The Big Move...

So I want to start this off by saying yes I'm still a little bitter we are in Louisiana. I know there are much worse places we could be. A few days after our wedding we packed up and hit the road for the long 18 hour drive ahead of us. Missouri was the half way stopping point so I got to visit the family a few days before we got here. We arrived here at Fort Polk Louisiana late one night in January. It was cold, raining and very depressing. Haha it gets better. I will say that I cried when we drove in. A week after arriving here we had already seen everything there was to see. Wal-Mart, bowling, PX, and very small cinema. And we had picked our new house in South Fort. Oh wait I can't forget. So if you don't know being in the military really gets you out of your shyness. The 2nd night we were here I got a call from the Commanders' wife, Terria. She invited me along with some other wives to a small party. At first I wasn't sure about this but I decided to go. So the night of the party comes and a convoy of cars come to my house to meet and pick me up. Everyone was so nice and helpful. I knew right away I would get along with them all. Marian even brought us real food when we were in the moving process. Terria and Marian are like my second, third, fourth mothers....something like that. They also had A Hale and Farewell for Aaron at work. I'm sure there are some pictures of that floating around out there, I will try and get them up. Then I got to meet all the guys he was going to be working with. Well most of them, 9 were deployed. I knew it was going to be an exciting group! You will hear much more about all them in future posts! Oh yeah back to moving in. So we picked our house and my wonderful family moved our stuff here. I know they had lots of fun doing it though. It was even my dads birthday the day they moved us in. Don't worry I was a good daughter, I got him a cake and did NOT cook for him. Remember I just got married, he would not want me to cook for him yet! In one day we had the place looking better. See.

Aaron & I at our new house

See I told you I got him a cake

Maybe we worked him a little too hard!

Family/Professional Movers

How it all got started!

Glad you made it to our page! Since we live so far away from family and friends we decided to start this so we can keep in touch with everyone and let them in on all our journeys. Remember I'm not the writter in the family. Hope you enjoy!
Aaron and I got married on January 5, 2008. I guess I could skip back a little and feel you in on everything. So here it goes! We meet at HomeSlice a restaurant/bar in Toledo Ohio.

Aaron & I the 3rd night after we met!

One month later Aaron left for basic. The day he got out he called and told me that he was going to Hurlbert AFB in Florida. Right then my parents and I started planning our yearly beach vacation for Pensacola FL. We went there in June and my parents met and loved him.

I went back to Florida at least once a month until November when he graduated. Fortunely I met a retired Air Force pilot that owned 3 condos in Destin and he let me stay there on my visits! October 5, 2007 my brave sister and I traveled to Toledo to meet Aaron's family. Aaron was still in Florida and I was so scared to meet them alone so my sister went with me. After 2 nasty hot dogs, getting arrested and getting lost going 98 mph we finally made it there. They invited us over for dinner where I met most of them. They were all so nice and had lots of stories to tell about Aaron. I am so thankful for them, I couldn't ask for better in-laws!(However his mom wouldn't let me talk to him on the phone until I ate all my veggies!) On October 25, 2007 Aaron asked me to marry him. Here's how it happened...I had been waiting patiently at the condo for him to get out of class. Finally he got in and asked if I wanted to go for a walk down the beach. Of course I said yes and we headed out. I remember hearing the song " Hey There Deliah" and then stopping to read something written in the sand. There it was " Ashley, Will You Marry Me" after me reading it several times to make sure it said what I thought it said, he pulled out the ring and proposed. It was beautiful. There were flowers, music, the ocean, and his 3 friends who were recording it all! It was a night I will never forget.

The 3 guys!

Milan, Clark & Trimble


November came and Aaron got a few days off for Thanksgiving, so he decided to come to Missouri to meet the rest of my family. November 2007 Aaron graduated and both our parents got to meet each other! We had so much fun.

Yes that's Aaron's Mom climbing a tree!

Right after his graduation Aaron was off to Washington to another school. While I was home planning the wedding. Since Aaron had not been home since April we decided to spend Christmas and New Years with his family in Ohio. That was exciting to say the least but I still really missed my family. During that time we stayed very busy. I got to meet his Aunts, Uncles, counsins and church family. Somehow we squeezed in Christmas with some of my family that live there and we did last minute things for the wedding. We decided to get married at his church. All the people there were so nice. They helped with everything, from the cake to the pictures! It was so nice. Now the wedding was over and we were on our way to Louisiana as Mr. & Mrs. Kimmel!

Enjoy!