all the small things.

Even after nearly 11 years I have to remind him of where my eyes are. ||| #eyecontact #wedding #beautiful #notagreenscreen #nofilter #grandtetons #grandtetonnationalpark #jacksonlakelodge #happiness #grateful #blessed #heartsmiles #myflyboy @codydsteele @phoquess (at Jackson Lake Lodge)

I lava it here 😍 ||| #yellowstonenationalpark #thegrandprismatic #thosecolorstho #exploringyellowstone #onechelleofagirldoesdirty30 #onechelleofagirlsdirty30firsts #lookmaiminavolcano #happiness #heartsmiles #blessed #grateful (at Yellowstone National Park)

Hey boy, are you a beaver? Cause DAAAAAMMMM 😏 We are loving every second of our time here in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Yesterday was John and Carrie’s wedding and it could not have been a more perfectly beautiful day. Destination weddings are now a ‘10/10 Will Do Again’ for us. Congratulations Carrie and John! And thanks Boo for being my man in uniform forever. 💙 ||| #wedding #congratulations #beautiful #notagreenscreen #grandtetons #grandtetonnationalpark #jacksonlakelodge #happiness #grateful #blessed #heartsmiles #myflyboy @codydsteele @phoquess (at Jackson Lake Lodge)

Happy Baby Daddy Day BooBoo! You’ve been the best Papa in the entire world for over 10 years now. Our Angels love you, our girls love you, I love you, and I know without a doubt that our son is going to love you! Thanks for being our HERO! ♥️ ||| #happyfathersday #hfd #babydaddy #blessed #grateful #happiness #heartsmiles #angelbabies #furbabies #ourtinymanofsteele #myflyboy #myloverface @codydsteele PC: @patriciaskalaphoto (at Poinsett State Park)

Not quite a snapback but I’ve got bishes in spades. ||| #byspecialrequest #thankgodforjaneausten #thankgodforcocochanel #janeandcoco #furbabies #happiness #heartsmiles #blessed #grateful #missingourflyboy #steelebishes #ccsteelestakesumter @codydsteele

“Go to the places and be with the people that set a SPARK in your soul.” DONE & DONE! I hope to keep doing it until I die. Her heart is as big as her booty and her smile can set the world on fire. HBD Booboo. I love you foeva eva ♥️ ||| #hbd #happybirthday #wefineAF #grateful #blessed #happiness #heartsmiles #bestfriend @bryleesparks

Dear Favorite Human, thirty years ago, you changed my world and became the most important person in the universe to me, all by taking your first breath. Since then, you’ve taken about 252, 288, 000 more and I am thankful. Without that breath in your lungs, propelling your body through life, I would not be here. Now I know where you are, it’s not your birthday yet but on my side of the United States, it’s already 2 hours in to this start of real adulthood. About a month ago, I got to do my Dirty Thirty in Vegas while you’re doing your Dirty Thirty in the freezing, blizzardy wilderness of Washington and since you won’t be seeing this for a while, I threw in some really gold standard level photos from the last several years. Babe, while I know you’re probably miserable right now, hunkered down in the snow with your wingmen, trying to sleep and not think about the fact that you won’t be getting cold Funfetti cake tonight and for that I’m sorry, but not too sorry because I just killed the second wolfspider since you left and this one was right next to the bed. Where I sleep. Seriously though, all I want is for you to know how fiercely you are loved and that you are thought about always. And also that you come home with all your body parts frost bite free. I love you forever and ever sugar. H30BD ♥️ ||| #happybirthday #hbd #dirty30 #myfavoritehuman #grateful #happiness #heartsmiles #lovehim #comehomesoon #aflife @codydsteele

Always feeling bang(le)able with these beauties. There's just some things that only ALEX and ANI can say. Plus they're real pretty. Thanks @bryleesparks and @missip22 for contributing to my habit and @nicole_wedge for the best mantra bracelet ever featuring my favorite word. #alexandani #alexandaniaddict #bangingbangles #goldforever #wristcandy

This is me wishing my giant of a baby brother the VERY HAPPIEST of BIRTHDAYS! 24 years ago, sometime during the 8 PM hour, he came into this world just down the hallway from where the 5 existing Organ children were waiting with baited breath. When my dad told us we that had a new brother, I threw myself over the couch, cried, yelled "NOT ANOTHER ONE!", and insisted they send him back because I wanted a sister. I guess you could say things worked out and I'm supremely glad that I got the brother I did. Between dropping him on his head when he was 4 which resulted in stitches, watching his front tooth get stuck in the plastic of a slide and rip clean out of his mouth, root and all, watching him white boy dance as a part of Guys with Ties, dropping him off at college, going up in the air with him in his tiny Cessna, being the only family member present when he opened his mission call, listening to all of his dating stories, giving a lot of unsolicited advice about girls, and witnessing just how happy his wife and daughter(s) make him, I have enough memories, joy, and pride for this dude to span 3 lifetimes. He is an incredible man who never stops going full throttle or giving 1000% to everything and everyone. He found himself a fantastic woman and they make really pretty babies. HBD Butch! In just 2.5 weeks we'll only be 7 hours apart and dude, I. AM. STOKED. I hope your day is the best and the most because you deserve it all. I love you! ||| #hbd #happybirthday #babybrother #favoritehuman #lovehim #bigsister #24thbirthday #timeflies #whendidwegrowup @aaronjorgan @kalinorgill @codydsteele

This girl, she's mine. ||| #onechelleofagirldoesdirty30 #vegas #blessed #happiness #heartsmiles @bryleesparks (at Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino)

Birthday Tradition: One last fuzzy, blurry, imperfect capture of another year passed and a new one beginning. I won't get into the lessons learned or memories made but I will say I am thankful. Hello 30, nice to meet you. ||| #onechelleofagirldoes30 #lastpictureat29 #firstyearinmy30s #myperson #mylove #myboo #blessed #lucky #lovehim #loverface #heartsmiles #hbd #happybirthdaytome #grateful #oneyearlater #life #change @codydsteele

2017: A year full of a lot of the same but also a lot of the new. We moved across the country (again) for Cody to continue with another leg of pilot training (again) and we scrambled to find a place to live that we and our budget could live with (again). We suffered the devastating loss of our sweet furbaby Eleanor Roosevelt and it felt like we'd never get passed it. Cody was gone a lot, busy and always exhausted, but flying and loving it. I got a new nanny family not 48 hours after arriving in NM and those babes just stole my heart. Taking care of, teaching, loving, potty training, listening and speaking to, and being a constant companion to tiny humans that are not yours is a tough job but I wouldn't trade it for anything. You'd think there's only so much snot, spit, vomit, poop, pee, and blood that isn't yours that you can handle but here I am 12 years later still doing the nanny thing so I guess my threshold is high...? We rescued a damaged, abused puppy (again) and Cody named her Coco Chanel. She is adorable and sweet and very much a giant Boxer puppy with a free spirit. We got to watch the beautiful NM sunsets nearly every night from our back porch and enjoyed each one. I got longer and more close up glimpses of Cody's career and what he does which was awesome. We celebrated 10 years of marriage with a vow renewal ceremony that was perfection. I fought through some dark times and lost a lot of faceoffs but not every single one so that's something. 2017 was another year thankfully spent together. It challenged us and made us more into the humans we are trying to become. We did a lot of grown up things, went on a lot of adventures, lost friends, gained even better framily, and here we are alive, still in love, and at the moment, content with what we have and what we're working on. ✌🏻out 2017, it's been real. ||| #alamogordoadventures #steelesbcourse #our2017 #imademyowntop9 #heartsmiles #happiness #grateful #blessed #wesurvived #heartache #thankgodforeleanorroosevelt #thankgodforjaneausten #thankgodforcocochanel #furbabies #nanny #itsthelittlethings #f16 #hollomanafb #STRIKE #myperson #usaf @codydsteele

Between the regular craziness of the Holiday Season, Cody's insane schedule and trying to make it through B Course Grad (and the unexpected month of flying he will have afterwards), a cross country PCS, house hunting and buying from the other side of the country, and everything else the Universe keeps dishing out, we decided a digital Christmas Card was a great life choice for us this year. • Happy Christmas and Merry Holidays from us to y'all! ||| #reallife #Steeles2017 #furbabies #314th #STRIKE #steelesbcourse #alamogordoadventures #blessed #grateful #happiness #heartsmiles @codydsteele

Sugar, sugar how'd you get so flyyy: BEST. DAY. EVER. ||| #spousetaxi #flyboy #takeyourwifetoworkday #hispajamasdontfitme #viperdriversdoitbest #314th #STRIKE

I carry your heart with me, I carry it in my heart. (Thank you a million times over @carlynicolephoto. There aren't enough words ❤️) ||| #steelesidopartdeux #wedidagain #10yearvowrenewal #10yearsmarried #happiness #anniversary #myperson #blessed #grateful #perfect #dreamcometrue #pictureoverload #sorrynotsorry @codydsteele (at White Sands National Monument)