Alright, that issue was with LD_LIBRARY_PATH. After resolving that I end up with this:
[I 16:16:11.122 NotebookApp] Creating new notebook in /Documents/Notebooks
[I 16:16:11.650 NotebookApp] Kernel started: 126afcb5-0784-414b-80aa-de3068119dc6
[W 16:16:11.665 NotebookApp] 404 GET /nbextensions/widgets/notebook/js/extension.js?v=20170412161557 (::1) 7.78ms referer=http://localhost:8888/notebooks/Documents/Notebooks/Untitled1.ipynb?kernel_name=root
Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread
[I 16:16:14.650 NotebookApp] KernelRestarter: restarting kernel (1/5)
Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread
[I 16:16:17.658 NotebookApp] KernelRestarter: restarting kernel (2/5)
Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread
[I 16:16:20.664 NotebookApp] KernelRestarter: restarting kernel (3/5)
Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread
[W 16:16:21.671 NotebookApp] Timeout waiting for kernel_info reply from 126afcb5-0784-414b-80aa-de3068119dc6
[I 16:16:23.670 NotebookApp] KernelRestarter: restarting kernel (4/5)
WARNING:root:kernel 126afcb5-0784-414b-80aa-de3068119dc6 restarted
Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread
[W 16:16:26.678 NotebookApp] KernelRestarter: restart failed
[W 16:16:26.678 NotebookApp] Kernel 126afcb5-0784-414b-80aa-de3068119dc6 died, removing from map.
ERROR:root:kernel 126afcb5-0784-414b-80aa-de3068119dc6 restarted failed!
[W 16:16:26.696 NotebookApp] Kernel deleted before session
[W 16:16:26.697 NotebookApp] 410 DELETE /api/sessions/1cf9e7fe-9c9f-4520-ba92-3a90cee33648 (::1) 1.75ms referer=http://localhost:8888/notebooks/Documents/Notebooks/Untitled1.ipynb?kernel_name=root
I appreciate the help.