Fishing Adventures!

Of course my husband has found somewhere to fish! Actually very close to post! A group of his buddies and us all went out one Saturday and spent most of the day then had a late lunch together! We all had great fun but there were not many fish caught that day! LOL One guy caught two little bass and some old guy came right in front of us in a boat and caught a large bass! GO FIGURE!!!! But we had fun and that is what matters! Oh and I caught a crayfish that was the size of a small Lobster! It was the biggest crayfish I had ever seen, that any of us had seen!

Fort Huachuca has had quite a few wildfires lately. The mountains and on the ground so they have helicopters that come out and take water from the lake and drop it over the fires!

Golf Days

So we have a fantastic golf course on post that is not expensive at all! Actually would say it is cheap but very nice! So a couple of times now we have went out on the course in the afternoon and Jon plays and I mostly drive him around in the cart! If there are not a lot of people out there then sometimes I might hit one or two! Jon has also been a few times with buddies! He has seen several bucks and does on the course and the last time we went together we saw several LARGE snakes! Yikes! Jon has now decided there will be no more searching for balls if they go into the tall grass! LOL!

First trip to LA

So exciting! Our second weekend here we got in the car and drove to LA! Jon's brother Tim lives there and his parents were there visiting! What a long drive but such a fun trip! We love seeing new places! Saturday morning we got up early and had breakfast all together and then we went to Redondo Beach Pier for some relaxing and fishing! The boys caught a few fish and we caught some rays! We grabbed lunch then headed back to Tim's house and our hotel! After Showers and some naps we headed to Disneyland for Dinner! We walked around and shopped a little and had dinner at a great jazz restaurant! What fun! Sunday we went to church and to a fantastic coffee shop. After that we went home and had lunch and then it was time for us to drive back to Arizona!

Fort Huachuca

So Fort Huachuca is a so different from anywhere I have ever been! We are enjoying it though! We have seen so much wild life out here! We see deer everywhere! Including our neighborhood, our neighbors backyards, and on the street everywhere! We saw a actual roadrunner! It was blue and amazing! We have seen boar, wild cows, Longhorns, Eagles, Turkey Vultures, HUGE Crow, I have a woodpecker who lives on the power poll outside my house, and many other birds. Last night we had a wild pig (It has another name but can not think of it at the moment) get into our trash can. Thank goodness only one bag and my sweet husband cleaned it up!

Our View here is amazing with all the beautiful Mountains! I have never seen anything like it! Also everything here is so super dry! No Grass they put rocks down instead! Some backyards have grass but ours does not. It took Mocha some real getting use to! We have a fantastic courtyard on the front of our house and it is Mocha's favorite spot. She stays out there almost all day!

Our first weekend here of course hubby had to find somewhere to fish so we drove about 20 minutes on the back side of the post where there is a beautiful lake! We have revisited there a few times now!

Our Move Out West

Wow, The Monday after Easter we left for our journey across the country! Really excited and super nervous! We had never been this far from our family before! Jon had helped plan our trip with stops at almost every Bass Pro Shop along our trip! That boy loves fishing!!! The first day we drove from Alabama to Shreveport, LA. On the way though of course we stopped in Jackson, MS at the Bass Pro Shop for some shopping and Lunch! Then on to Shreveport! What a fun town! We went to the Bass Pro Shop, Shopped around, and eat a fabulous dinner at this Wonderful Cajun Restaurant!


Jackson, MS

Shreveport, LA



Day 2 was good, we had gotten a good nights sleep and we were refreshed and ready to go! We drove to Garland, TX were we visited the Bass Pro Shop and got some wonderful Lunch at Ismaralda Fish and Company. Then we left there and drove to Midland, TX! Our Hotel was not exactly where we thought it was going to be but it was still okay and we went to eat at Cheddars. Our favorite restaurant from Fort Benning, GA. It was not as good but was still yummy!

Garland, TX


Day 3 started out good but man the road conditions slowed us down and our 9 hour drive turned into a 12 hour drive! We were both exhausted by the time we arrived to Fort Huachuca! We checked into our hotel and went to go eat. With a 15
minute wait we decided we were to tired and went to Subway which we took to the hotel! I looked like a puffer fish I was so swollen! We laid down and it was over till the next morning!

Finally there, now time to get a house! We went to housing early and got a house! Woo Hoo! People here are so much nicer than any other post that we have been too! And Fort Bragg's Housing (Picerne) needs to come take lessons from these people!

Block Leave and Easter

So the packers got everything packed up and the movers loaded it all up and moved it out to Arizona! I can't believe we had so much stuff! IT is so hard to move pregnant! While we were in Alabama we had a lot of adventures! A few trips to the Bass Pro Shop, Several Shopping Trips, Jon and my Dad did a LOT of fishing and we also had another doctors appointment.


At my doctors appointment I learned that I hate Tricare! Go figure! Also we got to have a ultrasound and see our little baby! He or She was so cute and I could not believe how much they grow in such a small amount of time. They changed my due date from October 14 to October 24 from the crown to rump measurements!

While we were home we got to celebrate Jon's Mom's Birthday! We went to Douglasville, GA to eat and to go to the Movies! Such a great time!

We also celebrated my Mom's Birthday! We went out to eat and spent most of the day relaxing!

Next event was Easter! What great fun! We got to spend most of the whole week before with Anthony, Carrie and Ansleigh. We took her for Easter pictures which was a treat! She sat by a bunny and we are pretty sure killed two little chicks! :( She thought they were play toys to hold and squeeze! Jon also tried to teach her how to hide eggs but it was more fun for her to pick her favorite two! The Saturday before Easter we had all the family over to Mom's house for Lunch it was great! Easter Sunday at Church was so great! What a great message!

On to a New Home

Wow, I can not believe it is almost here! Most of you already now but for those who do not we are starting our journey out west very soon. This Friday the packers start packing up my house and I can not believe it is here. Next week is going to be a crazy, hectic adventure but with the Lord we are going to get through it! We have the packers there again Monday and Tuesday then the Movers come Wednesday. Wednesday night we have massive cleaning to do including shampooing the carpets and lots of fun things! Thankfully, Bob and Mary Ann are graciously coming up to help with the cleaning since it will be so late on Wednesday before we can start anything and it is going to be so crazy. Jon has not even started clearing post which is going to be a task in its self! I just have to remember to stay calm for our little one growing in my belly and not stress too much! Which is happening quite a bit right now! Please pray we can get all we need to do done and safely.

Next Friday we will depart for Anniston, AL and we will get to stay hopefully until the Monday after Easter! Then, as many of you already know, the Army is sending us to the lovely Ft. Huachuca, Arizona (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Huachuca), located in Cochise County, AZ (http://www.explorecochise.com/). We are very excited to be heading to Arizona! Neither one of us have ever been out west and we are hoping to get lots of traveling in. We want to go visit Jon's Brother Tim and his wife in LA, and the Grand Canyon, San Diego, and many other fun places out there! We are also hoping we get some visitors while we are staying out there. We should be there for 5 months, and yes you are thinking right we will move once again while we are pregnant! LOVELY!!! We have no idea where we are headed next either even though we are doing everything possible to try to get to Savannah, GA!!!!

Well I hope this gets all of you caught up on our Adventures! Please keep us in your prayers during all this craziness! Love all you,
Jon, Christina, & Baby St. John

Baby St. John's First Picture

Okay so I am a week late posting this but oh well at least I am remembering to post it! Last Wednesday Jon and I got to go for our first ultrasound at 7 weeks! Everything looked great and seeing its flickering heartbeat was exciting! I cried! Jon had the biggest smile I think I have ever seen from him! It made my heart smile! We are very excited that God has blessed us with a child and we can not wait to me him/her in October!

BIG NEWS!!!!

Last week Jon and I found out that we are expecting our first child! What a blessing! Please keep us in your prayers as it will be a hard first trimester! I will be 6 weeks tomorrow and next Wednesday we go for our first ultrasound! So exciting my due date is October 14, 2009. We are so thankful and can not wait to meet Baby St. John already!