February

February started off like January GREAT :)  We have continued to be blessed and be in good spirits.  This picture always melts my heart.

This picture too.  I see them everyday.  One is on my fridge and the other is on my phone :) 

He is a GREAT hero and his daughter is so damn adorable, I can only imagine how handsome his son will be. 

It is funny how you can have so much love for people and be so far away :S. I can't wait to go toTexas and see my niece Claire and meet Joey.  Come on March/April.  I'm kind of bummed too :( because my brother is in California and I can't even see him because of the damn military :( he is apart of some damn extensive training out here :S damn military life :S

A little ready to go to Texas.  Just getting prepared to pick up and go if we have to :S

Valentines day celebrating was GREAT too.  We started celebrating 2/12/14 by going to the Clipper game with the Davis family.  The game was great and we had a great time but the best part came 

later.   We have been officially asked to be this princes god parents, and of course we excepted :)

 Us and the prince Isaiah :)

The Davis family

ValentinesOuting

We have been able to come a long way since the accident.  I find that all I have is time which is a good and bad thing :S.  I occupy my time by cleaning house, working out, gardening and doing surveys.   The workout is a beast :S but it's funny how when I don't work out I miss it :S. The gardening is coming along :). Trying to minimize my grocery list eventually.   It's funny because the gardening is therapeutic.  I work hard and find myself looking forward to when the garden produces.  

Growing greens out there in our garden 

This month we have been working on painting the house.  My dad was able to knock it out in two days :) it's funny the house looks GREAT with new windows and paint.  It's like a whole new house.

We got the tree in the backyard removed too.  We were tired of the mess the tree was leaving and the plants needed the sun.   Removing the tree opened up the backyard for us so much.  Now we need to get the grass to grow :S we are working on that now :S

 

Working out has sucked too but I have been happy with the results thus far :S

I have not been in this weight category since the accident :S still haven't meet my overall goal yet :S

#yes I want to weigh less # this is my weight as of now :S

I also meet Antonio this month.  He is so precious :) There is so many babies going around.  There are 2 that are born and 4 people that I know that are currently expecting :) it's unbelievable :S

That raps up our month.  We did a lot this month :S we are going to keep it going though :) I hope everyone else had a GREAT month too.  Only 10 more months in the year left and only 3 more months to get water ready :S

Blessed

I was going to wait until the end of the month to announce this great news but could not wait.  We started off our Valentines by going to the Clipper game with the Davis family :) on Wednesday 2/12/14.  I am so not a Clippers fan but a sports fan and we had a great time :).         

The Davis Family

The game was good and the Clippers won.  The best part of the night for me came later when we were asked to be this princes god parents 

Thinking about it gets me all emotional again.  I don't think his parents even understand how touched we are by this.  So of course we said yes :) I think I get so emotional because being so honored tells me a lot of things.  Like how far in the injury I have come and how much we are valued by others.  This is a large responsibility that we do not plan to take lightly.  He is my first god son and Brandon's second :).   This little prince is the best baby ever.  Still hasn't cried around me and just took the environment in and his bed time came and he feel asleep in the loud arena.

Then last night we wanted to avoid the crowd so we ate at Brandon's favorite restaurant and he got his grub on :) 

 

We don't do anything these days without a coupon :S I learned this from my cousin Barbara :)

Then today is a kick back day at home.  This is our year we have been beyond blessed already and it's only February so that's great.  Just keep on bringing those prayers so that we can continue to be blessed :)

Happy Valentines to everyone out there :) I hope everyone's Valentines was as great as ours :)

January 2014

Its been awhile everyone so I figured I would update everyone and do this monthly.  This is January in a nut shell.  So far it has been a great year.  So much has happened in January and we have enjoyed every minute of it. 

We started off the year with our block party.  And, it was not as many people as lastt year but it was still a GREAT time :)



First of all let me start off by apologizing for all my facebook post.  I know they have been really random but I just do it to motivate myself.  I figured if I put it out there then when I see you all we better see a difference.  So, I have been on the workout grind for 10 days now and not enjoying it.  To me it is painful and sucks.  I don't enjoy it at all :( but I still do it cause I want to look good this summer.  I even bought myself a kettleball today :S So, we shall see how using it works out for me.  I've picked up my game a little too since there is nothing else for me to do :( I am still doing the squat challenge this time and I am up too 150 squats.  And, on my elliptical I am up to 90 minutes :) I know some of you think that is a lot.  And, it is but I talk  myself through it the whole time and tell myself there is nothing to it but to do it.  So we shall see if I get good results, like I am hoping too.  Next Monday I am starting this insane detox :( I have to sacrifice myself for 5 days :( I just keep telling myself its only 5 days :S 

Besides cleaning (which I do everyday) I have started planting veggies.  I want to reduce my grocery l;ist so I hope I am successful.  It's only february and we already have green bell pepers, tomatoes, oranges, and lemons growing out there.  I started and am working on some red bell peppers, Jalapenos, Cucumbers, Carrots, Lettuce, Okra, Brocolli and some Collards.  So, I am hoping I am successful and I will soon see.

Some of the vegetables :)

Given that I want and I am planting vegetables we have been working on our garden too.  And, so far it has been great,  It is a work in progress but sill great,  And, we haven't finished our floors yet :( still just a hallway and the master bedroom and closet to go.  I am hoping we are able to knock it out this month because Brandon has been working on it for what seems like forever :S

And OMG there are so many babies being expected out there and I can't wait to meet my new nephew and my cousins baby :) One picture I find that I love to just look at is this picture.  Yeah its kind of weird my brother left, joined the military and found his wife and family in no time :S they are great people and his daughter just turned 4. 

He is our Hero too so I guess we will share him with a great family.

I was emotional at other weddings but I cried my eyes out at his wedding.  So many emotions came over me :S  Ultmately I was so happy for him and the fact that he found his princess and was going to be adding to our family.

I was able to see this prince this month too.  He is the best baby in the world.  I have not heard him cry yet :S He is an angel really.

The sweetest angel ever  :)

We also got new windows this month.  And, for me it is the greatest thing ever.  Its like we are in a new house.  We still have a couple more projects to work on but so far it has been GREAT.  

Then it was my bros bday.  No, not my brother that is in the military but my bro Sean who jusr had the baby.  So we were able to get together with everyone and have a good time :)

The Guys

I think thats it.  Not 100% sure though.  All I do know is that January had a lot to offer so I hope it stays this way.  Most people ask me what I do all day when I am home alone.  Well, I work in the garden, clean, workout, read and play games. 

Lastly, like most people I have a new years resolution.  Like most people have been there and continue to be there for me during hard times.  I want to stay connected to people. So, don't be surprised if I text you for any reason. 

Lastly, I am in a messed up situation still and I have seen some peoples true color.  It is funny how people are there for you in bad tims and thats it :S.  I want people there for me all the time.  When things are good and bad. 

I am also so fortunate to be married to my best friend.  He is by my side no matter what.  When things are, good bad and ugly.  It is ultimately so funny to me how he is still here.  And, I fell like I am totally still in the honeymood phase,  I appreciate him so much for all he does.  We are so fortunate to continue to be so fortunate despite what we have been through.  So we continue to be blessed people.