Life Lately..

  My life lately.. For starters I am doing the body by vi challange. Which I thought oh this will be so easy. Well let me tell you I am a horrible dieter. But I stood strong with it for the first week, but going back to vb was the kicker for me. I am still trying to get back on track, I am not a breakfast eater normally so I have to remind myself to have a shake for breakfast. I just want instant results .. which I know takes a little work!

   On a better note I went out a couple of weekends ago with my brother and some friends what a great night that was. I am very happy to have some time with my brother before he leaves..some of you probably know he has chose a career in the Air Force. So that will be taking him to Hawii. I know sad right.. Don't worry Jas and I have already planned a trip in a couple of years. Crazy to think I am going to miss that guy :) I am very proud of my brother. And glad we are apart of each others life's.

  Seems me and the girls are just trucking along.. if you can believe it an entire month has passed. We are close to the half way point! I always think of the home coming home it helps get me through each day. And a special thanks to apple for Face time I seriously couldn't manage with out it. Seeing his face at the end of the day makes it that much easier I am sure he enjoys every minute getting to see the girls.

   Through this process I have realized who the "real" people are in my life. Very few people that could call me tonight and say they needed me now that I would drop everything and be there for. I hope my people know who they are and just how important they are to me. I am happy to say I have reconnected with a good friend.. and happy to have her back in my life. It truly is the little things in life!

   A stomach bug has swept our house unfortantly. It hit me first blah.. what a bad experience with to well kids. Seriously at this point what can I not do.. super mom! haha! And now Jaz, she honestly is the best sick kid ever. She tells me when she is going to get sick and goes to the bathroom. Just if giving her meds was that easy! But hopefully short short lived like mine. She will be super happy to be sleeping in my bed. Little stinker says mommy I sleep in your bed tonight, most every night. I say no baby your not. Her answer "Yes I are" haha.

  I just look around at us three sometimes and think what a pair we are really.. We keep each other laughing. Jaz in the bathroom getting sick mommy holding hair back, Juliana pulling the toilet paper in little pieces everywhere in the bathroom. So grateful for my girls that is one thing for sure! So that is our life lately.. Next step getting Jaz ready for her dance classes. She is super excited to be a ballarina. And the BIG pre-k Honestly how did this happen she is growing up!!! Until next time have a fab week!

Gentry Zoo

Boys feeding the goats

Of course these two.. they were trying to get it to stand on Jason. 

Clint the new farm boy. Haha! 

Prob the cutest monkey ever

Grammy and the girls look at the fox. 

Looking with her knocklers 

Clint breaking the rules feeding the animals

To much for Julie. 

Through the eyes of a three year old. What a fun time! 

 Wanted to share a few pictures from the gentry zoo. We went with my family to the zoo on the sunday before Jas left. I had a lot of fun with everyone and got some great pictures to add with some good memories.

Bumpy roads

  Well after three weeks of just me and the girls I figured I was ready to blog about our journey. This journey of a whirlwind of emotions to speak. The girls and I have tried to settle into our own routine of things. I feel as if we have done pretty well, we still hit some bumps along the way. I feel like these three weeks has gone by quick and then I glance at the calendar and just want to take all the calendars out of the house. If you cant tell I don't count down the days.. just the days that has passed.
   I know how much my husband means to me, I feel like this journey will make our bound so much stronger as odd as it may sound to someone. I feel we will bounce back even stronger. That is probably the only up side to this all. Because really this is incredible difficult to do with two small girls. For anyone who has said three and half months that isn't to bad, you haven't lived it with a three year old little girl.. that is truly a daddies girl! We have had a few nights where we both just miss him, I lay in bed with her and since she is unsure how to show emotions or just simply say I miss my daddy. She talks about the day he left and when I had a surprise for her ( a new coloring book) this is how I know in so many ways that she really misses him. So hard as a mom to realize that your baby girl is missing her daddy and there is nothing you can do. I have nothing really but distractions, which only works for a small period of time. To not be able to fix it is incredible hard as a mom.
  So many emotions come back up while I am thinking of the goodbye and him packing his bags the week before. I just honestly dreaded that day more than anything. I thought of all the things I would miss. I basically miss everything.. its simple my husband is my best friend and my rock. I miss him for so many reasons.. but the number one is just for my girls they need him so much! I hope he always see just how much they need him. And how much I need him!
 I knew it was going to be difficult with lots of bumps in the road. But I am a strong momma and wife.  With the help of great friends and family, we are trucking right along with all our crazy emotions and all.

Blogging on the back burner

  Since summer has hit I don't think I have picked up my laptop to blog. Blogging has not been on my to do list.. We have spent several days at the water park which is super fun. We have had lots of play dates and playing in our back yard time. So far I have managed to keep the girls and myself pretty busy.
    I have enjoyed not having much of a schedule and flying by the seat of my pants.. I know that Jazi sure has been missing school. She talks about it often, and just yesterday I was thinking how in the world did it happen but she is going into pre-k in Sept.! The girls and I are squeezing in all the time we can in these last two weeks with Jas. YES I said it two weeks!! I starting to feel very sad about this. I have hide it away until I absolutely have no choice other than to think of it. I have found someone to help with the girls this summer thank goodness cause this momma is gonna have some hard times ahead.
    I look forward to all of fun days this summer just wish Jas could be here to enjoy them with us. I am now making a commitment to blog a little more, I always feel a little better afterwards. That is as soon as I finish my Grey's trilogy books! Yes I said it.. I am completely into these books and cant seem to put them down! And will prob be waiting in line when the movie comes out. It has taken me about a week to finish the first and second one and now I am on the third book. I am just saying this better have a happy ending!!!  Until next time.. I hope everyone is having a happy summer with lots of swimming!

Look who's One!

  I find it quiet unreal that Juliana Grace is a year old. I think I have been putting this blog off because I really don't want to sit down and to really think about how fast this year has gone bye. Jas created a slideshow of her first year. I have to say I am glad he did it cause I probably would of been in tears. Her birthday party was a blast and over within a snap of a finger.
    I really can go on all day about how she has made my heart full. I love this little girl so much, her smiles back at me lets me know she gets it. She is turning into to a big girl. I say this because she is 23lbs. She is a chunk and eats like crazy. She has 8teeth and just cut her top molars. I broke her from her bottle at 10 1/2 months. Crazy I know, but it was so easy she loves her sippy cup. I am sure the paci will be a diff story she loves that thing. A few weeks ago she started standing on her own with out holding onto anything. She took four steps the other day.. I am very ready for her to walk before daddy has to leave. All the milestones just make me sad really.. I block a lot of things out because I see her growing so fast. And I look at Jaz and think in no time Juliana will be there. I just hope as a mom and I am sure we all do that I don't look past a single thing.
    Her birthday party was fun.. I wanted to keep it simple. But of course it never ends up that way. I have to say I was a little sad when I didn't get a single cake smash pic. Not because I wasn't waiting patiently behind the camera. Because she could of cared less! We were so happy our family and friends came to celebrate thia time with us. Still on my fireplace the two tissue ball and a banner that says I am one. I just cant seem to take them down. I don't want my baby to be one. She has grown up so fast.. and when people tell you it goes by fast that is a under statement. But I sure do love watching her develop her own personality completely different than Jazlyn. I think I have said this before she is gonna be our heart stealer. Cause I know one thing she has sure stole ours.
     

Taco Pizza

 Many of you saw this picture on face book and asked for the recipie. However I found it looking around on pintrest of course. This is so easy and so yummy!
 
You will need
-Pizza crust ( I got the pillsbury crust)
-I can refried beans
-Hamburger meat with taco mix
-lettuce
-tomato
-cheese
Add what ever else topping you would like.

1st I cooked the taco meat. I then got the crust ready and spread a layer of beans down. added the taco meat and the toppings. I cooked for the time it called for on the crust (I had to cook mine a little longer to make sure it was not gooey) I LOVED it. Defiantly something I could eat often.  
 Happy taco pizza eating!!!

Three

Jazi Claire turned three on April 15h. It really is hard to believe that three years went by that fast. She sure has made it a great three years thats for sure. The first present she got was a swing set that daddy spent a couple of days working on. She loves it. We then finished celebrating her birthday at chuck e cheese in fort smith with family and friends. She enjoyed chuck e cheese alot. After giving her a swing set we wanted to keep everything pretty small and simple. We did get some present to open there which at the time she cared nothing about :) Since her actually birthday was on Sunday we brought her bike that we got her to my parents. Jas put that together sat night so sunday morning she would wake up to it.  She walked up to it and said a bicycle! Got on it and said wheres my helmet? haha Only Jaz.  She had a great birthday party and lots of good presents.
    It only took her all of a couple of days to get the bike riding down. She is very proud of that. So was mommy and daddy. She really enjoys her sand box. She says all the time we are at the beach. Wishful thinking I guess. Even though she has not been to a beach yet.
            On a different note.. three seems it will be a tough age for Jazi.. as if a light switch went off and now she doesn't have to listen. I guess that is part of it right. So it may get a little trying around our house for a little while but I am sure the best has yet to come with her. She keeps us on our toes. It is just liked I blinked and now she is three. So happy birthday to my baby girl.. even though when I call her that she says I am not a baby I am Jazi Claire! She is a one of kind that is for sure, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Jazi carrying Josie around. I remember not long ago Josie being bigger than Jaz!

                               

Chuck E Cheese fun with Grammy and Grandpa

This is my absolute fav picture!

This pic show so much love between the two of them!

Jazi seeing her bike for the first time. She was so excited!