Beach Fun!

Here are some fun pictures of the kids on the beach. Maggie loved it when the waves crashed into her! Dylan liked to run from the waves! They are both sun and sand kids!

Move In Day!

We finally have our furniture!!!! We are so excited, but now we have a lot of work to do!

Maggie got strapped into the stroller and they both ate about 15 dum-dums each! It kept them occupied!

The first box got unpacked and the kids had a new toy to play with!

Big Girl Bed

Maggie got a new Big Girl Bed! Okay-it's really a mattress on the floor! We are still waiting for our furniture! But we are ready as soon as the bunk beds get here. Her favorite part about her new bed is her moms least favorite part: She loves getting out of bed!

Smart Dylan!

One day Dylan found his alphabet flash cards and decided to put them all in order across the floor. This worked for two reasons: 1. We didn't have any furniture so he had tons of room and 2. Maggie was napping.

Dylan starts preschool on August 18 and we are so excited! He gets to go 5 days a week for 3 hours each day--and it's free (Florida puts a lot of money into education)! We went and checked out the preschool at Okaloosa Walton College and signed up the same day. The school is wonderful and he has 4 or 5 kids from our ward in his class! It should be an awesome experience!

Happy Birthday and Father's Day

Rob was lucky enough to have his Birthday on Father's Day! It was Sunday and we went to our new ward for the first time. Other than that we just stuck around the house. Rob is doing well in his new school. He has only had his first week, but has already had three tests! He wakes up around 4:30 in the morning and doesn't get home until 6:00 at night. He is a very hard worker and we love him for all he does for our little family!

Our New House

After 3 days of non-stop house, apartment, town house and condo searching we finally found a house that had everything we wanted. It is in a circle and the neighbors are all very friendly. It also helps that there are two police officers that live on our street. There are only two things that would make it even better:

1. Our things! We have been living without any of our things for a week and a half. We were hoping to get our things early, but we called and the driver only left Utah a couple of days ago. We should be getting our things on Tuesday and I think it will make life a little easier.

2. Less air traffic! We are minutes from Eglin Airforce Base and Okaloose Regional Airport. We get all of the airplanes for both locations flying right over our house. The neighbors have told us that we will eventually get used to it. Hopefully that happens sooner than later.

No furniture and meals on the floor!

The kids love the empty cupboards!!

Florida

Now that we are in Florida we are beginning to love it more and more everyday. We live near Okaloosa Bay. It is beautful and nice to have water near by. One evening we had a picnic on the beach and let the kids play in the water. We discovered that the beaches close to us are small and covered with natural debris. But we only have to drive about 20 minutes to reach some of the most beautiful beaches in the world! This is one reason we wanted the military experience--to see the world!

Dylan had no problem getting wet-even in his clothes!

Maggie was being very cautious and only getting her shoes wet. She lost her focus after a few minutes and fell in!

Yet another drive across the country!

We made it safely across the country without any problems and the kids were good most of the time. We only took a few pictures while we were driving and they are all in Utah! We thought the Moab area was beautiful and we couldn't resist getting out of the car for awhile.

This lonely flower was right on the side of the road