Christmas 2011

Little late for Christmas post, but o-well...I wanted to share our Christmas with everyone!!

We made homemade ornaments for our family this year. Lily helped me to paint them all.

Christmas Eve
Lily with her 1st American Doll from her Nana and Papa. (my parents)

With everything that happened with Kane the week before and week of Christmas, we did not get to decorate our Gingerbread house till Christmas Eve! Lily had a blast making it:)

All Done. She wore the Santa Hat the entire time:)

Watching her message from Santa Claus...she was thrilled to learn that she was on the "Nice" list!

Making cookies with her daddy.

Cookies and milk for Santa! Carrot strips for the reindeer.

Christmas Morning. Santa brought her a Hello Kitty 4-wheeler!

Opening her presents after church!

It was a great Christmas and I am so glad that Kane got out of the hospital just in time to spend it with us!!

Officer Peek

Pretty much everyone knows that my husband was laid off in November 2010. He took some time to figure out what he want to pursue. We talked about everything from him going back into the service, to moving out of state, to moving overseas, to just staying put and finding something closer to where we already live.

We decide to try and pursue something closer to home. so on March 12, 2011 he tested with Conroe Police Department. He passed his test, passed the physical agility portion of the test, filled out his application, turned it in and then the waiting game began!! We did not hear anything from anyone for about a month. He finally decide to email the Sgt in charge of the hiring process and he received an email back stating that they were still looking for officers and that "he (Kane) was being considered as one of them). So, again we waited for that phone call. Finally, he got the call early May and he went in on May 16th for his interview. I took a half day from work so I could be home when we got the news and sure enough he got the job!!!

They told him the academy would start June 1st. Well June 1st came and went, then it was middle of June, end of June, beginning of July...so on so on...finally July 21st he started work after being laid off for almost a year!!!

The past 6 months has been the longest 6 months. Finally, we were closing the chapter to the longest year that we both have been through.

Then, Kane's accident came. It was the second to the last week in the academy. They were going through their tazing class. Kane was the first one to volunteer to be tazed. Well the tazer hit Kane in the spine and through his body into shock. He was rushed to the ER with multiple things going on. He had x-rays, blood work, the works and come to find out he broke his back right between the shoulder blades. There was talk of possible surgery to correct his back. We did not know what was going to happen. All I thought about was that I am so happy that my husband is alive a well, but WHY...why two weeks before we can close this long chapter, does this happen!! Well, everyone I know...family, friends, co-workers, my church family, everyone pulled together and we just prayed...I have never prayed so much in my life then I did that night in the hospital. The next morning came, I went home to get cleaned up and around lunchtime Kane called and said no surgery!!! His Sgt. was there and they said he could graduate and go to work on light duty!! I got off the phone and just cried...I cried so hard because I know that everything was going to be okay and that once again God showed me to never give up faith in him.

Kane left the hospital on Saturday to go home. He was home for two day before we had to go back to the hospital because he had a staph-infection...ughh. Well he was admitted for the staph and for a blood clot. When all said was done he was in the hospital till Thursday, was released with no blood clot (thank you to a wonderful nurse who double checked the paperwork) and we went home!!

On January 5th, 2012 I had the honor of pinning my husband with his new badge. I am so proud of him that words can not explain. He stuck with it and got us through the craziness!! Our relationship is so much stronger because of what we have been through. I thank God each and every single day for him!! Here are some pictures from the Graduation!!! Enjoy:)

Kane, Lily and I afterwards!

Pinning his badge on!

Getting Sworn in!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the best two men in my life...my dad and Kane. I do not have one picture of my dad and I on my computer:( That means I do not take enough pictures of my dad!!! I need to get on that!!! Well, today we did not do much. We hung out at the house and then took Kane out to dinner for Father's Day. We are leaving to go to Galveston tomorrow!! It is our family mini vacation!! Then we are off to my mom's house for my sister's wedding!!! Here are the pictures I took today!!!

Kane and Lily before dinner!!

Lily and I at dinner!!

Hubs and I

I saw this on Amanda's blog over at My Life in the Making . I loved getting to know her and her hubby since she is a teacher friend of mine, I thought it would be fun to do too. I hope my 3 followers enjoy getting to know Kane and I!!!

1. What are your middle names? Mine is Marie and his is Benjamin Kane...yes he has two:)

2. How long have you been together? We have been married for 9 years and 2 months. We were together for a year before we got married.

3. How long did you know each other before dating? We met on my 19th birthday, which was September 12th, we started dating that following January. So, about 5 months.

4. Who asked who out? He asked me out. He actually asked me out many times before I finally said "YES"

5. How old are each of you? We both had a birthday in September...I turned 30 and he turned 33.

6. Did you both go the same school? No on both High School and College. I went to UNLV. He is starting back at Lone Star College.

7. Are you from the same home town? No...he is from Paris, Tx and I grew up in the military. I call Killeen, Tx home.

8. Who is the smartest? I have to say him:)

9. Who majored in what? I majored in Elementary Education and he is going to major in Political Science or Criminal Justice...he is unsure right now.

10.Who is the most sensitive? That would have to be me hands down!!!

11. Where is the farthest you two have traveled together as a couple? We went to Jamaica for a belated honeymoon in 2005. Loved it:)

12. Who has the worst temper? That would be me again hands down:(

13.How many children do you want? I want just one more. He only wants one, but we will have one more!!!

14. Who does the cooking? I do majority of the cooking. Since he is laid off he has been cooking for me:)

15. Who is more social? I would say me. I enjoy hanging out with friends and family, he rather stay at home and hang out with Lily and I.

16. Who is the neat freak? That would be me again...I get that from my mom:)

17. Who is the most stubborn? Hmm...I think both of us are stubborn at times!!!

18. Who wakes up earlier? He used to get up before me, but now I am up before him!!

19. Where was your first date? Oh gosh...it was probably to a restaurant. I don't remember.

20. Who has the bigger family? I have one more sibling than him, but extended family...maybe him...not sure on this one!!

21. How do you spend the holidays? We usually only see one family on Thanksgiving. We alternate each year with families. For Christmas, if we spent Thanksgiving with Kane's family then we will spend Christmas Eve with Kane's family and Christmas with my family, vice verse. We always try to see both families for a few days leading up to Christmas or for a few days after Christmas. Other holidays, just depends what everyone is doing!!!

22. Who is more jealous? Neither of us is!!!!

23. How long did it take to get serious? Well, Kane and I had many ups and downs before we got serious. When he went off to Iraq the first time, I decide to take a break, when he came back I wanted to take things slow again. From that point it was probably about 1 month when we got serious about our relationship.

24. Who eats more? Haha...I say him, he can eat!!!

25. What do you do for a living? I am a teacher. He used to work for Baker Oil Tools in their Test Lab Facility. Now, he is stay at home dad:)

26. Who does the laundry? We share it!!!

27. Who's better with the computer? Me

28. Who drives when you are together? We both do:)

29. What is your song? "Amazed" by Lonestar. That is our first dance song. When he went to Iraq the second time, I heard this song at a George Strait concert and just balled my eyes out when I heard it!!!

Now its your turn my three followers:) Let me know if you do it so I can learn all about yall:)

Our First Getaway!!!

Kane and I had our first getaway without Lily. I have not spent one night away from daughter when Kane and I went on our little getaway. We went to La Torretta Spa and Resort. They are in the process of redoing it, so it still needs alot of work but it was really nice to just layout and enjoy spending time with Kane!!!

Here is the resort from the outside.

Kane and I laying by the pool.

Playing some putt putt golf.

That's me making it in the hole:)

As you can see...I BEAT Kane!!! Whooh:)



Our View from our room...not a bad view, at least we could see Lake Conore!!


We had a great time away. We were able to enjoy ourselves without having to tend to Lily. I missed her like crazy but we had a great time and I think she had a BETTER time spending time with her Aunt Wendy, Grammy and Papa!!! I can't wait for us to have another getaway!!