able to see her. Crossing my fingers and praying that it all comes together.

For now I'll just be counting down the days until I see her again. Waiting for the day to get a hug from my Mama. <3

What I've Been Up To

It's been a little while since my last post. I thought I would just give a quick update on what I've been up to lately.

We celebrated Halloween by staying home. I know, it was not ideal but I made the best of it. I had a doctor's appointment that day and got prescribed new medication. I felt so much better after taking it and was able to do my makeup and feel pretty for the night. My husband went to work out with a friend and came home too late to do anything. So here's a little glimpse of my "devilish" looks that night:

 

I originally took this picture to send to my husband and later realized it was the only one I took of that night! Muah!

 

After eating my little brother-in-law's candy :), we settled back into normal life. Next up was the Presidential Election! My husband and I are usually completely opposite on our political views but this Election was honestly very difficult for me. I chose not to share my candidate with anyone. It's my choice and I don't really feel like getting into debates with people who have strong opinions. It gets pretty nasty this time of year. So we headed to the polling place on November 6th and I could honestly feel a weight lift off my shoulders when I was done. I was so happy it was all over! Lol. Here are some pics I took of that day.

 



Now onto recent events. Yesterday was Thanksgiving. My Mom lives in Arkansas and my sister lives in Colorado so they both decided to celebrate the holiday in Colorado. My two little brothers flew out there to spend the holiday with them. It was just left to my Dad and I to make sure we had a great holiday. My husband made his absolutely delicious orange glazed ham and my in-laws chose to spend the holiday at my Dad's too. It was so nice for my Dad to feel like he still had family to cook for. I am so blessed that my in-laws and family get a long so well.

With my injury, it's been very hard to help as much as I would like to. It's so painful to be in the kitchen for long periods of time. Since my Mom and Sister were not in town this year, I took on making my Mom's wonderful homemade cranberry sauce. I know she would've been proud :). I also made the family's favorite holiday cookie, Pumpkin Glazed Cookies. It was so hard to get through it without being in pain but I made it through. Thanksgiving morning I also made French's Green Bean Casserole. As exhausting and painful as it was, I was so happy that I was able to contribute something to our family holiday. It gives me confidence to know that once my husband and I move away from family that I can carry on these recipes in my own home.

This year's Thanksgiving carried so much meaning for me. I have never asked for so much help for just every day things as I have this year. I truly could not have made it through this year without my loving husband and wonderful parents. This was my Facebook status from last night:

 

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! <3