First House Guests!

We've had our first house guests this week and we had a lot of fun with them. Matt and Jamie came all the way from Portland to hang out with us and see the new place. It was Jamie's first time to Florida and Matt's first time to the Destin area. We spent a lot of time exploring which helped both of us get more acquainted with every thing too. They got in to Orlando Wednesday night and drove the 6 hours to our place. They just left this morning. We're really glad they were able to come out and visit with us. It was nice to have some friends around again. haha We do have a lot of pics from their trip, but we first have to find the camera charger to get them off...we think it's hiding in a box yet to be unpacked. Once we get the pictures off the camera we'll show every one some of the new places we've found.

Of course we spent a lot of time on the beach and almost an equal amount of time looking for happy hours and eating oysters :-) We spent yesterday in Baytowne Warf which was a lot of fun. Found some huge tree-houses we played around in for a little while, then headed over to the boat docks. There we drooled over the HUGE yachts and tried to think of what we would name our's someday. Matt came up with "Dustin's Destiny." and "Lena's Legend" lol, oh to have big dreams. But first we need a job!

Have to fill out more applications now so we'll get back to you all soon. We hope every one is well and we miss you all!!!!

Settling in

Well so far we have gone down to the beach each day we've been here. Haven't made it down yet today.

This was our first day here.

And here are some pics of the bay again, in our back yard

Some little creatures that welcomed us home...

Dustin really likes this frog...he even brought it in the house...and he tried to escape.

Dustin figuring out the egg maker :-)

And yes...our first meal of Top Ramen.

Our Drive to Florida

The drive was long. 1478 miles in all, but we made it.
11:12 am Friday, November 13th. Left home ~ we were planning on leaving earlier in the morning but we were up pretty late packing up the cars. So… a 5:00 am departure turned into an 11:00 departure. We still had a lot to pack, and we were taking picture of Wilson and Lilly before leaving. (Wilson is Dustin’s cat and Lilly is Laurie’s)

11:18 am Friday, November the 13th, arrived at Lena’s parent’s house. We had to drop some things off and say good-bye. Ashley made us some wonderful P.B. & J sandwiches and packed us some snacks that really helped us out.

12:21 pm Friday, November 13th, left Lena’s house.

12:58 pm Friday, November 13th, On I-70 and on our way! AHH!

13:55 (1:55 pm) Friday, November 13th, first stop in Limon Colorado. Stopped for gas and Arbys!

20:30 (8:30 pm) in Amarillo, Texas. 1,108 miles to go…..

12:30 am Saturday, November 14th, stopped in Wichita Falls, Texas for the night. Had gone 645 miles.

8:30 am Saturday, November 14th, back on the road. We got a little bit of a late start. We did set the alarm for 6:30 but Lena wasn’t feeling well so we slept in a little while. Stopped at the gas station and got some coffee.

After this we got stopped in Dallas in some horrible traffic. Finally made it through that…yes it was the typical “car stopped on the road, cop car there, EVERONE must slow waaaay down and see what’s going on” traffic jam. There we three of those…on one stretch of road. Once we got through that we stopped at a truck stop with a creepy Santa on the roof singing music.

Got Subway at the truck stop and charger for cell phones. We had one…but it broke. :-(

Back on the road. Lena got cut of numerous times, trucks, cars and even a Semi! Dustin had his fair share too. We tried to look out for each other.

Got stuck in more traffic in Shreveport Louisiana, a car accident that closed down the high way, similar to the mouse trap at home. Yes, it was a mess.

Stopped for gas, paralleled each other with our bright's on to see through the fog, stopped for coffee at McDonald’s after 11:00 pm,…they don’t serve coffee then. Stopped at a gas station and got coffee. Stopped for gas, and Popeye’s. (Saw some really tiny little kittens behind the parking lot that Dustin wouldn’t let Lena take with her)

FINALLY arrived at the townhouse at 2:35 am Sunday, November 15th. (Central time) Got in bed and crashed until 11:00 that morning.

Did we mention that for that entire drive we were in two different cars, and Dustin didn’t have a radio??

We made it!

Just wanted to give a quick update. We made it here Sunday morning around 2:30 am. It was a very long drive. We don't have internet, so we're sittin gin Barnes and Noble right now. As soon as we have time to come back we'll post about the drive and the new place! TTYL!

One more night in Colorado!

Well, it's 11:25 pm and we were planning on leaving by 6am tomorrow morning! hahahahaha, sorry. We'll see how that goes. We got a lot of packing done today, but we're still working on it.
We went to see Ashley and her drama class do a SNL skit. It was really incredible! She is doing such a fantastic job with her acting. We can't wait to come back and see her next play.
After the skit it was off to eat dinner and watch Vampire Diaries and Supernatural at my house (Lena's). We had a really good time and it was a nice break from packing the cars.

Hope to check in soon!

Going Away Party

We had such a great time last night! Thank you everyone that came out. We hope you all had as much fun as we did. Here are some pictures from the night.

I know this is blurry but it's the only one I have with Jenny and Steve :-(

Our buddy Randy

Shawna even joined us after a long day of flying!

Yes there is a finger in the picture lol, us with Grant

Phil, Grant and Dust

Ryan and Lynn

My little sister :-) Ashley.

 

Tim looking like Jack Nicolson in The Shinning

Whats Johnny doing back there? lol

:-) our family

Mom! :-)

More Family

Carlos, Ricky, Mike and Phil

Uncle Lanny and Aunt Sharilyn, they'll be moving to Florida with us soon ;-)

Our new (first) home together.

We took these pictures last monday when we went down to sign the lease. The townhouse we're renting comes fully furnished, once we get moved in we'll make it a little more of our own.

Living room

The door in the back left leads to the back deck and the bay

This is the balcony off the master bedroom.

Master bedroom, the door to the left is where the jetted tub is.

Jetted tub...BathroomSpare roomMaster bedroom showing the balconyBack deckHere's the back of the houseYeah...we're going to make friends with those people lol

Headin to Florida

As you all know we are moving to Florida! This has been something we've both wanted to do for a long time now, and we're finally doing it. We thought it would be a good idea to start a blog for our friends and family. This way we can keep in touch and you can see what our lives are like in a new town! We'll both try and keep up with it as best as we can. Feel free to leave comments, we'll want to hear from you too.

This Saturday the 7th (tomorrow) we're have a going away party. We hope to see you all there. We'll let everyone who couldn't make it know how it went.

We should be leaving a week from today, Friday the 13th Eek! :-)

Enjoy!