More busy October!

Dereck and I haven't calmed down much since the last posting. One of Dereck's close friends from the academy come to visit since he was moving across country and we were on the way. I was glad to meet him finally! He was unable to come to our wedding and I still hadn't met one of Dereck's close friends, so it was a fun surprise. We had a good time showing him the nightlife in downtown Little Rock and I know Dereck had a great time catching up with him.
This past weekend we helped our good friends Josh and Leslie move out of their apartment and sent Leslie on her way to North Carolina to move into their new house while Josh finishes up training here. Leslie and I have become good friends during our time here in Little Rock so it was sad to see her go! Marty also likes to play with their husky, Nanook, so we had to have one last goodbye dinner and doggy play session.

Dereck and I also got to go out to celebrate the engagement of our friends CJ and Emmalee while Emmalee was visiting Little Rock. We were very happy for them and I am happy to have been introduced to them both while here in Little Rock. Its been fun making new friends and thanks to email, facebook, and blogs its so easy to stay in contact with everybody nowadays. I hope the friendships I made here will continue to grow as we all go our seperate directions!

Yesterday was another BEAUTIFUL day here in Arkansas (we only have beautiful days on the weekend it seems...which is not good for Dereck finishing up his flights!). We decided to take advantage of the weather and head to Crater of Diamonds State Park to try our luck at diamond hunting! This is the only diamond field that is open to the public, and everybody is allowed to keep whatever they find. People have found diamonds that are worth thousands! Unfortunately all Dereck and I found were some neat stones of Jasper, Agate, and Calcite. It was still a lot of fun though. Its been a long time since I got to sit down and play in the dirt, and it was fun to have Marty there as well. He had fun sniffing around, testing out what rocks are yummy to eat (turns out none of them... haha), and just being outdoors.

This coming week I hope to get started on some more sewing projects. I finished two more projects but since I hope to give them as gifts I am not posting them here so they stay a surprise! I will say that I attempted some quilting and it turned out really well. I enjoyed it a lot! I took advantage of a huge fabric sale this weekend and stocked up on a lot of supplies to make more gifts for the upcoming holiday season.

Till Next time!