October fun!

The fall is OFFICIALLY upon us the midatlantic and I am LOVING it to say the least! 

This weekend we did some stuff around the house... 

Saturday was an all day long home update/clean out kind of day

I went through the cabinets and purged, tossed, and organized,

we dusted, cleaned, organized a bunch of random stuff...

and I tapped things off for my hubs to update the white paint on a bunch of the window seals and base boards...

It was a busy day of lots of random tasks and chores
Also my love bought me some new flowers for the front porch.. Pics to come on that too!!

And for dinner I made a delicious spaghetti bake! (I will share the recipe later today!)

Then yesterday we decided to take Kaylee out for some fun!
We hit up a local farmers market type thing that has animals and a pumpkin patch.

We also found some fun places we could spot back at in a few days.
We got lots of great pictures and Kaylee had SO much fun!
Then for dinner little baby peanut was making mommy crave some GOOD stuff for once so we had "Wallace sandwiches" (I will be writing a post all about these bad boys they are from my childhood), a big salad, and creamy potato soup with a big glass of water and for dinner we had a pumpkin pie with whipped cream! It was sooo yummy and a perfect fall meal!
After dinner we had some pumpkin carving fun with our little girl.

Enjoy!! <3 

Here we gooooo. MilSpouse Weekly RoundUp...

Sadly, I haven't gotten a single post in this week... but that is all about to change.. got some good stuff on my to do list to conquer in the next week and you better believe some GOOD posts are on there! haha. So until then... search around my page.. get to know me.. find me on FB.. email me... whatever you want! A quick intro to me until then...

My name is Amanda.. I'm a twenty something girl.. just had a birthday this week. I have been married to the love of my life for almost 2 years. He happens to be a Sailor in the USN. He was on a ship for 4 years we met in San Diego (Where I'm from) and have done 2 deployments and way more time apart in our marriage than together, but that is all about to change! We recently got moved to Maryland where he is doing his shore duty.... which means a LOT more time together and home! We have a beautiful little princess named Kaylee.. She is 13 months old and absolutely the biggest blessing in our life, but she isn't a baby anymore! And I am just in the last week discovering that our baby is now a lot more toddler than baby... it's kind of crazy and scary and exciting and SO FUN.. what a big change! I am going to school online through Liberty University; I'm getting my bachelors in Religion with a double minor in Church Ministries and Christian Counseling.. God has been doing big things in my life lately and I am so excited to see the directions He is taking my life. I am working from home as a Beachbody coach to make some extra money and LOVING it. I love that I am making money, while helping people, and getting fit physically and financially. I am starting to train for a 5k and eventually more.. it's one of my life goals/bucket lists to do a mud run! I also am a writer for the Homefront United Network, if you haven't checked our their site you REALLY should. It's a great place to get support, connect with other military people, and read tons of articles about a LOT of great information both military and just plain life related. You can read my latest article Effortless Summer Beauty Tips here. I also love cooking, (used to love baking but haven't done that in a while because I have no self control and would eat all the sweets if I made them! HA!), reading when I can squeeze it in, music, scrapbooking when I can find time which isn't usually, game nights (which haven't happened since the move.. MUST make more friends.. haha), pictures, smiling, family time, and exploring our new beautiful home...

Anyways... head on over to our host this week The Annoyed Army Wife to get all linked up..

Have a great weekend!

The Allen Family Takes on the East Coast!

Now that we have moved to Maryland where the site's are gorgeous, the weather is hot and humid, and there is ALWAYS somewhere new to explore... We have been taking advantage of it! We have been to one of the Smithsonian's, ridden on the Metro a few times, checked out the National Monument and the WWII Monument, headed out to Tracy's Landing, MD where there is a pretty harbor, small town feel, and lots of blue crab, and also explored right around our new little town. I thought it would be fun to share some pictures from our journey on here.

 All of the buildings in DC are just so gorgeous! I am obsessed with them all!

Can't wait to see what other fun stuff we find to do!