Week 1

Hey Folks sorry I haven't posted in awhile. This past week has been a little crazy, but it has also been a lot of fun. Not to mention Kristina and I do not have internet at home anymore. We ordered internet yesterday and should be here by Tuesday so updates should become more regular.

 I want to say that right now we could really use your prayer. There is a lot going on right now with being down here in Florida. First, the Louisiana oil spill is affecting resorts in this area. A resort group unaffiliated with my internship company has cut their entire hospitality and recreation internship program which leaves 30 interns without an internship. Again, this has not affected Kristina or me, but it is a reality that it could. Second, please pray that we find a good body of believers. It will be impossible to replace our church family back at home, but the need to find a good body of believers to grow with has been a challenge.

Now moving on to some fun news, Kristina and I have been able to go on a couple adventures this past week. The first adventure was with the internship company. They took all of the interns to Adventures Unlimited www.adventuresunlimited.com and let us go kayaking and canopy zip lining. The stream that we kayaked down was spring fed so it was nice and cool on a hot, humid day. There was a tree swing about halfway down the river that we all stopped at. It was just fun to be there with everyone. The canopy zip line was just awesome! We went up 65 feet and zip lined from tower to tower. I wasn't able to get any pictures of it because I did not want to risk losing my phone! I had an adrenaline rush every time I was clipped in!

The last adventure was yesterday. Kristina bought a couple passes to go parasailing! The people were so friendly and the view was awesome. It was amazing to see stingrays through the water and they were really close to people that were swimming around in the waves. This area is so beautiful and it is a blessing to be able to live here for the time that we get to.

We hope everyone is doing well!

~Drew

First Day on the Job (so hard!)

To all those people that thought I would only be playing games. You're pretty accurate! :) 

Water slingshot + Bucket + Round ball = Awesome

This is the pineapple derby that took place. On the right you will notice a pineapple that is not on wheels.   That would be my team's car. It won because we just turned it on its side and rolled it. My belief is work smarter not harder. 

St. Andrews Bay

Hi all! So while Drew has been gone this week, I've done a bit of exploring of our new home! Today after my run (I just started the Couch to 5K program, it is awesome!) I was walking around our condos and found this lovely little strip of beach, complete with chairs! I will definitely be visiting this area a lot :) I also had to go to Panama City Beach (about 10 mins away) to grab some paperwork for my job and I found this place called Pier Park! It is this huge street filled with different shops, restaurants, etc... AND it had live music! I had such a great time walking around! While there I stopped in a place called Kilwin's Handmade Chocolates & Ice Cream. The name alone should tell you how amazing this place is, but if it didn't let me tell you-YUM! I got a cup of the Banana Fudge Pie Ice Cream, and it was sooo good! It has been really nice becoming more familiar with the area, I can't wait to find out what else they have here! While it has been a lot of fun exploring, I can't wait until Drew comes home and we can explore together! :) I miss my sweet husband!

Hope this week has been wonderful for you all and that this weekend brings fun and rest :)

~Kristina

"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." ~Ephesians 3:20-21

Caribou

Love me some Caribou

A Walk by the Beach

So Kristina found this shell by the water. We weren't sure if there was a crab inside or not. Kristina was the brave one that went to touch it. The thing was very much alive and when she touched it, it jolted and went back into its shell. It startled us both a little bit. 

Panama City International Airport

I am currently sitting in tbe smallest airport I have ever seen. The control tower is almost half the size as the entire building! There is only one room that contains all the gates for departures and arrivals. One of the airplanes outside have seen better days I believe. The nose of the plane seems to be losing parts of its paneling. I hope that is not mine. I look forward to arriving in Atlanta :-)

Trip Pictures

These are the pictures I took on our way down from Oklahoma. I am not sure if you can read them and I forgot to take a picture of the Arkansas. Tomorrow I head to South Dakota to see Peder get married!

To All Our Homies

We Arrived!

  Just to let everyone know we made the trip to Florida safely. We got in around 2:30 A.M. on Sunday morning. The condo is gorgeous, we are right off the water, and today we visited the white sandy beaches. It is so white that I made the comment that it reminds me of snow. It is so awesome! We have everything out of our cars. It is such a blessing to be in a place that is fully furnished, and we thank God for opening this place to us.

  Another new piece of information is that Kristina will no longer be working as an administrative assistant. She will now be working as an intern at Rosemary Beach which is a town that was developed as a resort area.  She will mainly be working at the kids camp called Camp Rosemary. To learn more information about her resort you can visit http://www.rosemarybeach.com/default.aspx.

  I will post pictures later, but right now I'm too tired to do it.

~DrewP

Last Day of Packing!

   The last day of packing is finally here! I had to run to the storage unit this morning to make room for all the stuff that we are taking to Florida. The cars are crammed! I had to use a little more effort shutting the trunk of my car after finishing up :) We also forgot a couple of ice packs down at church on Sunday so I had to run down there to grab them.

  On my way there I felt compelled to give OCPD a donation, and met one of our fine Oklahoma City police officers. Following a concise chat with the young gentleman, I came away with a pinkish looking slip that said I owed the city a $161 for speeding. Honestly, I was not meaning to speed. I was driving Kristina's car and it does not feel like you are going 70 mph when you are going 70 mph. Anyways, so I had a nice little detour home and paid the ticket since I was already downtown OKC. Isn't it amazing how God works these things out! Trust me those ice packs were SO worth it! ;) 

  Kristina and I watched the new Office and Community over a nice Fazoli's lunch. I am not much of a Community fan, but this last episode was absolutely hilarious. If you haven't watched it you should head over to Hulu or something and see it. 

  This will probably be the last time I blog before we get to Florida! I will make sure to take photos of the trip and of the condo. It will be like you were riding along side of us! Here are some pictures of what our apartment now looks like completely cleaned out. 

My Mom the Seamstress

Just a cool picture of my mom and me after she hemmed my pants :-)

Packing Day #2

Here are some pictures of our apartment after moving a majority of it out yesterday. Tyler helped us out a lot and we cannot thank him enough!

This is our kitchen without any bowls, cups, plates, etc., but we still have our coffee maker, tea pot, and toaster. We are set for life.

Although this may look like a random picture I assure you it is not. In the corner of the room you will see the pieces of a desk. One of those pieces is now in smaller pieces then when it was originally assembled. It was a rather sad event where I thought I would be able to do something by myself and turns out I should have asked for help. A costly, yet effective, lesson.

These last couple pictures are just pictures to show how much we have moved out and how much we have left. We can handle this :) 

Again, we want to thank Tyler for helping us move most of the big stuff yesterday and for his dad lending us the truck! During the next couple of days I get to go apply for another social security card (this will be my second time in 7 months) and deep clean the apartment! 

Packing Day #1

We actually started packing today! Drew's mom is a little skeptical of whether or not we will be able to complete all the packing we have to do. However, we have done a lot in a little amount of time! Kristina emptied out all of the cupboards in the kitchen and pretty much everything kitchen wise is packed minus a few items that we need to survive. Drew got to patch up the little holes left from the nails. He was a little hesitant at first since he has never had to do anything that resembles patching up holes, but the challenge was met with success! What a handy guy :)  We have also moved a few things over to Drew's parents' house for storage. Later, we will add pictures of what the place looks like!

We know that everyone is dying to hear what we are packing tomorrow so we will tell you! Tomorrow the Petersons move some furniture to the storage unit! Aren't you excited? We thought so. Stay tuned for our Packing series that will unfold throughout the week.

Written with love by Drew

Drews birthday

My cake :-)