A New Home!

We finally have a new home.  128 Katrina Street, we made it!  What seemed like a long and agonizing process turned into a real blessing in disguise.  Ben and I thought this house was going to fall through and started looking for other homes, however the seller came back and accepted our offer!  We closed on time, and now look at our beautiful home!

Since we have to wait for a few weeks for the Marine Corps to move all of our furniture from Yuma, Ben and I decided to make some home improvements.  We started by re-doing the floors.  Ben's parents Allen and Tracie came down (on their anniversary) and helped install Pergo floors.  They came out BEAUTIFUL!

 In the past few weeks while we waited to move into our home, Ben and I traveled to Annapolis to attend a good friend's wedding.  We stayed with one of my best friends Kristen and her beautiful family.  Her husband Alex and her awesome baby Ryan (pictured below).  I was reunited with several great friends I attended college with.  It was awesome to see everyone again, and be back at the Naval Academy.  I'll take any excuse to go back to Annapolis.

Nat and Caroline (Groom and Bride in the Center)

Kristen and Me

Ben and Me

Baby Ryan Turner

After celebrating Nat and Caroline in Annapolis, my sisters and Marla came down to Annapolis to throw me a sudo bachelorette party.  It was a great time to spend with my bridesmaids in one of my favorite cities.  We ate good food and did girly things, it was awesome to get spoiled for a bit.  

After our day of fun in Naptown, I went back to New Jersey to finish up some last minute wedding planning fun.  I got to see Tilly who has been living in NJ with Aunt Deb.  She was so sweet.  I can't wait to bring her back to see her new home!  She will love her new back yard.  

We're looking forward to celebrating the wedding in June with everyone.  It's less than 2 weeks away!  We've been feeling extra blessed lately, the Lord has been looking out for us in immeasurable ways.  We can't wait to see everyone and share our blessings.  Love you all!  See you in New Jersey!

15 Nights and Counting...

Ben and I love watching HGTV's tiny homes.  Correction, I love watching tiny homes, and Ben tolerates it.  Living in a hotel the past 15 nights has made us come to the conclusion that we would never want to live in a tiny home.  Living out of a mini fridge and microwave is not our idea of enjoyable living.  Though it may be for some people, God has not blessed us with enough patience.  We're on a tight budget, a strict diet, and all we do is come back to the hotel and watch HGTV or Food Network, some nights we even get to do laundry.

Work has been good for both of us.  We are getting in to the groove of things.  On the weekends we explore all that the surrounding areas have to offer.  We've visited many of the cities around Jacksonville: Swansboro, Hampstead, Holly Ridge, and Sneads Ferry.   This past weekend, we visited some great friends that I graduated college with and enjoyed the Kentucky Derby!  Ben and I even won $200 on the race!

We have just five more nights of living in this hotel until they give us the boot, and then we get to live with one of our gracious friends in their spare bedroom.  We were set to close on our not so tiny home on 19 May, but there are some factors that have come in to play that are throwing us for a loop.  We have turned our eyes to the Lord because frankly we aren't sure how this move will turn out, but we're excited to find out where we will end up living!

We are less than 30 days from the Best Goss Darn Wedding Ever and we couldn't be more excited!  Trying to get all of the final details finished has been a bit of work, but exciting none the less.  Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Sorry about the lack of pictures...there's not much to take pictures of when you live in a hotel for 20 days...