Busy days!

Well I havent updated this thing in a long time and of course I have a ton of pictures I want to put on here for all of our family to see. I will put as many as I can! We have been busy hanging out with friends, celebrating birthdays, and going fishing on the weekends! Mark's birthday was on March 12th he turned 23! =) We had a party over at our friend Erik and Heather William's house. It was a lot of fun! There for a little bit we were celebrating someone's birthday every weekend. We had good times! Also this month we celebrated being together for 3 YEARS. Some days it seems like SO MUCH longer than that. So married for a little over a year and together for 3 years. If you would have told me all that we would have been through 3 years ago I would have laughed at you! However even with its ups and downs I have loved almost all of it haha!!
We have been going fishing for the last 2 weekends since it has warmed up. Last weekend we went and I caught my FIRST FISH!! I was SOO excited! Yesterday we went and even in the cold all layered up in clothes we (Mark, Erik, Heather and I) caught 17 crappie. We went back to their house and Mark and Erik cleaned the fish and we fried it up! IT WAS SOO GOOD!! Mark definitely loves fishing more than I do but dont get me wrong I love just relaxing and catch the fishies! We love calling our fishing buddies the William's and off to some lake, pond, or river we go!
That is really about all we have been up to. Especially loving the weather warming up and learning all there is to do around here! Our door is ALWAYS open for visitors and family so just call and come on! =)

Here are some pictures from the past few weekends with friends!!

These are our FISHING PICTURES!! From the last 2 weekends!

SNOWED IN!!

Well the past 3 days have been filled with lots of ice and snow. Today was Mark's first day to go back to work! It was definitely more snow than I have ever seen in my ENTIRE life. We had to by a snow shovel! There is still snow every where but the sun is out and shinning!! Heres some pictures of my first MAJOR snow storm!!

This looks like snow but it is just ICE!

This was just the beginning!

HERE COMES THE SNOW!!

This was just ice

Mark was trying to scrap some of it off before it got bad... little did we know!

This was 30-45 minutes after he scrap it off! LOL

You cant see underneath the car!

The 4 inches on top of our trash can!

The car has a flat top!! haha

Across the street... so pretty!

The bushes in the front yard

Trees on the other side of the house

The side of the house (the view from the drive way)

Snowman making time!!

Getting more snow!

Making him perfect

Giving him a face!!

An All American Snowman!!

MARK IS HOME!!!

It is OFFICAL!!! MARK HAS MADE IT HOME!! He arrived yesterday in Fort Leonard Wood about 5-5:30 after a 23 HOUR flight!! The welcome home ceremony was an awesome experience!! Everyone was clapping, screaming, and some were crying!! I am so happy to have him home and he is so happy to be home. The girls still dont know how to feel about it. Sassy is coming out and saying hi. She also slept on his legs last night. Lilly on the other hand is NOT having it. She started to come out a little last night but has hide under the bed for the most part. It will take them time to get used to having their daddy home! Here are some pictures of his signs, the ceremony and US back in each others arms!!! :)

IT WILL DEFINITELY BE A MERRY CHRISTMAS HERE!! Hope you all have the same!

The Army Band

They are HERE!!!

Half the group

The other half coming in!

Look at all the guys!

THEY ARE HOME!!!

Saluting to the National Anthem!

HE FOUND ME!!!!

BACK IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS!!

CAN YOU TELL HE'S HOME!! HAHA

I make his IBA look GOOD! hahaha... IT WAS HEAVY!

Happy Halloween!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

I hope everyone has a great Halloween and is safe! I figured to get the girls in the spirt also! Sassy just laid there and let me take pictures and Lilly just sat there! I picked the 4 best for their Halloween pictures!

Unexplainable

As you can tell certain items have been taken off of the blog. Unfortunatly life has given us the worst possible news we could imagine. All your prayers and support are greatly appreciated. However please respect our privacy at this time.

Christmas....

Well I thought I would update our blog....
I am 13 weeks and a few days (haha) along. I am getting a little belly which I am so excited about. My first trimester was good! I had no morning sickness. I would just get really exhausted randomly and just have no energy. I am getting my energy back which is NICE!
Mark is doing really good! They have been told officially that they will be home BEFORE CHRISTMAS!! Which is AWESOME! I dont know the exact date yet which is fine I am just praying and crossing my fingers they really will be here. What a WONDERFUL Christmas that will be! He got online today and got to see my little belly for the first time! He was in SHOCK! He just couldnt believe it and was so excited. He just kept saying WOW! That was amazing to know how excited he was and how shocked. He said that just makes it real to him! He is getting the internet so I will get to see him and he will get to see more online. The internet will be in his room. I am excited about that!
Thats all I have for now! As the weeks come I will actually start to put pictures of me on here! :)
Love you all!
Kel

Back to Missouri

I flew back to Missouri yesterday and finally got home about 5:30pm! I was sooo happy to be home. The girls were soooo happy to see their mommy! Sassy met me at the door just meowing up a storm. They wouldnt leave me alone last night, they wanted me to just pet them, love on them, they watch every move I make. I was glad to see them too!
I talk to Mark about every day, he is doing good. Just doing his job to come back home! He has his good days and his bad just like everyone else. Just continue to keep him and his unit in your prayers!

Well I went to the doctor this morning for my 10-12 week check up. I am 11 weeks along, almost done with the first trimester and other than being tired I cant complain. I never got sick which I am totally thankful for. I have gotten nausea a few times but never thrown up. The doctor went fine just checked my blood pressure, heart rate, weight... it was all good. I have gain a few pounds since last visit but no biggie! The nurse said usually they dont try to hear the heart beat until after 12 weeks but that she would try since I was small. It took a few minutes and I didnt think she would find it but then THERE IT WAS... it kinda made me laugh. I got to hear it for a few seconds and then it was gone. The baby is way back by my back bone. She said the baby was moving around a lot. The doppler picked up the heart beat one more time but it wasnt strong enough for us to hear! At least it just found 1!! haha :)

I had a wonderful trip home. It was sad to leave. Here are some pictures I took in Fredericksburg! ENJOY!

Alaina and I in front of the water (and Pepper the dog).

Our House!

Nana's dog Pepper! Her was a GREAT dog!

Our breakfast was brought to us in a basket every morning!!

Alaina and I in our AWESOME Luckenbach, Texas shirts!!! :)