We Made It

We're here! We have made it to Derby, Kansas. It was quite the drive, needless to say.  What seemed like endless roads out in Missouri and then I-35 is awful! Just really boring- and the speed limit is 75 which is a killer on gas mileage.  Once we got into Wichita to get to the base- Josephine (our GPS)- isn't completely updated and we got lost.  So we decided to find our way to Derby and get to the base from there.  And boy is it easy to do from our place! We stayed on base til Friday when all our things got here.  Tyler really likes the base! Well- more like the Air Force I'm sure.  He's never seen on base lodging as nice as what we stayed in last week.. there's an ATV course on base, paintball.. all sorts of things for him to do!

Our apartment is coming along, slowly but surely. We did a lot Friday.. got the kitchen organized and most of the living room. The only things missing are pictures on the walls! Our office is part way done- there are still some boxes to unpack.  Our clothes are still in their boxes and are chillin' in our walk-in closet.  The packers used SOOO much paper and they just fill up the empty boxes.. and our dumpsters are crazy full! From Friday and then everyone else's trash.  Tyler said we can't open up anymore boxes until the dumpsters are empty.

We haven't ventured into Wichita yet- it's a bit intimidating.  There's this street- Kellogg- there's crazy busy with a ton of exits leaving and entering- it's just scary! But we have to go in sometime.. so maybe tomorrow. I'm on permissive leave through Wednesday- and it's been super nice! We are FINALLY going grocery shopping tomorrow so we don't have to keep eating out- that's getting really old.  Then maybe I can start some baking again and good recipes! We're going to the IMAX theater this Friday to see the Hunger Games!!! Can't wait!!

Finally- my new ward.  It's a cute ward with a lot of young couples with little kids. There weren't a whole lot of people there today- at least not as many as I think are usually there- but it's Spring Break- so I would imagine that's where everyone was.  AND! The Kansas City Temple Open House is next month.  Weekend tickets are out online- but I did some asking around today and there's a group that has reservations and we are more than welcome to join! I'm so glad! I think that's going to be really good with Tyler. I think that this ward is going to be really good for us! I'm excited to see what the Lord has in mind for us!