Hello, Georgia.

The weekend before Thanksgiving, we began our journey to our new home (which would end up being a hotel for about a week or so, but more on that later). JT was in charge of making sure the truck was balanced and everything was distributed evenly, and I like to think that I was in charge of freezing my butt off. It was so cold on the Friday that we started loading everything into the truck, and that didn't go away until we got into Tennessee two days later. I'm amazed (and so thankful) that neither of us ended up with colds!

JT was amazed at how much "stuff" women can have.

It's crazy how fast it all adds up, when you factor in gifts from the wedding and bridal showers! We have been so incredibly blessed with all of the gifts that we have been given and all of the love that has been poured out on us. We are so appreciative! 

JT's baby, all ready for the trip.

And we're off! 

It took us 3 days, but we made it to Georgia. Overall, it was a great trip, and we were so happy that we could stop and stay with family on our first night. We didn't have anything too terrible happen, and we were even able to explore Valdosta a little bit on our first night. Thankfully, JT managed to drive the whole trip, and I learned that he is pretty great at backing up a U-Haul with a trailer - even if that whole experience stressed me out to no end. 

After our first night in Georgia, we were able to get a room on base for us to stay and have a place to park our U-Haul while we searched for a house. We were fortunate enough to find a place to live less than a week after arriving, and we moved in soon after - which was good, because living in a hotel because you don't have a place to live is a lot less fun than living in a hotel on vacation. I was ready to loose my mind!

Overall, we're just happy to be in Georgia, with a roof over our heads, food in our kitchen, and jobs for both of us. And the 60 to 80 degree weather every day isn't so bad either. 

Excited to be leaving the cold weather behind!

"24 hours" of travel time. I think it was more like 38. 

Welcome to Georgia!

Being locked up in a hotel room alone while your husband is working all day is not very entertaining.

Normally I would continue putting all of these pictures in order, but that is currently taking too long and I have such limited time at Starbucks... so now we go back in time.

One of the more entertaining moments of our drive.

Definitely interesting to see driving down the interstate.

Getting closer, and sick of being locked up in a U-Haul.

We saw a couple of gorgeous sunsets - pictures don't do them justice!

Until the next chance I get to mooch Wifi...

xo Alexis

Merry Christmas!

This year, I'm happy to be spending Christmas with my little family, though I wish that we could join our families in celebration back in Minnesota. We don't have much this year, but we have been simply enjoying the gifts of each other's company.

May your holiday be blessed and filled with plenty of love, and may you take joy in the little things this coming year.

Merry Christmas!
Love,
JT, Lexi, and Spot

(We hope to keep our families a little more updated through this blog, however, that will have to wait until we get internet in our home! We have plenty of pictures that we can't wait to share with all of you!)

Coming Soon...

In only a few short weeks, I will have the pleasure of becoming a Treichel. We are currently experiencing that phenomenon called "crunch time" and stress has been a little more common than usual. Getting married, even with a simple, backyard ceremony that only your immediate family will be attending, is complicated! I can't say that the Air Force is helpful with that in any way. However, today we found out that one of the biggest stressors as of late is something a lot less complicated than we had anticipated. What a huge relief! I am so thankful that a situation that we thought would take a ton of time will end up taking us a matter of a few hours. It's not easy to get married and figure everything out within 20 days before you move halfway across the country, especially when both parties will be working for a good majority of that time period! 

JT coming home is creeping up on us quickly and I could not be more thrilled. This is one of our longer periods apart (I don't know how I'll ever make it 6+ months!), and we are so close to being together permanently - well, as permanent as you can get with the Air Force. If you're reading, thank you for deciding to put up with us on our journey.

Adventures await!
-The Future Mrs. JT Treichel