Army Ever After Turns ONE! {plus a reader survey}

The day is here, loves!!! Today my little bloggy baby turns ONE years old! I really can't believe it's been a whole year since I saw my first blog and decided to start one of my own. It's been such an amazing journey so far, y'all and I can't wait to start off this baby's second year. 

And to celebrate my little baby's big day, I made cupcakes! Well two cupcakes--one for the blog and one for the hubby but hey, who's counting? Aaaand I forgot to light the candle....yep horribly bad blog-mama. Still though, I just know when Zach and I have kids, I'm going to be one those moms who celebrates every little thing her child comes up with...even the dumb things....AND I'll put it on the blog so all of you can roll your eyes at my hopelessness.

 Anyway, I can't believe how my little blog has grown this year. Right now I'm sitting at just under 500 followers.....YOWZA! Hold on while I let that sink in a little. Never in a million years, did I ever think that would happen. And speaking of growth, look at all the designs this little bloggy blog has gone through this year!

Sooo yeah WOW! Ha those first few definitely make me chuckle! I have to say other than my current color palette my favorite one has to be my Christmas design. I wish I could say that I'll be one of those people who sticks to their blog design for years after they find the one they love but I'm not sure if that's going to be me haha! After all, there's always little adjustments that can be made, right?

When I started this little bloggy blog a year ago today, I had NO idea that it would become a place I would come back to day after day. Or that I would find so many amazing ladies to call friends. So thank you to all of my readers who keep me coming back to this little blog....because let's face it I wouldn't love blogging as much as I do if it didn't connect me with all of you! Soooooo......

Come over to the survey side....WE HAVE CUPCAKES!!!

Every one of you--my readers--come back to this little bloggy blog and read about me so today I want to read about YOU!!! Tell me a little about yourself and let me in on where you think Army Ever After should go this coming year. I want....no, I NEED....your input!! The survey is only 10 questions long and they're all pretty simple questions designed so I can learn a little bit more about my readers.

And because I love you all so much, there might just be a little bit of a prize at the end for all of you. Once you complete this (completely anonymous) survey, just leave me a comment telling me so! The survey will close in exactly two weeks (June 16th) and at that time I will randomly pick a winner.

So what could I win???? Oh come on, I know that's the next thing on your mind! Well, your choice of a $10 gift card for either Target or Amazon could be yours after answering just 10 questions!!  (If you're a family member, you're automatically excluded from the giveaway part of this...sorry!) Soooo, please take a minute or two to celebrate Army Ever After's birthday with me and and answer these quick questions!!

And remember to leave a comment once you complete the survey to make sure you are entered into the one year giveaway! Remember you have two weeks!!

TO ALL OF MY READERS: THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH ME THROUGH MY VERY FIRST YEAR OF BLOGGING! YOU ALL MAKE THIS PASSION OF MINE WORTHWHILE!!!
AND DON'T FORGET TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY AND ENTER TO WIN THE BLOGIVERSARY GIVEAWAY!!!!!!