Introduction

Hello and Welcome! I am a military wife and a mom to three beautiful little girls and one handsome little boy.  My husband and I met a little over five years ago in Junction City KS. He was a member of the Fort Riley Commanding General's Mounted Color Guard and I was working and going to school at Kansas State University. We never would have dreamed how much our lives would change in such a short amount of time.

I've been an Army wife for almost four years now. We received orders to Fort Bragg NC shortly after we were married. There were many adjustments that we had to get used to once we moved to Fort Bragg. The first was being a blended family and going from one child living in our house to having all three girls living with us. My husband also deployed for five months after only being at Bragg for roughly six weeks. We also had to adjust to the change in income. I was no longer able to work outside the home and though the deployment money helped we knew it was only temporary. My challenge was to learn how to stretch the money we did make a little further and find other ways to supplement our income while still being at home for the kids. 


I have been blessed by the opportunity to work from home. I am most thankful for this because all four of our children have special needs that require many appointments each week. I have also found many ways to easily earn gift cards and receive cash back on purchases I was going to make anyways.

I have learned a lot in the last five years and I want to share some of my experiences with my readers. My hope is that this becomes a place of encouragement and hope for the military mom/wife, as well as a place to share resources and money saving tips. There is so much that goes into being a successful military family and no one should have to learn it all on their own.