No time for Blogging

Well it has been noted that I need to be better at this blog stuff. It has been many moons since my last blog. So much has happened since then. Where do I start?

Hhhmmmm.

Okay. We now live in Oklahoma. I was NOT happy about this move! When I moved from UT to TX I was so scared. I thought I would never fit in and I would miss my family. Well little did I know when I moved there I would meet some of the best friends EVER! This is what made moving away from them so hard. We always say we will keep in touch and talk all the time, but some how the distance always comes between us.

When we got here it was hard for me to meet people. I tried all the things I did in TX to meet people and nothing seemed to work. So I thought I would get a job. Yes a JOB. This was a huge change for me. I hadn't worked in like 5 years. I applied at a few places and didnt hear anything. A few months later I got a call from a lady at Old Navy. I went to the interview and to my surprise the lady was from the same SMALL town I just moved from. It was a sign. I got the job and started in October. I am now the assistant store manager at the Old Navy in Norman.

My husband is still in recruiting. He now does marketing and training. Its less hours but he is out of town a LOT. He is in KS right now. Thanks to his job I have made some good friends here. Some how all the guys he works with some how managed to marry ladies with the same smart ass personality as I have. Needless to say its a PARTY every time we get together. Me and one of the girls hit it off very well and now do everything together. She is making living in OK a little better.

Back to my job. I love it. It makes me feel so good to be good at something. In less than a year I have done so well at work. The position I am in now is an acting position. This means that I am kinda filling in for someone so they can see how well I can do at it. It makes me feel amazing that they trust me enough to help run a store. Did I mention I haven't even been there for a year yet. I love helping our customers and I get a great discount. I not only get a discount at Old Navy but also at Gap and Banana.

Now on to the girls. Taige just finnished the second grade. She is an honor roll student. She is still learning so well. She loves to read and is an amazing reader. Where has the time gone? She is getting so big. She learned to ride a bike without training wheels. Payton is as naughty as ever. She keeps us on our toes. She spends a lot of time sitting on the wall (the only punishment that gets to her). She loves to sneak food and hide the trash under her bed. She never eats meals cause she sneaks snacks all day. Now that it is summer we are spending a lot of time at the water park. My girls are both little fish. They have adapted so well. They did such a great job fitting in here. I am so proud of them.

Well there is your update and I will try and keep this updated a little better.

Grandma's Chocolate Sunday Pie

Wow it has been a long time since I updated our blog. I am starting by adding a recipe for a pie I make every Thanksgiving. It is my Grandmother's recipe.....

Preheat Oven to 325 degrees

2 Cups Flour
2 Sticks Butter (1 Cup)
1 Cup Crushed Nuts (I use almonds)
Combine above ingredients then press into 9x13 baking pan
Bake for 30 min. **Cool Completely!!!

1 Package (8oz) Cream Cheese
1 Cup Confectioners Sugar (Powdered Sugar)
1 Tub (12oz) Whipped Topping (Divide this as you will use half for top of pie)
Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth
Stir in 1 1/2 Cups Whipped Topping (Reserve remaining for top)
Pour over cooled crust.

1Pkg (6 1/8oz) Instant Chocolate Pudding
1 Pkg (5 1/2oz) Instant Butterscotch Pudding
5 1/2 Cups milk (I follow the directions on the pudding)
Let cool in fridge until slightly set.
Pour pudding mixture over cram cheese mix on crust.
Top with whipped topping and nuts.


Enjoy!

Summer Time

Well our summer has been full of surprises. Our shower in the master bath had a leak and caused some damage to the wall and flooring in the livingroom. Right after that our a/c broke. If you are not a Texan this might not seem like a big deal but it is a HUGE deal. When it went out it had been over 100 degrees outside for over 2 weeks. It is not too much fun to go without a/c when it is that hot out. We got our new a/c put in and it has only got over 100 once since we got it. Go figure.

My kids have been so ownry here lately. They have been doing thing that shock me almost every day. I went in their room the other day to find that Taige had taken the scissors and cut open a beanbag pillow and dumped it all over the floor. I was mad!! When I asked her why she would do such a thing she replied, " I thought it would be fun. " That sent me from mad to gonna blow a gasket MAD!!!! I think alot of things would be fun but I know they are wrong so I don't do them. EEERRRRRR!!!! Then Payton took crayon and colored all over the television. What are these two thinking? I think god is testing me so I will continue to pray for patitence and know he is teaching me something.

Tanner got a new office partner. Yippee (kinda). Her name is Sarah. She just rejoined the air force and was assigned recruiter duty. It is so nice that he can share his load with someone else. It has been over a year that he was pulling the load for this whole area. He is an awsome recruiter and I appriciate all he does to support us. We have struggled a lot while in recruiting but we are in it for the long haul!!! It gets to me sometimes and I wish we never would have signed up for this but it is our lives now and we have to go on. There is no turning back now. It does beat having him in Iraq. At least he is just dealing with stupid highschool kids here not crazy people who want him dead. I love him and thank God for bringing him into my life he was the missing piece to my puzzle.

We will see where our road takes us.........

Oh no not a commercial!

All is quiet in the Westfall house. Everyone is asleep and I am enjoying the time to blog. For now all my duties as a wife and mother are on hold. I don't think there is anything more beautiful than watching your very own baby sleep.

It is so funny the things kids these days are getting so used to. We don't even think about it much but I noticed something yesterday and had to laugh. Payton was watching Sponge Bob (also known as Bob Bob in our house) when all of a sudden she starts yelling "MOMMA! MOMMA!". I go running in to see what is wrong, thinking something was important. She turns and looks at me and says "Momma, Bob Bob not on!". You have got to be joking my child who is not even 3 is so used to watching television without commercials that she thinks the show is over and life is going to end when one comes on. Our kids are spoiled with all the new high tech stuff out.

Well now that I have given you all a laugh I better get going the Westfall house is waking up.

Moms cant get sick.

Today is not starting all that well. Payton is throwing up and I am very sick to my stomach as well. I do not like barf and I hate cleaning it up. It is bad enough that I have to clean it up but come on I am sick too. Sickness in our house is like a train wreak. I know at some point we will all have it and I just hope I feel better by the time the rest of the family gets it.

We are enjoying our summer so far. We spend lots of time at the spray park. It is like a water park for kids. The girls love it. Payton is a little fish she loves to swim and only needs arm floats this year. We spend lots of time playing outside. Sidewalk paint is a new favorite of ours. We paint the driveway almost every day and wash it away with the hose so we can do it again tomorrow. It is a great way for them to have fun and learn as well.

Taige has lost a head full of teeth, 8 to be exact. Right now she is missing 4 top teeth and she can't hardly eat anything. She does how ever have a dentist appointment Wednesday to see if they will have to pull her new teeth down. She lost her 2 front teeth right before Thanksgiving and they are still not growing in. Her gum is very swollen and sore but no sign of teeth. I hope they can bring some comfort to her and maybe get the teeth in so she can eat something.

Daddy is fixing up his 4 wheeler. He painted his exhaust pipes red to match his riding gear. He had done a few new mods to it but I could not tell you anything about them or the purpose of them. He loves being in the garage working on his bike, or anything for that matter. He is so good at stuff like that. His brain works like nobody I have ever known. He can look at something and know right away how to take it apart, fix it, and put it back together. He tries to tell me about what he is doing and how it will help his bikes performance but most of the time I have no clue what he is talking about.

Thats about all that is going on with us right now. I am going to go lay down with my sick baby and watch Dora.

Loving a Soldier

Loving a soldier isn't always what they say, and loving him is a high price to pay. It's mostly loving with nothing to hold, it's being young yet feeling so old. It's having him whispering his love to you. It's whispering back you love him too. Reluctantly, painfully letting him go, while you're dying inside from wanting him so, Watching him leave with eyes full of tears, Standing alone with hopes, dreams, and fears. It's sending a letter with the stamp upside-down, to a far away lover in a far away town. It's going to church to kneel and pray, and really meaning every work you say. So though you know he's far away, just keep on loving him more each day. Being in love will merit your dreams, and thoughts of heaven where love's light gleams. Days go by and no mail for a spell, you wait for some word to hear that he's well. A letter arrives and your heart fills with joy, you're like a child with a shiny new toy. With fingers trembling, heart beating fast, you read it again from first word to last. He's doing well and misses you so. It's filled with the love you wanted to know. Weeks are now months and months seem like years, you're waiting for the day you'll have no more fears. Time passed slowly, but gone very fast, you're barely aware that it's here till it's past. Yes, loving a soldier brings bitterness and tears, loneliness, sadness and despondent ears. Loving a soldier isn't much fun, but it's well worth the time when his time is done. Remember he's thinking of you every day, he's sad and lonely from being away, so love him miss him and cherish your dreams, and always be proud to love your soldier.

Being A Recruiters Wife!

I have been asked "what's it like being a recruiter's wife?" Well I thought about it and here is my answer.....

Being a recruiter's wife is......

learning to enjoy dinner alone.

It's making plans only to find out they will be broken at the last moment.

It's living like a single mother but being married.

It's waiting up till 10 or 11 at night just to see your husband before you go to bed.

It's getting excited that he has a full weekend off only to find out friday night he has to go into work in the morning.

It's making his favorite dinner and him eating out.

It's being put second to all the people he brings in to the Air Force.

It's watching your 2 year old point at pictures and saying daddy and knowing she misses him as much as you do.

It's listening to the storm warnings and wondering if he will make it home okay.

It's spending time with your friends so you don't have to be alone.

It's telling your kids that they have to go to bed cause it's late but promising that you will have daddy come kiss them good night when he comes home.

It's spending time with your husband while you both are asleep.

It's keeping busy so you don't think of how long it will be till you see him again.

But I do get to sleep with him and I know he is here and that he is safe and that is all that matters.

What can I say ..... I love being married to a recruiter!!!!!!