First Entry!

I enjoy reading a few of my friends blogs, even though I will never be that interesting of a writer, I thought some of our family would love to read what is going on with us. So we will trying Blogging!

April showers are suppose to bring May flowers. Last month we were lacking the showers here in Texas, however we were bombarded with several unfortunate events.

As the entire world knows by now, We had a tragic event in a town 20 miles north of us in West. I was dispatching that night, and ending up pulling a 12 hour shift making for a very long night. I also lost a friend in the disaster. Cyrus Reed, Abbot VFD Captain. Not to be too light on this subject, but its been widely covered, and embedded in our heads the last month it just seems redundant when typing about it.Things are going as good as can be expected, and lot of good things are happening here in Central Texas for the community to recover!

A few days after the West incident, we were blessed with our first baby ever on my side of the family. On Saturday April 20, 2013, I personally helped deliver Annabelle Marie, my sisters first child. I am one proud Aunt. She was 6 lbs 14 oz and 18.5 inches long. Alicia did an amazing job that day. Unfortunately we then faced more heart ache. Annabelle was sent to NICU immediately after delivery and remained their for 10 days because of respitory issues. She was released this past tuesday, mommy and baby are doing great. I had the pleasure of spending the day with them on Tuesday.

April 21, 2013, one day later and still the same week of West. It was mine and Cody's first year anniversary. Our original plan was dinner with family, and to stay in the same hotel room we stayed at for our honey moon. Things never go as planned. Cody and I slept in a little as we were in the hospital late the night before, and we decided we were hungry right then. We headed to Quaker steak and lube since we had never tryed it before. I was content with a large beer that day, and Cody decided to make our anniversary memorable by winning me a bumper sticker doing the atomic wing challenge. Now that is the redneck way! P.S. They were disgusting!  I then decided that I wanted to go bowling. As most of you know, bowling is our thing, Cody and I met the first time at around 10-12 years of age in a Youth bowling league, and was very much part of our first year together as a couple. I have not bowled since our last trip to Reno in 2011. So we invited one of our bowling friends, headed to the lanes, and I kicked some butt, with a 600 series = ) Cody did well too, but he bowls every week.

Since the wings did not fill us up at all we decided for dinner that we would make our own Shogun experience at home, with steak, sushi, scallops and wine! So to HEB and home we went. When we got home we had cody's grandparents over for a couple of drinks just to share the day with them. ( We wish mine could have been there but they had a lot going on in the hospital with my sister) We also cut into our year old cake ( the pics got lost in my old phone = ( ) After they left we unwinded in our hot tub that is finally fixed and had our amazing dinner!

Sometime in that week, Cody and I also got new Iphone 5s. So feel free to facetime us! I also have a new number so contact him, if you are unsure of mine.

Not sure the dates, but the other days of the month if we were not working ( which we do a lot of ), or going to school we spent with a group of our friends, or fixing our yard! Below are some new pics of our yard, and I also made us a Garden.

I finished the semester with good grades! Cody starts college in the fall, and I have two semesters left until I finish with my bachelors. Right now were are just ready for the summer break though!

Last year was a first of many things in our first year of marriage. This year we hope to share with you by blogging, and by creating many first. So hang on for the ride!

Let me squeeze this in there, for those who don't already know. Meet Remington AKA "Remi" our new weimaraner. We are training her for retrieving dove!