Moving Craziness!

I'm ashamed at how long it's been since I last posted! But, I have semi-good excuses. We've done tons of traveling this summer and are in the middle of a move. Literally. We move in a mere five days, will spend four days in Montgomery and will arrive at our new home on Sept. 2nd. Wish us luck! We will be in Little Rock for about seven months, so our plan is to leave most of our belongings in storage and only take to Arkansas what we can fit in the van. It's been insane trying to get everything packed. Jimmy has been very busy at work, so he hasn't had a lot of opportunities to do packing. But, when he is home, he gets so much done! I wish I could be that productive!

We're very excited to be moving to a new city. One of our favorite things to do is explore a new place and try new things. Especially trying new restaurants. And there are lots of those in Little Rock. We've decided to live on base and are feeling very good about our choice. We don't really feel that we fit in with the military culture, but we are looking forward to Jimmy being able to ride his bike to work, being around other families that are similar to ours, and being close to shopping.

So, as always, we have tons of pictures to share. Hopefully next time we won't go as long between blog posts, but if we do....please don't judge.

Kyrstie

Our new house!

Sam: "we're moving?!" Just kidding. He was yawning. But seriously, isn't this far the cutest?! 

We had to eat at McGuire's Itish Pub before leaving Pensacola. It's a classic. 

Our big walker! Also, pretty sure he's rocking the skinny jeans. 

Photos galore

It's been so long! So long in fact that I have no desire to sit down and write out everything. So instead I'm just going to post tons of pictures. So if that's not your thing feel free to move along :)

The mardi gras museum

Christmas time with aunt Erin 

Lunch at Peg Leg Pete's 

Goofing during general conference

Me and my niece Lily trying on hats 

At the highest point in Florida!

Family hike

A day at the beach

Sam's first hockey game...he loved it. 

Poor Nicole 

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Red Fish Blue Fish and Baby Jesus

This is going to be a pretty quick post. My Uncle Andy is currently doing some military training in Alabama and came down for a quick visit this Saturday! It was so great to see him and for him and Jimmy to finally meet! He took usout to a great new restaurant called Red Fish Blue Fish (like the Dr. Seuss book). It was great food and a fun atmosphere. We'll definitely be returning. An now for some pictures. 

Our awesome magnet...Hitchhikers Guide anyone?? 

The view from our table. Yes, they have beach side seating, fire pits and couches. 

Best buds!

Good times! 

Later in the evening we had a ward Chirstmas Party. Sam played Jesus and acted like an absolute angel. 

Well that's it for now. Next blog post....Christmas Festivities!

A Weekend With the Gillie's

This weekend we headed over to the gorgeous Eden State Park near Washington Point, FL. We decided go here because of the 1970s horror film Frogs (starring Sam Elliott). It's so horrible it's hilarious and it was filmed at this state park. It was pretty fun to see where certain scenes were taken. We even did our best to dress like characters from te film and we dressed Sam as a frog. It's also just a really beautiful area. 

If you haven't seen frogs....it's on Netflix. Watch it! 

After the state park we headed over to a restaurant called Fudpuckers. So good! And so fun! They have good southern food for a great price. They also have a gator pit! They have over 80 gators in their pit and they even have a rare albino gator named Pearl. There are only forty in the world! Now for the pics. 

Well that's it for now. Hopeywe'll have another awesome adventure this weekend to post about soon!  

November Happenings

I can't believe I went so long between blog posts! This post will mostly pictures from our most recent adventures. 

At the beginning of the month we went to a free outdoor concert put on by the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra. We love being classy like this and are quite pleased that Sam enjoyed it as well. 

Last weekend for Veterans Day weekend we went up to Montgomery to visit Jimmy's parents. It was great to go away for a bit and for jimmy to not have to think about school. We took Sam to the Shakespeare park and spent a couple hours walking around. 

We also went to the zoo! I'd never been to the Montgomery Zoo and I'm happy to report that it's a good one. The even had a ski lift ride through the park. My favorite part was feeding the giraffes. It was so fun! Plus Sam loves his toy giraffe so we wanted him to see a reel one. 

This weekend we decided to go over to Mobile, AL. First we went to the USS Alabama memorial museum. It was so fun! I definitely couldn't survive living on a battleship. 

Then we headed over to The Butch Cassidy Cafe and had super yummy fried pickles and burgers! 

And lastly we went to the Mobile Botanical Gardens. So beautiful. Sam lived getting to go on a walk and the weather couldn't have been better. 

Well that's all for now...hopefully I'll do a better job with thanksgiving and Christmas coming up but no promises.