Treats for the Troops

I had the chance to bake some cakes to send over to Chad and some of the other guys/girls he is deployed with. I am kind of jealous they get to eat these. :)

They are a chocolate peanut butter bread cake with a butter cream nutella icing :)

2 for 1

How lucky – 2 posts not only in 1 month but check it out – in the SAME WEEK!

So I just wanted to share a great experience I just had. About the time Chad deployed I joined a military wives support group in Dallas on meetup.com. I have been skeptical to actually go – but I bit the bullet today and headed to a dinner in Plano with some of the other members. I am soo glad I went.

I don’t know anyone around here who is experiencing this or has experienced this so it was great to talk to other women like me. We already have our next meet up planned and I am excited for it!

We will be backing care packages to send to all the husbands/boyfriends/fiancés – very excited! Anyway – it was just nice to relate to people about this experience – I’m glad I stepped out of my comfort zone for once.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

JCW

World Travelers

Here we are - 56 days away from the big reunion – yup 56 days my friends. I can’t put in to words my emotions – eek! Now – this isn’t the last one – he has to return overseas afterward but – I’ll take what I can get at this point. Can you hear the flutters?

For all of those that don’t talk to me on a regular basis – Chad and I are spending 2 fabulous weeks overseas in Europe. My plane ticket is booked, our hotel reservations are made, and the train tickets arrived in the mail today! Sweet! I have been lucky enough to make it to Europe twice in my young life – but this will be Chad’s first time – well – first that he is able to step foot off the plane :)

We will be visiting 3 countries during our stay: Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. I have never been to Germany – I am excited – I don’t have much of a liking for beer – but maybe I can make an excuse to like it while I am there! 

I am pretty stoked to see Chad – he has lost 60lbs since February – wow!  I feel pretty fortunate that we get to talk on a fairly regular basis. Though it doesn’t make the situation any better it does give me a little more piece of mind. I can’t put in to words how much I miss having Chad at home. I don’t know how Chad manages – but somehow he still seems to make me feel special from 9000 miles away. He is a keeper for sure. He even sent me a handwritten letter – who does that anymore – I love it!

I’m pretty sure Bruno misses his Daddy – sometimes we can get him to “talk” to Chad on the webcam, it’s stinking cute. He hears Chad’s voice and he looks for him. The other day he realized where it was and he was staring right at the computer screen (see below photo) with his paws on the keyboard – what a goob.

 

Sorry for the randomness and scatteredness of my posts – I find myself sleeping a lot.

- JCW