Congrats PFC E.W.!

Beefcake's Mom is graduating bootcamp in the upcoming days, and she would just like to give a big shout out and say CONGRATULATIONS & GOOD LUCK AT AIT!

*Beefcake is staying with us for a few weeks while her Daddy is on leave and attends the graduation*

AMAZING!

Over 2 hours on yahoo video tonight.  Needless to say I'm too excited to sleep.

I love this guy!

Thank GOD for modern technology!!!!

Friday Fill-In

Me too! Me too!

Saw this on Wife of a Sailor , and on everyone else's blogs I follow, so I wanted to join in.

1. How did you and your spouse/significant other meet?

My husband and I met in Seoul, South Korea. I was teaching English there, to the cutest, little kindergartners ever! He was stationed there. We met at a club. Not the greatest story to tell the future kids, lol. But maybe we'll just skip the club part. he he. We exchanged numbers and about a month later met for our 1st date :) We continued dating for the rest of the 2 years we spent in Korea. After my contract was complete, and he was done with that duty station, I flew to TX (where his parents live) to see him again. He picked me up at the airport and proposed!! And we lived happily ever after. :)~

2. What is the best thing about being a MilSpouse?

 I have so much pride in the fact that my husband is serving our country. I'm proud of the man he has become, because of the military. I've seen him change and grow, mature and become an amazing leader, and I'm so thankful for the military for that. 

The benefits aren't that bad either ;)

3. What is the hardest thing about being a MilSpouse?

The good-byes. period. 

4. What is your favorite dish? 

My husband's spaghetti.

5. If you could change one thing in this world, what would it be? 

I would provide homes for all the homeless.

Why Me? Wednesday!

Why Me? Wednesday!  

What has YOU saying, "Why me?"

Why did my sprinklers decide to stop working right when I had planted grass seeds? And it's been over 100 degrees for the past few weeks now.  The backyard NEEDS water!

Why did Vegas decide to eat the sprinkler head to the hose around the same time the in ground sprinklers stopped working? Ugh!!

Why did Halo have to get Parvo while I was dog-sitting!? This topped my list of hardest moments to go through while the hubby is deployed. (I'll post this story another time).

Why can I not stop eating the new Pringles whole grain chips!? So good!

Why do all the wasps on post need to feed from the bush right outside my front door!?

Randomness + My 1st Blogging award!

Took some pics of the desert on my morning bike ride. I thought they would be nice, but turns out they just emphasize how boring it is out here.

My morning bike route:

One of the largest mountains on post. I think it's about 30-40 miles around the base. You get some kind of recognition if you hike/walk the whole base of it. But with all the  creepy, crawly creatures out here I will not be doing that any time soon.

These are the desert bushes that are EVERYWHERE. When I ride by them I hear the lizards and/or gophers scatter away. Creepy!

Aside from those blah'ish looking bushes, there are also these gorgeous, blossoming bushes everywhere. I've seen them in white, pink, and this bright fuchsia  color. This particular plant is right outside our backyard gate and actually flows over into our yard.

I cut some off and put them in a vase for out kitchen table =)

Who knew such pretty flowers could grow in the desert!?

This is Tiger (pronounced Tiger, as in the character from Winnie the Pooh) whom I am currently dog sitting. We just got back form a bike ride. 

Tiger recently lost her brother to Parvo =(, but that's another story for another time.

Back at our house, there were 2 dogs wondering where I was for over an hour.

They are just too cute!

Some exciting news! I received my 1st blogging award!!! Yay!!
Staci from Rambling Military Wife passed on the Sunshine Award to me =)
Thank you kindly! I really enjoy following Staci's blog. She has a lot of cute things on it, so check it out.

"The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity and creativity inspire others in the blogging world."

The Rules:

1. Put the award on your blog and/ or within your post

2. Pass on the award to twelve bloggers.

3. Link the nominees within your post.

4. Let them know they received this award by commenting on their blog.

5. Share the love and the link to the person from whom you received this award. 

I know it's is my 1st award, but I'm already going to break the rules and pass it on to 6 blogs I feel inspired & intrigued by.

Check them out:

A Marine's Wife @ Flip Flops and Combat Boots

MrsThomas @ being a better wife

Jordan @ Southern Hospitality

Joanna @ Waiting For Two

Mandie @ Life of a Recruiter's Wife

The Army Wife @ Army Wife Life

Father's Day

To my best friend, my soldier, my love, my husband,
Happy Father's Day! 

While you might only be a fur-baby's father, you're the greatest at it!

We miss & love you more each day.

To my father, 

you are an inspiration and I will always look up to you. 

Happy Father's Day

I love you.

Giveaway/ Myspace contest

Bloggy friend Staci at Rambling Military Wife is taking part in a myspace contest, to help her out click here and listen to her song.
Thanks for helping!

Operation: Support Black - 4th of July Package

Put together a little 4th of July package to send to the hubs today. 

Just a few random things to get in the spirit. Since you can't send fireworks, I thought I'd send Pop Rocks instead... fireworks for the mouth.

But my favorite part were these cute cookies I made! I'm not the greatest at icing cookies, but they didn't turn out too bad =)

Anyone else sending anything for the 4th?

Operation: Support Black

Crepes!

Crepes are my absolute favorite breakfast food. The hubs used to say 'Who would want really thin pancakes?' But now even he loves them =)

So todays breakfast, crepes!

Not just plain crepes. They were filled with raspberries then topped with blueberry syrup. So yummy!

And a side of apple cinnamon muffins with oatmeal granola topping.

If you've never made crepes, they are the easiest thing to make!! I find pancakes to be much harder for some reason, even though crepes are just 'really thin pancakes,' it's just different for some reason.

Here's my recipe (really my Oma's recipe):

1 cup flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup milk

1 egg

1/4 cup water (or soda water)

1 tablespoon oil

Mix it all together, and pour into pan, twirl pan around to make them thin, but just a little, flip and serve!

You can find the secret recipe for the Apple Cinnamon muffins here.  ;)

A Day in the Life of Vegas & Beefcake (an extended houseguest)

Now that it's summer, there is lots of sleeping in...

Summertime means spending the afternoons poolside. 

But we remember to never swim alone!

Some napping

Playing of course!

An afternoon walk to the field 

(somehow Vegas always finds the tiniest twigs to carry around)

Then in the evening, a little cool down by a new found, busted sprinkler system

Blogger Giveaways!

I do love me some free stuff, and even more so I love love love cute giveaways!!

Rambling Military Wife is doing a super cute giveaway and all you have to do is follow her blog, and leave a comment about your favorite summer memory.  Who doesn't love summer memories!? And who doesn't love giveaways!?

Check it out! All the action is happening here on her blog.

The Backyard

So a couple of months ago I took a 'before' pic of our yard. I then planted grass seeds, laid fertilizer AND top soil, watered it multiple times a day, all in hopes of taking an 'after' pic full of luscious green grass.

Here is the progress we've made.

Before:

After:

See any green?

You're right! Here it is, you can probably even count the blades of green grass:

Friday Follower!

Find a new blog to follow!

Operation: Support Black

Operation: Support Black  is officially under way =)
I'm very excited about this project!
While I send the hubs packages and letters all the time, I know how much more it will mean to him to receive mail from his friends as well.
The 2nd group (another military couple), who are both good friends of ours, is scheduled to send their piece of mail this coming week. I've already spoken to the Mrs. and she is labeling treats with 'Operation: Support Black,' such a great idea!

Here's a package I'm sending off today. The tubes, Pringles cans, have chocolate cookies in one and peanut butter in the other.

If you're curious as to what the Operation is, check out the tab at the top of the blog labeled Operation: Support Black, or click on the link at the top of this post.

All Fixed!

Well we finally did it!
After numerous attempts of humping every dog in sight at the dog park, and even a friend's 1 year old daughter once, I finally buckled down and got Vegas neutered.
There was such a long waiting list here on post (that we've been on for months' now) that I had to make an appointment off post, over an hour away. But it was a great facility and the surgery went well.
He's still not feeling his best right now, and hating life with a cone around his neck. But today (the day after surgery) he seems to be doing a bit better, much more himself.

Here is a quick video of when I first put the cone on:



Here he is quite annoyed that the cone keeps getting in the way of 
EVERYTHING: