34 Days...

That's right 34 days left! I can't believe it Adam only has 34 days until he starts his deployment, well he really doesn't leave for the actual deployment until June 13, but in 34 days he has to go spend 3 weeks training at Camp Williams. During those 3 weeks he won't get to come so I consider it the start of his deployment.

In those 34 days to come Adam has to finish all of his finals by the end of this week, then we has a yellow ribbon event (pre-deployment stuff) on Saturday, then on Sunday I have to take Adam to the airport for a training he'll be going to in Kanas for a week. After he gets back he has like 3 weeks to get everything ready and somewhere in there we are going to try and go on a little vacation.

Ah, man my mind sometimes spins just thinking about it.

I found this on pinterest and thought it was funny

My American Wall

So for a while now I have been wanting to get a flag and flag case to go with my Willow Tree figure that Adam's brother and sister's families gave me for my birthday. So finally I ordered it and Adam and I went to hobby lobby and got a framed picture of the Constitution.

I call this my American wall because it has the Constitution, the flag, a picture of Adam in his uniform, his oath of enlistment, a picture of us at graduation, and this cute picture I found that says, "I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, I win where I fight".

Picture of the flag and the constitution

Picture of Adam in his uniform with a couple other pictures.

ARMY

Some days I feel like this when people ask me how I feel about Adam being deployed...

(I found this on Pinerest)

It really doesn't matter in the end how I feel about him going, weather I like it or not he is going. His country needs him to serve and protect our freedom. When Adam first joined, people asked me how I felt knowing that he might get deployed and the risks that go along with that. Well yes I knew that he might get deployed, but someone has to fight for our freedom and that is a great honor. I am very proud of my husband and what he is doing for his country. I believe that I have the best, perfect, wonderful, amazing husband in the world and that he has the most amazing wife in the world(not to brag).

I know that his deployment will be hard on both of us, but it will make our marriage and relationship stronger than ever. I really love you Adam with all my heart and I know that we will miss each other very much, but my love will always be with you and can't be broken by the sea. I can only hope that we will get to skype and talk on the phone as much as possible, but you can never underestimate the amount of love that can be contained in a letter.

I LOVE YOU ADAM!!!!

Valentines day 2012...update on the Monte

For for Valentine's day I made this for Adam

I saw the idea on pinterest, you take a deck of card and then you write 52 reasons why you love them.

I wanted to make the cards look old so I took sandpaper to it.

so this is BEFORE

AFTER

I think that they look old

Before and After shots of the backs of the deck

Adam LOVED it. I put it on his desk before I went to work so he would find it when he got home from school. One reason in specific that I made this was so that he could take it with him while he is deployed. That way he has something to remember me with. I also made him chocolate chip cookies, and an English roast dinner.

Adam got me new PJ set that are super soft and super warm, which is good because I am always cold. Then he signed me up for a concealed permit class, and as he said it, "so you can shoot the bad guys while I'm gone" I love the gifts that Adam got me! I love you Adam!!!

Here are some updated photos of the Monte Carlo

I think that it looks pretty darn SEXY!!! Now we have to put the new carpet and headliner. The kid who was painting our car was going to do it but he changed his mind and is being a pain about the whole situation-he even took the back windshield out and won't put it back in. So Adam and I are going to do the rest of the work before he deploys.

Flowers...Reloading

So flowers always bring a smile to my face. Last week on Friday while I was at work my Dad walked in with these.
Now there were not from my Dad, but my wonderful Husband! My Dad was the delivery man. Adam wanted to send me flowers just because he LOVES ME! Adam is an amazing husband and I love him so very much. Tonight we have to spend the night away, Adam is throwing his little brother a bachelor party. I miss him already and it's only been a couple hours.

If you know Adam he loves to shoot guns and reload his own ammo. At our house in Payson he had a reloading bench in the garage. Now that we are in an apartment we don't have a garage. So in our storage closet he build one.
I'm so happy Adam is able to reload again, he loves it so much and it is his way of releasing stress. It also happens to be one of his favorite hobbies.

28!.....Deployment

My hubby turned 28 on the 18th! We mostly celebrated last Saturday and then tonight at my parents. Last week we went to mimi's cafe for breakfast and it was so yummy!! I love their hot chocolate! Then we went with some friends to Wingers that night. I gave Adam his present that day also because I needed him to look at it before I got it for him...Now you ask what did I get him, well I got him a range bag for when we got shooting. He loves it! Tonight at my parent's house my mom made german pancake, I made Won Ton salad and better than sex cake. All of them are his favorite foods. It was really weird to have pancake and a salad for dinner but they are both really good so it's okay.

Here is Adam blowing out his 28 candles.

Better than sex cake...

Now you probably notice that my title has Deployment in there, well as you know from my last post Adam was just about to be deployed and then he was cut and didn't get to go. He was pretty bummed about this....but now his is going with a different unit. At the beginning of January he got a call from his unit saying that another unit in his battalion was needing another medic and that he name was given as the medic. So Adam will being deploying in May to go to Afghanistan for a year. We both know that this will be hard but it will also be good in the end.

I love Adam so very much and with all my heart and can't even think of my life with out him. But I know that he'll come home safe because so many things that have been promised to us have not happened yet. I know that he joined the National Guard and that he didn't do just for the educational benefits, he joined to serve his country. I am very proud to be his wife and to call him my husband. He is the most wonderful man I know. I love you Adam and I hope you had an AWESOME birthday!

Christmas Day

I really enjoy Christmas time because I get to see family, but Christmas day is never a relaxing day because of everywhere we have to go. The day after Christmas is more fun than Christmas. This year Adam spoiled me. I got these!

Google Image

They are sheepskin slippers! I love them and they are so warm. I also got some spring form pans, candy (of course), weights, movies, a popcorn bucket, and clothes.

This past Friday we had our Christmas party for my Dad's side and I was so excited to give my grandparents their gift. This year I made them a picture calender of all my extended family. It took forever to get pictures from everyone. I didn't even think that I would get it here in time, it got to my house at Noon on Friday. In the end....THEY LOVED IT! and so did everyone else.