Garden DONE!!!!

I finished my garden.

My front walk/garden :) 

Pretty flowers

Me planting the side garden in front of our bedroom window :) 

Lunatic hiding in my newly planted flowers

Lunatic checking out our garden.

Finished :) 

Front view :) 

side view :) Front walk and gardens 

It took $300 and 20 hours of work but I finally finished the front walk and the garden.... The garden was the toughest part. Louisiana soil is hard to dig into. There are rocks, clay and poor soil, so a lot of work went into it. Between the stones, the soil and the plants, it was back breaking and hard to do but I think it's worth it... We dug out everything for the garden and the path... We put down the outlying stones first, followed by that path stones and the river rock. Then I dug holes for each plant and added garden soil and garden mulch soil to even it out. 

Tomorrow, we meet with our Realtor, and I've deep cleaned the bedroom bathroom, our bedroom, and started on the kitchen and the other bathroom and finished the livingroom (which I have to do again).  Good luck to us. Hopefully the paperwork and the house sells quickly.

Love, 

Leah

Truth

Sometimes I hate the Media. 

God Bless our Troops

Thank you for all you do

Happily Married

My Husband... I love saying that. My husband. He is amazing. Over the past few days, we've been busy. Cleaning up after the wedding, getting our lives back to normal, getting me and the kids enrolled in DEERS and Tricare paperwork, getting my ID back... Overall, it's been pretty good.

The wedding was amazing itself. The ceremony was beautiful and consisted of my four bridesmaids (Becca, Ashley, Angie and Catie) and his four groomsmen (David, Austin, Pody and Hobo) as well as our guests and our awesome Chaplain. His mother and his eldest sister came out for the event. Pody graciously walked down the aisle with me and gave me away in "honor of" my father and they saluted my father's flag. Truly tear-worthy. After that, we lit our unity candle, made declarations and said our vows and then exchanged our rings, before the Chaplain said those amazing words "You may now kiss the bride" and then introduced us for the first time as "Mr and Mrs." It was a wonderful moment in our lives.

The reception was fun and the pictures were amazing. After the reception we went out to the Paradise and had another first dance as a married couple and got wickedly drunk. It was alot of fun. Our friend Palmer watched the kids over night and let us have our first night alone as a married couple. It was great. The next morning, we went out to breakfast, picked the kids out and spent a couple hours over at Becca and Pody's. Overall, pretty great.

Sunday was cleaning and football day. We watched more football than we cleaned but Hobo came by after dinner and we talked for a while. I love having such a good friend here.

Today we went and dropped off our Marriage License, followed by updating our Car insurance and then the Social Security office where I officially changed my last name. Then off to In and Out processing for my new ID card and enrollment in DEERS aka Tricare. When that was done, the lady smiled and said "welcome back" after having seen that I was a brat before. I laughed. Then the Finance office where we picked up the paperwork Steve's commanding officer has to sign in order to get our policy changed and such. Then we went by the PX where I bought a book with my new ID Card just to use my privileges again. Yes I'm corny like that.

Tonight, we watched TV and chilled together before having "cuddles" for the ?? time since we got married. Overall, life is amazing and I couldn't be happier or more blessed. I love my Husband and am so lucky he chose to marry me.

Oh Saturday was the first time he said "our son" and "our daughter" I just about cried.

For now and Forever,
Mrs. R.

My Veteran's Day Tribute

Congrats Babe!!

 

Today my amazing boyfriend was promoted to Captain (O-3) in the United States Army. I am soooo proud of the man he is and that I get to be in his life. 

 Babe, I am absolutely enamored with the man you are. I hope to make you proud of the woman I am and I hope you always make it home to me. I love you, Stephen Edward R******** <3 I am so proud of you.

 Congrats Captain Steve :) My love <3

the moon and love

The moon. I have always been drawn to it. Connected, in some inexplicable way. A silent kinship. There’s the moon, asking to stay. All my life, I’ve regarded it with a solemn reverence. For the tempestuous storm it brews. The ebb and flow. Love, lust, and longing. Sorrow and anguish. Strength and hope. Brazen resilience. An image of change. Of life itself. Birth and death and rebirth. Continuous incontinence. Everything amounts to this enormous beauty I know I will never fully be able to grasp. In all this, the moon reflects the heart of life. The kaleidoscope flux of the soul. The moon. It’s a cause for introspection. A mirror of who I have been, and a promise of who I can become.

I changed when you came into my life. Time and experience had left me rough around the edges. I learned to get on, without needing anything or anyone else. I never wanted to be different or try and be better for any other person. But then you happened. You showed me what it was to love. How beautiful it could be to share something like that with another person. And then I want to be better for you. I want to bloom for you. I want to hear you say you love me a year, two years, five years, a decade, five decades down the road. I want to grow old with you. I want to be yours only. I’m so proud of the man you are. I hope I make you proud too. I love you.