He surprised me at our wedding!

I posted this little short story of how my husband surprised me at our wedding on tumblr, and it has been getting a lot of attention! So, I thought it would be nice to share with you guys.

 

One day when we were just dating he randomly stopped in our conversation and said, “You know I’m going to marry you one day, right?”
I laughed it off thinking ‘how could he say that if we just started dating?’

Time goes by and I just know that he was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, thinking ‘he was right.’

He asked me to marry him and told me “I’m going to do everything to make you the happiest and give you the wedding of your dreams.”
I giggled. He asked me why I was laughing, and I said “I’ve always dreamt of having fireworks at my wedding, but I know that it’s a far fetched idea and I want you to know that just marrying you will be enough.”

He went on deployment, and I had to do all the wedding planning on my own.
The little bit of time we got to talk he always sounded so guilty for not being able to help, but assured me that he would do as much as possible when he got back and that he wanted everything to be perfect.

On our wedding reception we were dancing in a line to the train song (him and I in the front of the line), when before you know it almost all our guests are in our dancing train, the DJ opens the doors and leads the train outside to two chairs. I started asking him,”Wait what’s going on?”
Then fireworks start to burst in the sky.
“You said you wanted fireworks,” said my husband, “you got them.

Married and loving it!

I’m sorry for the late post, but we got married!!! We had our wedding in October and it was a dream come true. I also graduated college and moved to San Diego! It’s been crazy adjusting from not seeing each other for a whole six months to living together, but it’s an adjustment I can say I’m happy I had to make. I love married like so much, it’s amazing waking up next to your best friend everyday.

The only part that sucks is when he has to go on the road for weeks at a time because of his job…I’m SO paranoid. Every little noise I hear scares the heck out of me, and I hate sleeping without him there.

We also adpoted a puppy! Her name is Love, and we get a lot of crap for naming her that, but it was actually already her name when we got her from the Animal Shelter, and it just seemed to fit her so perfectly. She’s my little companion when he’s away, so I don’t feel completely alone, and I’m so thankful for her!

Deployment Care-Package

Christian FINALLY received the first overseas care-package that I sent him and he loved it! I worked so hard on it and I think this is my best care-package yet! The time difference has been so hard on us, and  it seems like any time one of us actually has time to talk, the other one is sleeping or busy. Whenever he’s waking up, I’m either already sleeping or going to sleep. So, I think that this theme for a deployment care-package is perfect! All I used was construction paper, scissors, tape, and glue.

The contents of the care-package were mainly things that Christian had requested, but I put a lot of extras in there for him.  Some of the contents in the care-package were:

• A letter
• Pictures of us
• Shampoo
• Body wash
• Toothbrush & toothbrush holder
• Toothpaste
• Floss
• Q-tips
• Protein Bars
• On-the-go tuna dinner
• Candy
• Oreos
• Shoe freshener
• Laundry detergent

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This is the life I chose

I wrote this the other day when I was missing Christian, and I’m pretty sure all military significant others can relate.

This is the life I chose when I decided to stand by you…I thought I knew how hard it would be, I thought I was prepared…but until I actually started living it, and breathing it, that’s when I really knew, and even after realizing it…here I am and here I’ll stay. It’s like a whole nother life. My love for you is always present, but living life away from you is the most difficult thing. I have a completely different outlook on the pledge of allegiance, listening to the national anthem or just looking at a U.S. flag, I feel so proud to know that you are working so hard, selflessly and honorably to keep, not only the ones you love, but also people you’ve never even met, safe.  When people ask me how I do it, I don’t know how to fully express to them what I’m feeling. All I know is that when you love someone, you will do and go through anything for them, even if means being away from them. Even if it means staying up all night wondering if he’s okay. Even if it means going to bed alone every night or having an overarching feeling of yearning for him at all times. Even when you do things to distract yourself, the fact that he’s not there is always on your mind, and no matter how many people are around you, you feel alone without him. When something bad happens…you have to be strong and hold it in because he’s not there to comfort you. Or when something really good happens, your excitement diminishes when you realize that the only person who matters isn’t there to know about it. What’s getting me through all of this is knowing that it will all be worth it when I get to see you again, when I finally get to hold you and tell you face to face how much I love you.  The biggest part of my life is missing when you’re not with me, and I will wait patiently and impatiently to get it back. So when people ask me how I do it…I just tell them ‘love’.

Update

Hey guys, I’m sorry I haven’t posted in a while, but this post is mainly an update–or maybe more like a venting session, I should say haha– about what’s going on in my personal life and relationship. So my fiance is overseas and it’s probably the hardest thing we’ve have to go through in our entire relationship. He was here in Texas for the Christmas break, and now having him gone so far, the time difference, the sucky internet connection, the little time we get to actually talk, being on my last semester of college, working two jobs, and planning our wedding without him here is ridiculously hard. I sometimes don’t know how I manage to get through some days, but I somehow manage. I sent him hist first overseas care-package like a month ago, and he has yet to receive it so…that’s something else that is frustrating. I am SO proud of it, and I will most definitely be posting it on the blog when he gets it! I know that it’s all going to be worth it when he gets back.

This is one of our engagement pictures 🙂

Birthday Care-package

Okay, so my Fiance just turned 21 this weekend and I wasn’t able to be there to celebrate with him. It completely sucks missing such huge events in each others lives- more than just birthdays, some miss  anniversaries, graduations, and some even the birth of their own child, but that’s just part of being in a military relationship. How do we make the most of being apart on such important days? We can focus on the positive rather than the negative. I know, I know, it’s hard to think of anything positive when the most important person in your life isn’t there for such an important day, but just look at the glass half full instead of half empty. Maybe you will cry about it to get it out of your system, but after that you need to completely focus on the positive. You’ll be able to see them, you’ll get to celebrate together when you finally get to see each other, just the fact that you have each other in your lives should outweigh all the negative.

I made a care-package for his 21st birthday that could’ve been A LOT better, but due to monetary and time restrictions it wasn’t all that it could’ve been. I will make it up to him when he comes down to visit for the holidays! Nonetheless, I still worked hard on it and will show it you.

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So you can’t really tell much of what’s going on within the care-package from this picture, but here are the items it contained:

-A wrapped warm tribal hoodie

-A cute little R2D2 candy dispenser

-Gummy bears (his favorite)

-A souvenir shot glass from our city (It’s a must for a 21st b-day!)

-A super personalized birthday card

It’s not much, but it’s something. What matters is that you actually put in the time and effort to make their day just that more special. I promised him a cute little birthday cake and nice dinner when he comes to visit in like a week and a half!

Storify Love Story

Image from http://blog.bleacherreport.com/2011/11/21/storify-good-advice-from-poynter-about-using-it-in-your-writing/

I learned about this new website called Storify. I think it is an awesome tool to look back and see how your love story progressed through the social media timeline. Yes, it is super cheesy, but it is an awesome keepsake for you to have!

Here’s mine:

http://storify.com/yolispeace/love-story/preview

2013 Marine Corps Ball

The Marine Corps Ball is an event I look forward to all year! Not only is it an excuse to see my man, but it is wonderful to celebrate the Marine Corps Birthday with people in his unit. I always feel so proud when the ceremony takes place, knowing that my fiancé is contributing to the honorable acts the Marines are known for. The Marine Corps Ball we attended this year was in San Diego, hosted at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel. Everything was absolutely beautiful, and I’m already looking forward to next year’s ball!

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Where was your military ball, and how was your experience? I wanna read about it in the comments!

Sweet Memories Montage

So all of us in long-distance relationships cherish the moments that we get to spend with our significant others. I know I find myself daydreaming about little moments that we share when we are together. At the beginning of my relationship with my Marine, I found  myself looking through pictures of all the times we had spent together: holidays, trips, or just the occasional self-portraits. Then it hit me: why not make a montage of times when we got to spend time together? So I recorded at random times when we got to spend time together; I’d just set the my camera down somewhere, press the record button, and we’d go on as usual. It was really nice watching the videos and realizing how much fun I have with him and how any time apart is completely worth the little time we get together. I made a montage of a couple moments from a whole bunch of the videos that I had, and send it to him for valentine’s day. By then, it had been a while since I had seen him, so it was nice looking back at all our memories, and he loved it! He tells me that he still watches it randomly to this day.

Here’s the video I made!

I’m going to try to pick this back up, and record again when we get to spend time together, maybe you can do this too! If you have any montages feel free to leave a link in the comments, I’d love to watch!

App Idea for Class

For my FDOM class I have to come up with a Mobile App Idea and I chose to name mine “MilSo Interactive”. 

The App’s purpose would be to connect US Milsos for support, advice, crafts ideas, and create friendships. The tabs would be for different things such as: Pictures being posted, recipes, invitations, events, care-package ideas, and status updates of those you wish to connect with, the news feed can be narrowed down to your specific location. I think people would want to use it because it would bring many resources to them and help them feel understood. Some people need as much interaction as possible with people who understand them and this app can build new friendships and spark new ideas.