Our orders into this unique military assignment were unexpected, and honestly, a bit tough to receive. They came unexpectedly, and to be honest, I dug my heels into the ground and say “No way!” After much prayer and discussion, we decided together as a team to forego that route; as a team to embrace the…
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Christmas Traditions for Newlyweds
Since this is my and Andy’s first year as a married couple, I wanted to get into the swing of creating our own holiday traditions. I totally failed and missed Halloween (we didn’t even dress up!), and Thanksgiving was spent with my family followed by a low-key weekend at home (I missed watching the Macy’s…
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A 25th birthday celebration, Star Wars style
Saturday was my husband’s birthday and I was so excited to celebrate my sweet husband! He has been my rock through all of these major changes in my life this past year. I knew I had to make this a great birthday, because I missed his birthday last year and we have no idea what next year will hold….
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A letter to my husband, on his birthday
Tomorrow is Andy’s birthday, but I wanted to get this post up today since I don’t usually post on the weekends. Dear Andy, It’s hard to believe that this time last year, you were my boyfriend stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Since then, you moved to Fort Knox, we got engaged in January, and were married in June….
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The Cummins clan is expanding!!!
Meet Lily, our new little girl. She’s a 1 year old shepherd/lab mix. She’s so sweet and a bit of a scaredy dog. Andy had been talking about getting a dog pretty much as soon as we returned from our honeymoon. I had been adamantly against it. After all, you know who will have to…
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{Honeymoon in Jamaica} Fun in the Sun
Although we went on many excursions on our honeymoon, we also made sure to plan some down time! Since our excursions were always in the morning, we’d come back to the hotel and have the whole afternoon and evening to do whatever we wanted. Our resort offered free sailing, kayaking, and paddleboarding so we took…
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We may not have money, but we have love
This weekend will be 4 weeks since we said “I do.” I naively thought that we wouldn’t struggle because the honeymoon was so perfect, or maybe the tough times would just be “meh.” Coming home to real-life has been a huge adjustment. We knew everything would change, yet I was still taken aback by all…
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