Disney World

So this is seriously i think 3 posts in a row (thats a big deal for me, i want to blog more).

This weekend was pretty good, we took it easy because we have an exercise this week where we work 12 hour shifts. That makes us exauted so we have to rest the weekend be4 and after. However this weekend i leave for Ohio with Ava, we are going to visit my Mom for a week. I am pretty excited!!

I just finished watching the Hills... Its really hard for me to believe that Spencer has actually changed, he's just so sleezy! And i am sad Lauren is leaving. I think she is he reason i watch the show (i know i am grown watching a staged reality TV show).

Today i got the Shark, and i am in love. Its a steam mop and it totally rocks!! I love having things that make cleaning easier, and it totally does!

So i made those pinwheel thank you cards last night and i am posting the pic below. I also organized my scrapping area. It was just a desk in my Living Room, but the desk was way to narrow (it was one that came with the modular storage cubes. So i moved into the guest room. I am liking it so much better (so much more room to create with). I will post pics when i finish organizing. I can't wait to actually SCRAP on it! I AM SOO EXCITED for my June kit to get here (and sad i will be in Ohio).


And i leave you with my disney pics its our DREAM pics (yeah i want to be a princess go figure), we had so much fun even though it rained 90% of the time. Well i may not be posting for a few days due to the work schedule. Goodnight and have a great week!!

Changes

Life is about to change for me at the end of July... something i am excited about but yet dreading at the same time. I was selected for a Physician Assistant Scholarship for the Air Force, sounds great right? Well i will be seperated from Jayson for 2 years and Ava for the first year. I am excited that i will get books tuition and a great education for free (and get a pay raise from what i am making now). But i will miss a year of my baby girls life... a YEAR!! And i am not sure how living without my hubby that i love so much will go. He makes me smile and laugh everyday, they both bring so much sunshine into my every day. Today was a depressing day, there were definitely some tears. BUT this is a ince in a lifetime opportunity and these sacrifices i make now will better our entire future, not to mention allow me to reach some of my personal goals that were set for myself 6 years ago (when i joined the Air Force as an enlisted Airman).

Sorry about the somewhat heavy post, i want this to be somewhere that i can be REAL and not but on a picture of a picture perfect life.

I have some pics of Ava's first Birthday Party... Next post will be some from Disney! So enjoy the pics and i am off to make some pinwheels for my Thank You cards i have to make tonight. I am excited. Night!!

XOXO
Rachael

She's One!

Hey everyone... i just got back from a 2 week vacation to Ft Meyer (1 week) and Disney (the 2nd week). I have lots to document... Ava turned one over that time period. I can't believe my little baby is one already :-( Anyways i scrapped for the first time in a while.. and i plan on keepin in coming. I have really been into the SC kits (check them out June is going to be amazing!!). Anyways here's my LO!

And here are some pics from our first week of vacation...










HOPE YOU ALL HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL WEEK!!

Ft Meyer Vacation

So we have been enjoying the sun, the beach, the pool and the cool city of Ft Meyer since Saturday afternoon. Here are some pics
   
I also just got finished with this book.. excited to read the next one!!!


I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day, i sure did.. spending time with my family on the beach is a perfect day!!!

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Starting out with a recent fav pic :-)Happy April, wait it is already the middle of the month! Geez time is flying so fast for me! We celebrated Easter (Ava’s first Easter) Sunday and it was good, just a fun family day, a little photo shoot (i will post this week) in her way to cute dress and of course Easter baskets. Jayson got me one this year, it was a surprise and I didn’t get him one… I was all focused on Ava’s first Easter basket I forgot about us! Ava enjoyed her bright blue Peeps, that’s pretty much all the candy she was able to get, but she got a bunny teether, a teddy bear from daddy and a bunny that hangs from her basket J She absolutely loved the pink grass go figure !

So I have been scrappin more lately. It makes me happy, it truly is a therapeutic release for me. Any time I get a chance while baby is napping, I take full advantage! I have really loved the Studio Calico site lately, I really like the style and the kits! SWWOOON! After my 3 months are up with CMK I am gonna give them a try! Stephanie is my fav designer and her blog is a MUST READ! Speaking of good blogs… Liz’s blog is another one I get so excited when a new post is up. Check them out you will not regret it!

So I have been wanting to sew more recently, I am not sure why… I think ETSY has a big part of it. I am looking for Ava a 1^st BDAY dress or outfit and I find so many amazing things. I am going to start out with making a zippered pouch this weekend. Check out THIS tutorial, it’s the one I am going to use J Also I have been in a spring cleaning/organizing mood lately, Martha has been my go to gal. Check out these Oragnizing tips, and this cleaning kit idea. I have never been to the Martha site before today… SCORE.

I hope you guys have had a good week, and an even better rest of this week. I have been on 12 hour shift playing “war” on an exercise. I am pooped! Se ya’ll later!

The Longest Week Eva

Ok so this week was one that seemed to drag on forever. I woke up thinking it was Friday yesterday, that always a let down when you get excited the week is over, but its not. I'm not sure why this week drug but i do know i have never looked forward to a weekend like this before!

This week this show go me through it... i am an addict, sad there is only 2 seasons, i am on the second season right now and i am still loving the quirkiness

Oh and i got some scrappy stuff. I am trying the CMK monthly kit. I got March's in the mail this week and some yummy Sassafrass, so this weekend i will get back into my scrappin routine. I need to recieve kits bc we dont have a good store round here so i am not inspired without these new products, i know that is dumb.. but hey it is the truth.

Ava Jayson and i have been busy going on our nightly strolls, i am seriously just tryng to savior every miniute i get with them before i have to leave and go to school without them :-( I am going to be making myself a lil mini of all the things i will miss so i can pull it out when i get lonely.

I hope you all have an awesome weekend and i will post some of my craftiness this weekend.

Me in the Kitchen?

Yeah you got that one right. I have been digging this new food blog. Its got some pretty awesome recipes that even i am not intimidated by! I tried this recipe tonight and it came out pretty yummy! We are making the Lamb Vindaloo and Vegtable Lasagna later this week!

This weekend we just stayed at home and watched movies, it was pretty fun!

 

I have been having these terrible headaches everyday, so i have been taking lots of naps to relieve the pain. I am not sure what those are all about but this weekend was perfect for relaxing! Anyways i am loving Season 2 of THE Tudors, i am half way through!

Well i hope you have a great week! Oh and the Bachelor Season Finale is tomorrow i am a Melissa fan!! 

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