Our last and final state in 2025! We were in Missouri a lot longer than expected. Cory's contract didn't start till five weeks after mine; so we were there from August to December. And we got to experience summer, autumn, and a little bit of winter :)

Long Prairie, MN became our second home this year! I got a travel assignment at the local hospital, and Cory got an assignment 1.5hrs down the road in Benson, MN. Long Prairie population: 3,710. Benson population: 3,414. SMALL TOWN, USA!!!

Wake Forest is a northern suburb of Raleigh, the capital of NC. During this travel assignment, we lived about 25 minutes north of Wake Forest. We drove into town for groceries, bookstores, coffee, and other daily things. It's very charming and extremely dog friendly!

For our first trip we explored Beaufort, Morehead City, Harkers Island, Atlantic City, and Emerald Isle. This was going to be a short 48-hour trip because it was going to be our first time vacationing with the pups.