I have a real life prince charming.....

I am thankful for this crazy life that God has given me. I am married to an American Hero. Every year on November 10th, Marines all over the world stop for a moment to celebrate the birth of the Marine Corps. You will hear Marines laughing, sharing drinks and saying Happy Birthday to each other. If you had not known what the event was for, you would think you were at the biggest birthday party for a bunch of people. Everyeone is dressed up, Marines in their Dress Blues or Aplphas, and their dates in their ball gowns with hair up, full make up , or for the male spouses, in their tux. The Marine Corps birthday is a great deal of tradition. If you are lucky enough to attend a ball, you see the tradition with the pagents, the different commidants messages and of course the Fallen Marines Table. That table always brings a tear to my eye. It makes me stop for a moment and remember there are Marines that you pass at the commissary, at walmart, anywhere that will leave on the wives dreaded white bus, and come home in a coffin draped in an American flag. Giving the ultimate sacrifice of their life for our freedom.  Today I hear the National Anthem and it kills me. I sweel with pride and tears start to flow. I know the sacrafices that our country endures everyday for our freedoms and I am so proud to sacrifice for our Country.

I am thankful beyond words that God has given me this life, I have learned how life is so fragile, and I know truly how to make the best of each day with my Marine, even through the grumpy times. I am still thankful during our fights that may occur that he is standing next me, even mad but still standing next to me..... I am thankful that he is at least still next to me. I think it is hard for civillian people to understand the true agnoy that rips through us each night as we lay down to bed.

It is ok though, I am thankful that one day I will have my Marine home every night. I will not glady pass the torch to a new Marine Wife to a new Marine, I want to make sure that the next wife who takes my place in the Marine Corps will be strong and be understanding. It is not her Marines fault he has to work or  I hope they understand that His heart is ripping out of his chest when he gives his wife one last hug before heading to the bus for his deployment time.

This post turned into so much more then what I was going to post.... I guess God sometimes has better words then our plans!

Till we meet again.... <3

School has a way of making me get behind!

Like the title says, School has a way of making me behind. I was recently voted the pto president of dizzles school. I am loving every minute of it and it does make me behind sometimes. I am having to learn a whole new organization for myself. I definetly make sure that I have time for God every morning. It may not be a whole lot of time but I give my time selfless. He is worth the time and more.

With Thanksgiving coming up faster and faster, I am loving the fact that I am going to be home this year for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It is nice that we will be a family for one time. It is far and few between that we are all together for these holidays. Last year, we didnt have daddy with us for Thanksgiving. It was not the way I wanted to celebrate but I had to be Thankful last year that daddy was almost home. I am extremely thankful that this year we got our daddy home this year.

This year I am going to start doing Christmas Crafts and  I will be posting them online! I can't wait. Do you have favorite crafts? Do you have favorite recipes? Share them with me! I would love them!

Fablous Friday

Happy Fablous Friday Everyone!!! In our house, Friday is a fun day. We know that we can kick back after school, watch tv before bed and stay up a little later then we normally do! It is always a fun day for us. Saturday morning is a great day as well knowing that I can sleep until 7:30 without the dog in my face to say "mama time to wake up"

Speaking of dogs, We recently brought a new dog into our family, Maggie. She is absolutely adorable. She is a german shephard/golden retriever mix. She has the cutest ears and a mean bark. She was abused by someone at some time and as a result, she is afraid of EVERYTHING!!!! We have started to build up her confidence again. She is coming along just fine, the on ly thing complaint is that she is starting to have seperation anxiety. She has chewed the following items in the last few days: A Purple marker, my house slippers, Daddys house slippers and a few straggler toys from the kids. Thinking it might be time to maybe get a crate and crate train her. I dont like that but I really dont like coming home to see what she has chewed up next.

I am going to try and make a new recipe up this weekend, Maybe a new cornbread. We are southern and love our corn bread! It is absolutely yummy! God has blessed us with so many blessings in the last week, I an so thankful for that. I can not believe that he loves us so much that he wants us to only have the very best! This next week I am going to try each day and thank Jesus for each blessing I see, I have a feeling that I will be thanking him for everything! :)

Have an amazing weekend and remember, We can do all things thru Christ who strengthens us!

Sonia

17 days and I am 30!

AS I get closer to my 30th birthday, I am realizing that  I have changed so much over the last few years. It seems like yesterday I graduated high school, then got married and had a baby. That baby "A" is about to be 9 years old.  I am starting to be come more picky with my friends, my family and how things are done. I dont want to waste time with petty things anymore. I want to enjoy the life that God has given me so much. I see around me the beautiful place he put me into, he wanted me to be here and there has to be a reason, he has put people in my path that are meant to be met by me. I just need to figure out why! LOL

I am still unsure how to break into the new groups out here, My husband is not a DI or Drill Instructor. The DI families are so tightly knit, that if you are not married to a DI you are not in the cool club. I just dont want to mess with the pettiness of that. I want someone to be my friend becuse they like me alot, they love my company, and they kinda adore my family as well..

Upon looking at my next 30 years, I want to know that my life meant something to many people, I want people to always think the best of me. I want them to remember that I am funny, kinda kooky and just a bit crazy. I also want them to know that I love Jesus with all my heart, and that my family has been my inspiration to wake up every day, endure all the long hours and I would do it again in a heartbeat. I know in my next 30 years, time will fly so I am wise enough to try and enjoy every moment given to me.  For some reason, we forget that time is short, we live our daily lives with problems and forget all the blessings that are so much more important then that.  So in the next month, I am going to try and make a new friend out here and I hope that everyone can find one thing a day that is absolutely so amazing and you never even knew it was right in front of you!

Have an amazing day everyone!


Sonia

Smith Family Buffalo Chicken Wraps

I am not a big fan of spicy. It just doesnt work for me. I have recently tried to start eating alot more diverse things. ONe thing we tried was Buffalo Chicken Wraps. I made the recipe from scratch. Just thinking of using the items that we have.

Ingredients:
Chicken tenders
franks hot sauce
lettuce
cheese
ranch
tortillas


First I took chicken tenders and Franks Hot Sauce and put them in a bag and let them "soak" for about 2 hours. I then took the tenders all bright orange to the grill. This made them even more orange ha ha. I cooked until cooked through.  When all the chicken had been cooked, I started to assemble them!

When assembeling them, take your tortilla. Put in two chicken tenders, a small sprinkle of cheese, some shredded lettuce, and a drizzle of ranch dressing. ( my family doesnt like the taste of blu cheee, just dont care for it!)  Wrap up like a taco. They taste amazing, not too hot for our family.

We also do this same recipe with teriyaki marinade and they taste absolutely amazing, just a small hint of sweetness.

Almost 30 and so excited!!!

 Today is July 15th and the month well the whole year has just flown by quickly! I can not believe how fast it has gone by. It almost seems like when we found out we were moving, time went into fast forward. God has opened so many doors for us this year. It has been amazing. God can open so many doors to you and you will never know it. I have wanted to work for many months. I needed something that I could do from home as it is my husbands desire for me to be an at home mom.  I was offered a position with a popular phone company and I am soooo excited! I am able to make good income while working from home. It is amazing!  I am almost finished with my Associates Degree! I am so excited that God has given me the strength to be able to do it.  I want to be able to show my babies that it can be done to go to school, work and raise a family. I am also showing them that it is not exactly a carnival and it takes alot of hard work!  I have been busy working on new recipes to post! I have about 3 that I have created by myself and I am super excited to share these with you!

Hope that everyone has an amazing day, it is super rainy here and I dont care! Why? Because I know even when it is grey there is sunshine trying to break the clouds!

Smile and keep looking ahead!

Slow and Steady wins the race

Well Hello everyone! I know that I have been a little distant lately, I have been super busy trying to get involved with my new community along with trying to get involved with my new house. It is a weird feeling to just not feel at home in your home. I feel like a visitor in my new home. I am not comfortable yet. We got new neighbors just yesterday. It was weird meeting them and realizing that everything is the same between our families, same age kids, all the same sex as well. The wife is named Casey and so is my husband. The husband is not named Sonia so I guess we are ok there ha ha ha ha ha. God has been good to us here. We are seeing much favor in our new home. We just adopted a new dog this last friday. I prayed for God to show us a new dog and for her to be perfect for us. This was on Thursday. On friday I found maggie and now we have a shephard mix with a super sweet personality. She is very much my dog. Daddy trys to play with her.She just kind of wags her tail to him and then runs back to me. She is a very shy 10 month old. She trys to play with Bella but poor thing, she doesnt realize that she is 45 lbs and Bella is only 8 lbs. ha ha ha. Well I hope to be able to post alot more. Pictures to come with Miss Maggie! She is a cutie! :)

- Sonia