Our life In 52 Weeks

I was thinking about when I started this blog at the start of 2013. I had planned on writing each week. Not really for everyone else but for Steve and I to be able to look back on the year. Well life as we know it is busy and well I have been VERY slack on writing entries on here. Although I don't have an entry for each week to look back on, I still have been looking back and what a year we have had. It doesn't feel like this time last year I was in a wheel chair from my ankle surgery in Kansas. It doesn't even seem like we were living in Kansas last year at this time. Kansas ... something I miss dearly. We have only been back in NC for about 7 months now and what a 7 months it has been. The adjustment of living around a world of civilians is much harder than anyone could ever imagine. Not only are we having to adjust to our new "home life" in NC but also to Steve's new job with the Sheriff's department. And baby Kendall is another HUGE adjustment we are i

Saving more money --- I went on another coupon trip this morning. HT is having their tipple coupons and I would say that my trip was a success. I only spend $19.48 and got a ton of stuff. -2 packs of baby wipes -2 bottles of Oxi Clean -2 bottles of dish detergent -2 jars of pickles (0.9 each) -3 HUGE bags of tortilla chips (.75 each) Perfect for our gender reveal party! -4 large cans of Campbell's Chunky Soups -4 packs of 4 each Yo Crunch Yogurt -4 Individual things of Yogurt (All free) -2 Things of butter (original and cinnamon, .20 each) -4 bottles of V8 Splash juice .25 each -2 boxes of garlic Texas Toast A very time consuming process but very much worth it in the end!

This morning I went to the grocery store with my mom because they are doing their super double up to 2.00 this week. I have lots of people ask how do I do it? So I am going to tell you how I do it so you can also save money and even get stuff FREE! My trip today consisted of the following: 2 bags of Pedigree Breath busters for the dogs 1 box of IAMS dog treats 1 bottle of Gain fireworks (the smell good things you add to your laundry) 2 sticks of Old Spice deodorant for Steve 1 60 tablet bottle of multivitamin 1 box of Excedrin Migraine 1 Febreze car air freshener 3 bottles of Febreze Air Effects 2 boxes of tampons 2 bottles of Soft Scrub for the house 1 bottle of Zquil 2 things of Crest Complete toothpaste 1 thing of Off bug spray but in the form of a stick 2 bottles of Scope Outlast 1 thing of 3 color Almay eye shadow 2 bottles of dry shampoo 3 large bottles of dish detergent 2 bottles of original Franks Red Hot sauce 1 bottle of Franks Red Hot Ketchup sauce 1 B

Playing catch up ... Well its been a LONG time since I have been on here. With moving half way across the country, blogging was the last thing on my mind. Our move went great and we are glad to be back home in North Carolina. Although Steve and I miss the simplicity of life out in Kansas. Our house is just perfect for us and our pups are even more perfect. Thanks so much to my dad and Steve's grandpa for all the hard work put into our house. Barbie (Steve's dog that lived with his parents while he was active duty) is getting used to living with us. She is such a sweet and loving dog. Bella is the best little pup. She is almost 5 months old now!! She loves to play fetch and we are working on other training like lay down and stuff of that nature. Life in North Carolina is great. Bowman Gray racing is as redneck as ever and having cookouts at our place just makes it more like home. I started working at my old job again. I really missed the kids, parents, and my co-workers. I lov

If you know Steve and I then you know we love DIY little projects to keep up entertained. We currently had a 4 person dining room table until the other day. My friend, Neang in Kansas gave Steve and I her old dining room table. It has 6 chairs which is what we were looking for since our new house has a pretty decent sized dining room. The table was in great shape and the chairs were too. The seat cushions just needed to have a little make over. Neither of us had ever re-upholstered anything but we knew it couldn't be too much work. After a short YouTube video and a trip to  Walmart to pick out the fabric, we got to work. Steve's favorite part was of course using the staple gun a million times. This was a super easy job and we couldn't be more happy with the outcome. Now to just get to NC to see what our new table looks like in our dining room. We couldn't be more appreciative of Neang for giving us their old table. We are officially counting down the days until we lea

Steve and I finally picked out a name for a little puppy. Bella! We already are going to have Steve's little dog, Barbie so we thought Bella and Barbie would be cute. My mom has had her for a few weeks now. We have got the chance to face time with her and Skype with her. We have also seen some really cute pictures. Everyone who sees her says she is a doll baby. Steve and I can't wait to get our hands on her. My mom says she is a little fierce one. She will find my dad's ball caps and try to carry them around with her. It is like double the size that she is. She loves trying to bite my mom's hair also. Just her playing around. We picked out her a dog bed and a bowl this week. She is spoiled already. Steve is in trouble if we ever have a little girl! We also had our friend from back home give us one of her dog bowls that she wasn't using. She said that Bella can fit inside the bowl she's so tiny. Thanks so much to my mom she almost has Bella potty trained. Steve a