CW2 Allen

CONGRATS MATT ON YOUR NEW PROMOTION TO:

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2 IN THE US ARMY RESERVES!!!!!

LOVE YOU!

After 3 years of trying to complete his Warrant Officer training, Matt has officially been promoted to a CW2. Lets just say that it has been a long awaited promotion for him.

7 years

Not only is it our dear puppy's birthday but it is also our 7th Wedding Anniversary. I can't believe that it has actually been 7 years. I will tell you that it has been a very fast 7 years and it has been full of difficult times of separation due to deployments or work obligations, but it has also been the best years of my life. I am so happy with where I am in my life and who I get to spend all eternity with. I am so excited to what might happen during this next year of our life together. Here are some pix of our Wedding Day for your enjoyment.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARCHER!!!

Today is our wonderful puppy's 7th Birthday. We are so happy to have him as part of our family and he has been such a wonderful friend to us.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PUPPY!!!!!

~Archer at 2 years~

~Archer at 4 years~

~Archer Today~

Goodbye-Hello

Goodbye Matt's 12 year old Nissan Pickup, that we went on our first date in.

HELLO! Nissan Versa.

We have added a new family member to the Allen Fam. After the disappointing news that Matt's truck didn't qualify for the Cash for Clunkers, which originally we were told that it did, it has been a bother thinking about what we could have had. So after talking about how much money we will actually be saving on gas every month, we decided that it was time to get a new car and donate the truck by the end of the year. So we went with the Versa. It can get up to 40 mpg, even though the stickers say 34 in big lettering, but that is an average on how well you drive. (Matt drives like an old man and gets killer gas milage, so he will probably get close to 45 mpg.)

Anyhew, we were going to get used, but found a base model cheeper than the used which had 50,000 miles on it already, can we say rent a car. So we are getting AC installed this week and my anniversary gift to Matt is a radio system so the car will be perfect for commuting. Needless to say I was ready to get rid of that truck since the AC died, a few months ago. I'm just glad that I don't have to drive that thing in the afternoon with 95% humidity and in the 90's. Matt is pretty excited too that he doesn't have to do that anymore.