Here I am again.....

Wow I just realized I haven't blogged all year. Shame on me. So much has changed since I last wrote. Benito got a promotion at his job as did I:) He's a truck supervisor at Nabors and I'm a personal banker at American State Bank. I love my job! Benito likes his for the most part but at times it's a little stressful because his phone never stops ringing. He is very good at his job and I'm so proud of him.

We went to Dallas at the begining of this month to my cousins quincenera. We visitied with our good friends and went to a Dallas Mavericks vs. Lakers which by the way was insanely awesome. We had so much fun in Dallas and we even mad a new set of friends from La Redo (idk if it's spelt right). I loved being around my best friend and our other friends that live there. Benito and I have discusssed moving there and pray this is what God wants for us. Hopefully we can pack up and move to Dallas someday!

Where do I start....

WOW!! I have been out of the blog world for a few months. Sorry to anyone who reads this. I've been busy working full time! I was offered a promotion at American State Bank not long after I started and am now the commercial teller. Anywho enough about me my husband also got a new job at Nabors. We both have been busy working working.....story of our lives. Woohooo the TEXAS RANGERS MADE IT TO THE WORLD SERIES!! HOW AMAZING! Sorry I know that was a lil random!! Ummm lets see what else.....I would really like to move back to lubbock! I need to get on a diet!!! I've been so bad! Why is it so hard to be healthy?? Maybe it isn't but for me I've always struggled with my weight! I'm really going to try and be better at watching what I eat! I hope it works this time, I feel like thats all I keep telling myself that I'm not goin to eat bad but for some reason idk why its not happening!!:( My husband and I went and visited with a very good friends of ours at the beginning of this month in Hobbs NM!! We had a blast although I was trying to get over my sinus infection at the time! We went to the horse races and the casino!! I'm not a big gambler but I had an amazing time at the horse races. We bet on a few races and won about 3!! We win a grand total of 60!!! Hmmmm.......what else has been going on?????????? I can't believe BEnbito and I will be married a WHOLE year GOD willing in about a week! Its crazy how time flies when you're having fun! We were goin to go to San Antonio but since Benito switched jobs we wont be able to go anywhere but as long as we get to spend our day together thats all that matters! We're belssed and as long as we have eachother it will be special!! Well I just thought I would post since its been a awhile! I can't belive its going to be a whole other year that has passed us by. Halloween is in a couple of days and I want to dress up and go out but I have no costume! It seemed har to find a costume this year! Who knows what I'll be! Have a lovely and fun Halloween!! Here are a gew pics from NM!

Where have I been...

I was in Lubbock for about a 2 weeks and a half. I missed my husband so much! I was very glad to be done with training and finally get to work! I'm now a teller at american state bank! I was so scared today to be actually working with "real" money! It's scary knowing you're dealing with peoples money but also feels good to be given such a big responsibility! This month has been filled with lots of fun and buisiness! We started off July taking a trip to San Marcos with some friends where we floated the river and shopped!! OMG I fell in love with outlet mall!! I want to go back so bad!! We had a lot of fun. If you haven't floated the river you should definitly do it!! It's very relaxing. As soon as we got home from our mini vacay I was off for training!! This weekend Benito is standing up in a friends wedding then the following I'm in my bff's wedding! It's such a blessing for those who are committing their lives to one another. Well other than our busy month things have been amazing! Sorry it's such a short post! I'm so ready for our 2 weddings coming up this weekend and next weekend!! FUN FUN FUN! And since a post isn't complete without a picture.....Hope you all enjoy the rest of the summer!!

Wow!

My life has taken a complete 180 since I last posted. Afterall Benito had been through we recieved what I like to call a "blessing in disguise." He received a phone call from his old job Globe the week after he had dislocated his shoulder. They wanted him to come back to work for them for better pay! Alleluia! We are very blessed. He is very pleased and happy to be back where he began his journey in the oil field. I'm so happy for him because I know all the stress from him being in a bike accident to dislocating his shoulder was really taking a toll on him. I can see now he is happy as can be and stress free. As for me I recently quit my job. I dislike the word "quit." Although I cannot explain fully what made our decision for me quit my job, I know God has a plan for me which is to continue my education. I'm excited about being able to go back to school. God willing I will go back in the fall and fufill my dream to become a nurse. I've been very stressed because I was offered a full time job at a dr.'s office but Im not sure whether to take the job or not. A part of me feels like I should and the other part feels that I need to focus on goin to school. The only problem with school is that I owe money to the college I attended before I moved to Snyder and in order for me to further my education here I must pay off a remaining balance in full at my prior college. Eeeeeekkk!! I'm stressed! I know God has a plan and I don't feel like taking the full time job is the right thing to do because in the fall I will have to quit to put my focus on school~but then what if I don't get to go to school in the fall because I'm not able to have my balance paid off and all these what if's are going through my mind.........I wish a light in my brain would just flick on and tell me what to do! My husband reassures me that everything will be ok and I should take it day by day but also feels like I shouldn't make a full time job commitment that I may have to break...................................................................I will continue you to pray about it but I have to call the dr.'s office back today with my decision???
So I hope you all have a wonderful month of June! God bless and maybe next time you read I won't be stressed. I trust in God and have faith that everything will work out!

Good Life

This will be a quick post but I just wanted to post what a blessing our life has been. Benito has been through so much lately from getting in a motorcycle accident, dislocating his shoulder, and trying to heal from all this and his sickness. I've been trying to workout, and study for my upcoming licensing exam I will be takin on the 28th of this month!! Agghh wish me luck! Anyways along with all this going on our good Lord has continued to bless us and keep us healthy, happy, and loving with one another. I could not imagine our life without Jesus. He is so amazing!

Last weekend Benito and I went and watched Nightmare on Elm Street I have to say it was pretty lame in my opnion but we did have a good date night! Saturday we had dinner with both our parents at one of our favorite places in Snyder~ Spanish Inn....yummy just typing that made my mouth water. After dinner we went and hung out with some good friends and didn't end our night until about 3ish sunday morning. We are crazy and love to have a great time. Here are a couple of funny pictures we took on Saturday night!!

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!!

For Miranda & siblings!

Where to start?? We are very blessed! Thank you Lord for watching over us and all that you do!! Benito honestly is the back bone of his family! He mentioned to me that he missed his family. I never knew how important your brothers and sisters are until I felt the emtion by Benito. He was truly sad about missing his family and mind you we are not far from them. Benito is always busy with work and being that he just started a new job he has to complete his 90 day probation period(hes on call for 90 days and can not go out of town) so we are very limited on time. I apologized to my husband because I gave him a hard time about missing his family. I was so mean about it and I cannot believe the way I treated him. Oh my goodness it makes me sad to even think of the way I reacted when he was upset about missing his family. It was until he told me " when you do not get to see Jude(my bother) for one day, you miss him." I love my brother so much and hate not being able to see him. We are very far apart in age but I love him with all my heart. I love our families, but the love anyone has for their siblings is so different. I cannot even find the words to describe it. With that being said husband, I'm so sorry and thank you so much for making realize the importance of our siblings.

Benito's birthday was Monday April 12th! He turned 26! I invited all of his family to come down last weekend. We celebrated his birthday and had so much fun! He was so happy to see all of his family and I'm so thankful everyone came. We missed his oldest sister Monica! Benito is the 2nd oldest of 5! He has 2 nieces, Ariel and Heaven. I love them. We started off Saturday with hamburgers and hot dogs fresh off the grill!! We hung out at the house for awhile and shot some skeet with the shotgun! We went to Hermleigh's grand ol' park. I remember goin to that park as a kid. It's still the same and was neat taking Benito's family there. We played some basketball and I watched Benito entertain his brothers and sister. He played duck duck goose and got on the see saw(not sure if thats how its spelt) with his neices and made us laugh. We made it home and took some time to unwind. We bought a lot of food probably to feed an army and were getting ready to Q it up!!! But then......dun dun dun my poor husband got on his dads motorcyle and had an accident with the tree:(:( We rushed him to the ER and he had to get xrays and a tetnus shot. Thank the Lord he spranged his foot and didn't break anything. I was scared to death!! I'm so glad he got out of the wreck with a spranged ankle. It was bad and I know Jesus was watching over us! After he was released from the ER we ordered pizza and tried to calm down because we were all very shooken up. God is so amazing! He continues to bless us! Although Benito was in a lot of pain he was still able to keep his promises to his neices and camped out in our backyard! He's so sweet! We slept in a big o tent! Sunday came and we made up our bbq! It was delicious!! We are so blessed and take so many things for granted! I'm thankful for everything we have and are able to do. Thank you Lord for everything!!! I love you!

I have pictures to share of Benito with his family and his injury......ewwwwwwwww

It looks a lot better now that it's starting to heal!! Benito is still unable to fully walk on it:( I feel so bad for him!! I'm just glad he's ok and nothing worse happened!

Our Home

Here are some pictures of our humble a bo' from the outside (not sure if I spelt that right) and of Benito working hard as always! Stay tuned for more from the inside.

He's been working hard to clean up the property!

I hope someday we can get a nice pool built out here!