Life Update

So I thought I would write about my life update. There has been a lot of change in our lives in the past couple of weeks.

I would like to start by saying I love being a stay at home mother to my children but it has been time for a change. I have graduated UMA with a diploma in medical billing and coding, and I'm currently finishing my associate's degree for medical billing and coding. I currently started a new job as a insurance verification specialist which I love doing. I enjoy the girls that I work with. I work M-F and have weekends off plus amazing benefits. I'm very happy I have a job that I love to do.

My career service advisor is the one who set up the interview and it went very well. It took about three days later, and the lady from HR called me and set up my 2nd interview. I knew there would be a background check which made me a little nervous because of a stupid choice I made when I was younger that still shows on my background. I decided to be up front and honest with her and I told her what might show up. I also told her that I wasn't gonna let my background get in the way of me getting my dream career.

Once the interview was over, I felt pretty good about being honest and just letting her know that my past is my past and I'm not gonna let it define the person I am today. I am a changed person, a mother and wife. I'm not gonna let a mistake on my background hold me back. The HR lady had called me the next day saying they were gonna bring me into training. I wanted to cry I was so excited.

This job is a true blessing to not only myself but for my family as well. We are going through some hard stuff right now, but I know we will make it and be okay. It's not the first time we have been in this boat. I think that's about all I wanted to touch base on for this writing. I will write again soon I hope.

Struggles

Everyone struggles at some point in there life, whether it be school, kids, jobs, money, etc. Life always has twists and turns but we have to realize some struggles come with the choices we have made in life. I haven't always made the right choices or the best choices in my life, and trust me I'm paying for it. My sister doesn't trust me because of things I have done but I am a changed person.

It's so hard for my family right now as the oil field has gone down a lot. Matthew is off so much more, no rigs means no money coming in. I'm currently looking for two jobs and he is looking for a job as well so he can work while we wait for the oil field to come back up. It's so stressful with both of us in school and needing to work. I just worry about the bills, but the best part is that we don't fight over the money situation, we talk everything out. Fighting isn't gonna make the stress go away or the money magically appear so everything is okay. We struggle just like everyone else does.

We have a great relationship even through all our struggles, but I'm not saying we don't fight or bicker because we do. We are no different than any other couple. We have our moments but we always talk it out. We are getting legally married in the next few months and I'm so ready for that. I'm glad we have waited longer because that way we know for sure this is gonna work. I know not everyone agreed with Matthew and I's decision to wait 6 years but it's our choice not theirs.

Please keep matthew's mother in your prayers, there's a lot going on with her right now and she needs prayers.

Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!! I hope that everyone had a great valentine's day, I know I did! I actually for once got to buy my husband something for valentine's day. I had no idea what to get him and so I went onto pinterest and I found the best idea and something I knew he would love.

Pinterest is amazing, here's the link to what I did for my husband I did jack daniels honey for all of them and then bought the flavor reds starburst and then bought him a card. He loved it, what man doesn't love some good old whiskey and the best starburst ever!! I would of posted the pictures I took but I freaking deleted them before I emailed them to myself to save to my laptop, stupid me!

My husband bought me a gift basket that included chocolates, wine glasses, a bottle of wine, and a teddy bear, plus two more boxes of chocolate, a pink frog, a purple frog, another bigger teddy bear, and a chocolate symphony bar. :) I'm very spoiled by my husband. He bought the kids a stuffed animal and I shared my candy with them. We ate at casa ole to end our valentine's day and now my husband and I are drinking some wine before bed. Overall, today was a pretty good valentine's day!

I have some good news which I'm extremely excited about!!!! Y'all will just have to stay posted and see what it is!!!

Christmas Is Here!

Christmas is here!!! I can't believe how fast this year has gone by. My kids are super excited about Christmas, because they got their presents in from my dad and camellia today.


Our plans for Christmas begin Christmas Day, I will be getting up Christmas morning and putting all their presents under the tree from us, my dad and Santa Claus for the kids. I will fill their stockings, then we will all get up and get ready for the day, then we will wait for Matthew to come home so we can go to his mom's house to celebrate.


I'm super excited to be spending time with family, granted mine won't be down here, it's still great to have family to spend the holidays with. I'm very happy for my sister and her husband Nick who are expecting their 3rd child, Congrats to y'all and I hope y'all have a very Merry Christmas.


I enjoy the holidays very much so, but I really missed how we would all be at grandma and grandpa's house with the cooking, presents, and family time. Those memories are so precious and are some of the best memories of my life. My grandparents were the most amazing grandparents you could ever asked for. I wish they were still here! I wish they could know Thomas and Brooke's personalities. But I know that one day my kids will meet them. Anyways, I need to finish cleaning house. I hope everyone has a safe and Merry Christmas!!!

Thanksgiving Excitement

I can't believe that it's gonna be Thanksgiving in three days. This year has gone by soooo fast. I can't even believe how much my kids have grown and become such great kids. We have three birthdays coming up as well.


Matthew will be home thursday which means we will be cooking at his mom's house for the 3rd year in a row. We already have everything we need for Thanksgiving. I start buying for Thanksgiving in October since we have so many people we are feeding. I love how the holidays bring family together.


Some of my best memories with my family are the holidays, grandma and grandpa cooking dinner for everyone all day long, the smell of the house, and just having family there. There were alot of great memories during the holidays. I miss our family getting together and being close like we used to be. Now we are all married, getting married, and have our own cooking to do. I just wish we could all get together one more time. I miss grandma and grandpa's cooking, it was always a very delicious meal.


After thanksgiving we will be getting to celebrate Brooklyn's 2nd birthday on the 30th. I'm so excited about her cake it's gonna be awesome. Rayna's theme is lavender and zebra and yes tinkerbell, Brooklyn's theme is hot pink and cheetah, and Thomas's theme is Ninja Turtles. I already have her cake ordered and I'm very excited about it. It's gonna be beautiful.


I hope everyone has a very Happy Thanksgiving!! Enjoy family because they are always there for you no matter what!!

Halloween

I have to say Halloween was awesome. My kids got to go trick-or-treating for the first time ever. My kids were dressed up as a fairy, captain america, and a zebra cutie. They looked adorable and they did soo good. I was a very proud mama. They said please and thank you and I got so many compliments about their manners. I love when people give compliments on my kids, it makes me feel like all my hard work is paying off. My kids are my whole world and to see them sooo happy and having fun made my night even better.


It brought back so many memories for me. Bethany drove my car while I walked with my kids. It reminded me of when my sister and I would go trick-or-treating when we were younger. We would go to fritch the night before Halloween for trick-or-treating and grandpa would drive the car while we would trick-or-treat with our dad walking with us or another family member. I came home that night soo happy and I cried because I miss my grandpa and wish he could see how much my kids have grown and wish he could enjoy them.


They came home with bags full of candy. We went to the ranching center, then came home and walked down our street, then half of another block and they had their bags completely full of candy. I was like omg this reminds me of when I was a kid. People in our neighborhood are very nice and keep to themselves. I love that everyone keeps to themselves, and they don't give us hell about our dog or the fact that I blast my music while cleaning. It's so nice to actually have a house.


Once I figure out how to add pictures on here I can post some from Halloween.

Abortion

Well first of all, I am writing this abortion post to get my views out there. I do agree with my sisters first three reasons but not her last. She gave the me the strength to be brave and write this post. I have a different perspective about abortion. I am pro choice and here's why:


My reasons abortion is a option are


1. The pregnancy is a product of rape/incest.


2. There is no chance of survival for the baby.


3. The pregnancy puts the mothers life in danger that can result in the mothers death.


Now my sisters fourth reason is if the mother has a mental illness that makes her an unfit mother, which I strongly disagree with. There is always adoption for those babies.


I was talking to my sister in law and I asked her if she was pro-life or pro-choice. She replied " Prolife, I'm 100% against abortions." I told her "that's good."


She then said "I feel if the parents are old enough to have sex, there old enough to be parents. It's not the babies fault, especially when there are women who can't have kids and would love to be a mommy." I do agree with her statement because I feel that way too. Unless one of my three reasons above is the case for that pregnancy.


If you agreed with any of those three reasons above, your pro-choice as well.