Military Spouses Appreciation Day Blog Hop

 

It's Military Spouses Appreciation Day & Blog Hopping!

Head on over to Riding the Roller Coaster  to post your link & party hop around to other great Military blogs.

My name is Amanda & I've been a military spouse for sixteen years now. Here is our lovely but old before digital wedding picture to my then Specialist.

Here is the current picture as I picked him up for R&R in late February of this year.

We started at Fort Campbell , headed to Fort Wainwright, & have been at Fort Lewis now for eleven years. That's right folks I said eleven! Why so long & how did we accomplish that. Well here is the picture of my four handsome boys.

My third son who is Jeremy was born with a rare disease called Sturge-Weber syndrome. it officially put us on EFMP status. So we have been super lucky to get to homestead at Lewis in Washington . My family loves it here & we are so glad we can stay .

I'm a really outgoing lady who was raised in the south deep in the bible built. I no longer hear my accent but true North Western friends & acquaintances always say they hear my soft lilt still today.  I do miss living close to my extended family but adore the PNW climate unlike a lot of people. The mild summers are a welcome blessing from the southern heat & humidity I grew up with.

My favorite thing I do during my time is run obstacle races. It started back in 2009 & hasn't stopped. The only thing that has changed is that my muddy buddy & I are picking harder races each year that challenge us more.

This was the end of our first Down & Dirty & the beginning of my obsession to stay fit & healthy for life

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I was always active but after four children became a little sedentary. Obstacle racing has got me into the best shape of my life. It has also helped me meet some of the best women around who love to play in the mud & work really hard! I studied to become a personal trainer during deployment number two while my husband was gone through ISSA. I never took the final but completed all the quizzes. I have a good base of nutrition & exercise & love to help others along on their fitness journey.

My newest recruit into obstacle racing &  I hanging upside down for situps on a park work out.

My children consume all my time when I am not racing. My husband is on deployment number four and we are finally wrapping it up in a few weeks! Waiting to see what our next Army adventure will be to come. I am restless as I wait, wait, wait for news of his last promotion & if school will follow. I started my blog before he left on this deployment & it has been wonderful meeting a lot of new military spouses along the way. You will find more information abut my daily life as wife, mom , & friend if you look around . Thanks for stopping by today.

Happy Military Spouses Appreciation Day

" The toughest job in the World."

Just a current song I have on repeat - wanted to share. Blessings to you all out there in bloggy land.

Military Spouse of the Year 2012

It's that time again folks. If you know of an inspiring Military Spouse man or women take the time to go nominate them for the award. Here is the link to Nominate take a second of your time to let others know how great you think your Military Friend is to you! The nominations are open to ALL Branches  Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, & Coast Guard.

Sweaty & Strong Military Sisters

I met another lovely Army wife through a local Facebook page & we have joined forces in the name of Health, Exercise, & Fitness! We noticed that several of the other ladies on the two pages we where on who are also Military Wives wanted someone to work out with but had no way to find them? Randi took the next step & started a Facebook page. She then asked me to join her as an admin since I love to hit the gym & eat as healthy as possible - most days. Since quite a few of my wonderful followers are military spouses & also into a healthy life style, I invite you to go "LIKE" our page Sweaty & Strong Military Sisters .

It is NOT a diet page at all. It is a page meant to bring together military ladies across the globe to help encourage each other stay on track with their fitness & nutrition goals. We have added some ladies who are Personal Trainers who will at times chime in on discussions to help us have the most accurate information passed along. We have a ROLL CALL Tab in the Discussions section so you can introduce yourself & see if there is anyone else living around you who might be looking for a work out partner. We all know staying motivated is one of the biggest problems for military spouses who make friends,work out partners to only have to move a couple years later & start all over. We hope this helps set you up for success! Maybe connect with another spouse who is already at the post or base you will be moving to next. Anyway if your interested at all go take a look & please share it with others so they can share in the same success as you!