Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Today was Grayson's very first Halloween! 

Now granted he is too young to eat any of the yummy candy, but you are never too young to dress up and go trick or treating.  So...we did.

That little cutie next to Grayson is Miss Stella, Grayson's "girlfriend", she is also our neighbor :)

We didnt go to many houses, mainly just to the ones in the neighborhood of people that know us and know Grayson and Stella so we could show everyone how cute they are in their Halloween costumes.

Now, Grayson WAS going to be a monkey:

BUUUUT, as you can see, that looks like one "hot" costume.

And being that Halloween was a very warm evening, we 

decided it would be best to dress him in something a little cooler, so we went with the one piece skeleton...which we though was actually perfect because of his Cranial Band... kind of looks like exposed bone :p so we thought that would work with the skeleton outfit ---I know, mean Mommy but you cant say it isnt ADORABLE!

I mean really, look at that skeleton outfit :))

He is such a cute baby skeleton!

Aside from the traditional fun of Halloween, before I took Grayson trick or treating I went to the Dallas Cowboys game.... and.... well, I hate to say this, but with no surprise they got their butts kicked. We left in the 3rd quarter. Before that they were playing decent, but then they kept making incomplete passes and fumbles and it was getting sad so we decided there was no reason to stay around and watch them get killed, it would just be torture...soooo we left and I came home to enjoy Halloween with my awesome little boy! 

I hope everyone had a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

to the monster star and back <3

3 months down

3 months into deployment today.

Once again, I do not really know how to scale the time so far. Some days it feels like we have so much longer ahead and other days it feels like the days are going quickly.

I have decided to count it by how old Grayson is...don't ask me why but it doesn't seem like such a long time when I look at it this way:

Okay, Grayson is almost 8 months old (in 3 weeks), when he turns 8 months old, that means there are only 4 more months until he is 1 year old! And when he turns 1 year old, Zak will be home for R&R, and once Zak leaves from R&R there will only be 4 more months left of deployment ---> see, when you look at it that way it doesnt sound as bad as, "well its been 3/4 months and we still have 8 more to go" when you break it up a little like that, it seems like it will go by fairly quickly!

*Fingers Crossed*

The past couple of weeks I have been blessed to get to hear from Zak more than usual, which has just been absolutely amazing. However, I can't wait until he gets home and I dont have to wait for his call anymore, when there is no more bad internet connection just cutting off conversation with no warning...the day where I can just wake up and him be next to me, see him play with Grayson in person and not just on Skype is probably going to make me cry -happy cry of course.

When you think about it, it is almost insane how couples make it through deployments. Being separated for a full year, sometimes more in the Army, only getting to see your husband for 2 weeks out of that year. Going so long without a hug or a kiss from each other. Trying to show your affection through sending care packages and letters and photos. Relying solely on trust and communication....which can be hard when so many scare stories of what has happened to other soldiers and their marriages during deployment are running through your husbands head and when communication can be hard depending on how kind the internet wants to be when you do get to communicate. Worrying every second of every day. And that is on both ends. We at home worry about our soldiers and their safety and if they will make it home ---but our husbands are worrying twice as much...they are worrying about their own safety and if they will make him home to us as well, but also worrying about their wives and children back home without them because they are not here to protect us and make sure we are safe and sound at all times.

Deployment can either make or break you --- and I know I can say, it will NEVER break us.

To me, you learn so much more about your husband/wife when you are separated from them for so long, because you honestly do actually talk -and listen- more than you do on the daily basis when at home, because that is all you have. You learn how strong you are as a person, how strong they are, and you find out that your marriage is a hell of a lot stronger than you ever thought possible -and that gives you a since of pride :)

If Zak were to ever get out of the military, I know that there isnt anything that could come between us or alter the greatness of our family.

So as I have said before, I will say it again....come on deployment, bring on the next 9 months! :p


until the end of all time <3

Antlers Up!

ANTLERS UP PEOPLE!

TEXAS RANGERS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!

Congratulations to our Texas Rangers who beat the New York Yankees in Game 6 of the Playoffs.

I have a few friends from NY, and I love you all, but I do have to say -HA HA! BEAT THAT!

This is such an exciting day for the state of Texas. My Dad was on an airplane when this game was happening but he was able to watch a majority of it while in air and can I say, he is like a kid that just had his first snow on Christmas Day. He is SO giddy and excited...I think he just might start jumping up and down. But hey, you cant make fun of him because that is how the majority of Texas is feeling right now!

SO EXCITED FOR THESE BOYS!

They played their asses off today, and it was a GREAT game!

The pitches by Colby Lewis were on spot, Elvis Andrus line drive catch was a "jump" of his life, and dont even get me started on the Yankees deciding to walk Josh Hamilton with Mitch Moreland already on base which COMPLETELY BACKFIRED when Vladimir Guerreros stepped up to bat and smashed the curve ball by Hughes bringing in Moreland and Hamilton.

So again I say. HA HA. Bad move there Yanks.

I even said it. When they walked Hamilton I immediately said, "This is going to backfire on the Yankees, watch....they will walk Josh, and then Vladimir will step up to the plate, they will not walk him and he will make the Yankees regret that decision."

Annnnnnd boy did he.

Great game boys!

Now to take on the San Fransisco Giants in the best of 7 of the 2010 World Series being held right here at the Rangers Stadium!

LET'S GO RANGERS!

"Until the end of all time"

‎"Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always. A promise. Like a reward for persisting through life so long alone. The belief in each other and the possibility of love. A decision, to ignore or simply rise above the pain of the past. The covenent, which at once binds two souls yet severs prior ties. The celebrat...ion that two will always be stronger than one. Like a team, braced against the tempest's of the world. And love...will always be the guiding force in our lives. For tonight is mere formality, only an announcement to the world for feelings long held. Promises made long ago in the sacred place of our hearts."

 

 

Zak,

‎28 months ago, you changed my life forever. You had already been in it for several years before, but literally 28 months ago to the day, you asked me to spend the rest of my life with you...and I never for a second hesitated my answer. Yes. Of course yes. 

16 months ago I stood with you, as two adults making the ultimate decision to spend our lives -for better, for worse. I do. So many people doubted us & the strength of our love...boy were they wrong to doubt us :)

 

12 months ago today, in front of family and the closest of friends we had the wedding of our dreams & shared our passion and love for the world to see and today my love for you only grows stronger & that will never waiver. 

 

You have brought out the best person in me. Living this life has made me in a sense independent but completely dependent on you at the same time. I rely on you for everything. When I have a question, you have the answer. When I have a problem, you know the solution. Anytime I am stressed, sad, or upset about something serious or something silly, you have never judged me, you only calm me down and help me to relax and work through any and everything. You always have a way of making everything all right and when you say, "just trust me on this okay", I know it really will be okay. 

 

You have made me strong and have taught me how to be brave. You have loved me unconditionally for everything I am without alteration and I will spend eternity giving myself to you endlessly. You are my best friend, my soul mate, my better half and I will love you, until the end of all time.

 

 

 

"You see they do something that is very rare in people our age. Actaully it is very rare to see in anybody. They give their hearts to each other, unconditionally. And thats what true love really is. Its not this fairy tale life that never knows pain, but it is two souls facing it together and diminishing it with unconditional love."

 

 

 

"Once upon a time there was a Princess who lived in a kingdom far, far away; and in that kingdom there also lived a boy and the Princess loved that boy and, so the two decided to marry."