Marriage Monday *Quaility Time

It is so special to me when Philip and I are able to spend time together each night alone. We usually watch a movie together (Last night we watched a scary movie) I look forward to spending time with Philip each and everyday. I know Philip looks forward to laying down in bed with me, and spending time with me every night too. I think that is very important for our marriage! I am also so very thankful and blessed that Philip enjoys taking family trips and traveling, especially since we live here in Europe. Philip planned an awesome vacation for us this past winter to Paris, France! He planed the whole trip while he was in Iraq. Now Philip is planning a vacation for us this Spring Break as well as this summer. Philip always jokes that it's hard to move his "Army of Girl's" while we're on vacation, yet he still braves the adventure with all of us in tow!
(took a quick picture with my man while he looks for good deals online for vacation packages)

2nd Day of Spring!

Philip and I took the girl's to the local indoor swimming pool. I took Joslyn, Allison and their 2 friends last weekend. The girl's have so much fun. This was Philip's and Moriah's first time swimming at the Silvana. Moriah had lots of fun in the baby pool! Joslyn, her friend Mia and Allison had a blast jumping off the diving board, the warm water outdoor pool and the slide. We finished our day off with dinner from Mc Donald's. Another awesome family day! I LOVE family time!!



You can hear the girl's screaming as they come down the slide!

Visit With My Dear Friend

Thursday Philip had a Doctor appointment in Vilseck, Germany. Vilseck is another Army post here in Germany. My life long friend from San Antonio just moved to Vilseck, so I was excited to tag a long with Philip and visit with my friend Sarah and her children. We haven't seen each other in a few years. It was a beautiful day. We took the kids to the park, had lunch together and did a bit of shopping at the PX. I am so happy that Sarah and her family are so close to us! We plan to visit again when Sarah and her family are settled into their new home!

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

This morning I surprised the girl's with GREEN pancakes! They thought it was so cool!I just added a couple drops of green food coloring to the pancake batter. This evening Philip's battalion had a potluck. I made green cupcakes. I bought white cake mix and white frosting. I added green food coloring to both. I also bought Lucky Charm's cereal (Philip's favorite) and picked out the rainbows and green pots. I added them to the tops of the cupcakes. It was fun to make and fun to watch everyone enjoy them! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Weekend News

This past weekend we had our usual pizza and movie night on Friday. We saw The Tooth Fairy. It was a cute movie and the girl's enjoyed it!

Saturday Joslyn and Allison went to a friend's birthday party. Sunday we went to church, bible study and Sunday School, then I took the girls to the German Silvana Philip stayed home with Moriah so I could enjoy swimming with the girls. Joslyn brought along her friend Joyce and Allison brought her friend Desheta. I went down the water slide with the girls. That was so fun! We are going swimming again this weekend! Philip and Moriah will swim with us this next time! We had a wonderful weekend. Praises to God for all his MANY blessings!

Marriage Mondays *Overcome Struggles*

This past week Philip and I hit another bump in our path of marriage. We got into an argument. We both said some hurtful things to one another. I tried so hard to pray over Philip, but it was so hard to pray for him after some of the hurtful things he had said to me. I would imagine Philip coming home with flowers and apologizing to me for how he had hurt me. That never happened. After a few days I finally realized that I was going to have to go to Philip and apologize to him first. It was so very hard for me to do. I thought he should come to me, he hurt me more! I was able to write a note to Philip and express my feelings to him through my letter (something my mother would advise me to do) After he read the note Philip came to me and accepted my apology as I accepted his. I know there will be more struggles in our marriage. Every marriage has them. I just pray the next rain we have will not turn into a STORM! I pray that Philip and I will be able to listen to each others concerns, worries, and problems and work together to over come struggles!

I Won!!

My dear friend, Sarah Lett keeps a blog, The Years Fly By On her blog she was giving away 2 really gifts
Book: Mother Daughter Duet
Author: Cheri Fuller

Book: Dancing With My Father
Author: Sally Clarkson

I left a comment on Sarah's blog about how I will be renewing myself this spring. What I plan on doing for spring break. How I plan to renew myself?

My comment was: I do "Spring cleaning" through out the year! I'm not sure yet what we will do over Spring break. This Spring I plan on spending more intimate time in prayer with God and working on my relationship with Him!
I was the random winner and I am excited about reading my 2 new books! Thanks Sarah!