Friday, August 8, 2008

The Goings of Boise, the comings of Florida!


Here is another one of those posts that will sum up the last few weeks into one, so be prepared for TONS of pictures!
As many of you know, we left our home in Boise to move to Panama City, Florida, but in between our two homes was adventure after adventure...full of family, friends and fun!

To start off our adventures, we got Addi fully prepped in her gear, provided by Shawn and Chelsey!



First Stop: Twin Falls
to go to the Temple open house...it was such a beautiful temple and a great way to start our journey!


Stop#2: Salt Lake
after an eventful trip with the U-haul, we had a luau at my brother and sister-in-laws new house.
A luau wouldn't be complete without the wii... right?

At the Luau we all converted our names into the Hawaiian alphabet, and I don't remember all of our names, but I do remember that Addison's name came out to be Akuki ( a cookie)...I love it!!!

Stop #3 family reunion for Jacob's family in Kolob, Utah (near Cedar City)!
A family reunion wouldn't be complete without a picture with Grandma and Grandpa!
The cabin we stayed at had a slide from upstairs to down...it was a blast for all of the little kids, and the big ones too!

Addison had a great time, and smiled tons!



We went ATVing with Jacob's family and had a blast! Even Addison loved it, she was either looking around and enjoying the outdoors or sleeping for the 4 hours we were riding.



We stopped at a look out while were ATVing ...what a beautiful view!



Addison enjoying time with her uncle Jamison!



Stop #4: Family Home evening/Birthday celebration up Milcreek Canyon.


We made home-made ice cream in a baggie ball and then tossed them around to freeze the ice-cream...these are our baggie balls...very colorful!

The ice-cream was very tasty...Jacob is eating strawberry, and I am eating a mixture of symphony, caramello, reeses, reeses pieces and butterfinger (quite the compbination I know)!



My dad gave a great lesson on the tree of life, this is a picture of our group hug after we have all partaken of the fruit!


Addi and grandma had a great time together while we all tossed our ice-cream balls!

Stop #5: Picnic in the park and swimming
This was our final good bye to Jacob's family. Goodbye's were hard, but we had a great time leading up to it. We are going to miss all of our friends and family so much!


Cousins, cousins, cousins!

We had fun swimming in the Magna pool!





Stop #6: Tabiona (Tabiona is one of my favorite places on earth, I have so many memories there and it is such a peaceful place)

This is Addi's first time in Tabby, and she is loving it...just look at that smile!

Justus and Zeke had a blast riding on grandpa's golf cart! In this picture grandpa is coming after me , and the boys think it is so funny!


Like always, mom brought great food, and all the cousins are loving it!


Addi and Zeke had fun swinging in the hammock together!



Final stop: Florida

Grandma Larson gave Addison this little play place. Addison loves it, and it is now part of her routine to play in it right after she wakes up in the morning.



One of our first sights in Florida was the beach. Addison loves the beach, I think she would play in the sand all day if we let her.

This was our second time at the beach, we were at a state park called St. Andrews, and it was a beautiful park!

Addison again, playing in the sand, this time she started eating it...I think she likes the salty taste.

Also at St. Andrew's is an alligator swamp. The crazy thing about this swamp is that there is nothing between you and the swamp. If the alligators wanted to attack there is nothing stopping them...Scary!!!!!
Here is a picture of one of the smaller alligatos in the swamp...yes we actually got a picture with our own camera!
Alright, now to end this extremely long post, here are a few pictures of our new apartment. I will post Addi's room later, she was slrrping when I took these pictures

This is a picture of our kitchen and dining room from the entrance.

The kitchen

Living room

Bedroom

Bedroom, looking towards master bath


Lookong toward entrance from our bedroom

Fireplace in living room


































9 comments:

Melissa & Jimmy said...

Welcome to our neck of the woods! We're excited you are so close! Glad to see you already went to St. Andrews and saw the alligators! We can't wait to see you! We'll be headed that way on Monday so we'll give you a call to see if we can meet up sometime! Welcome to the South!

Shawn AND Chelsey said...

So great to see all of your adventures! We miss you sooo much! Your apartment is HUGE compared to your boise dwellings Ü
Love the picture of Addi in her camo!
Take picutres of the nursery soon! We are dying to see how cute it will turn out!
We love you!
p.s. watch out for those gators!

Krystal said...

Wow what an adventure you guys had! It sounds like you had a blast though! How was the car ride w/ Addy?! That is a long time to drive! WOW! Hope you have fun in Florida!

Kameron said...

I bet that it feels nice to finally get settled. That trip looked so fun and so busy. Addison is even cuter than when I saw her last. Your apartment is beautiful. We miss you guys. We are glad you guys are having fun so far in beautiful florida.

Kameron said...

That last comment was by me:)

HAYLIE REDDER!

Beckstreet said...

I hope all goes well for your family in Florida. It's so beautiful there. Don't let the humidity get you down! Your little girl is adorable and getting cuter every time I read your new posts!

Kamilla Bell said...

Jacob and Keli,
We miss you guys already! I hope you are enjoying Florida. It looks like you guys have an adorable apartment. It also looks like you guys had quite the vacation time before the final move. Congratulations on making it! Good luck with everything. We are thinking about you. Keep blogging. I feel more in touch.

p.s. addi is ADORABLE!

Anonymous said...

Good luck in Florida you guys! We hope we can see you soon! We'll be thinking about you.
Addi is beautiful! She's growing up so fast!

Shan said...

Hey Keli-
it's me, Shannon, from your long lost past! Remember me? Long time no see! hehe, well, I am jumping on the blogging bandwagon, too, so now we can blogstalk each other! yay! =) Adorable daughter by the way--what a cute family! Good luck in Florida!