My children are very interesting people. I just watched Andrew and Allie's video's on their blogs and I don't think I have laughed that hard in a long time! They are so much fun! I can't believe they did that...next time they use my sheets for backdrops they need to iron them!!!! Just saying!

things I learned while in Ca

1. My family is really neat. I knew this, but it was really great to have the reminder. 2. Dale and Melissa are great host. They made us feel so welcome and cares for. 3. Paul's mom and dad are very giving people. They are so giving. 4. Kim is a great cook and very giving in her time. 5. Wayne is cool because he sings Christmas songs, by a fair fireplace with his nieces:) 6. My nieces and nephews are awesome! I had fin going to starbucks, the park, and playing just dance! They are some fun people! 7. I missed seeing Holly. 8. Scott still makes me laugh! 9. The beach is so different in Ca. Compared to fl. 10. I really love my California family and wish I saw them more often.

Day 3 of our trip to California

Today was a good day.  Our shortest day yet at around 500 miles.  We woke up on route 66 in our neat little motel.  It was an experience to shower in a shower that small.  We sure are spoiled today with our large bathrooms.  After we loaded up the car and told the nice owners goodbye we headed down the road to the Kik66 diner.  The kids ate at the counter and thought that was neat. 

We then headed on through New Mexico.  The terrain was so different from Texas.  All the red rocks and tumbleweeds and the elevation!!!  We got over 6000 ft above sea level; which for us beach side dwellers seemed really high.  Emily learned how to clear her ears today:)  She also was excitied to see her first Native American/Indian today.  I have explained to her that she has seen Native Americans before, and doesn't even realize it. 

We went over the Continental Divide today.  It is so neat to be driving along, and seeing the sign and Daniel going, "we read about that in history!"  Then Emily wanted to know what that meant so we had a little impromtu school today.

We made it out of New Mexico and into Arizona.  We are staying in Flagstaff.  It is really beautiful here.  The people are all friendly and it is a dog friendly town.  Everywhere you look there is a dog.  Makes me miss Lucy.

I realized today, again, how special America is.  We live in a very diverse land, with so many people.  It really is amazing.  I am very thankful I was born an American.

Tomorrow we arrive in Riverside and it will be great to see all of our family.  We have so much to be thankful for and this year for Thanksgiving we are thankful to be with the Lee family.  We never have celebrated with our family in California.  This should be fun.:)  It also will be neat to see what the kids think.  They have only had Thanksgiving at home.

Route 66

We had a lot of fun staying at the Blue swallow motel, going for a walk after dark, and causing a dog to spill a planter and all the dirt in the lobby. More to come!

Day 1

Today is my first time ever to blog. I don't know if this is something I will continue or not. I do want to post about our trip. That way I can share what all is going on and maybe it will help me remember things:) We tried to leave at a certain time and had turned out of our neighborhood when someone remembered their antibiotics and someone else remembered they needed to go potty! What else can you do, but turn around..so we went home, took care of business and then we were on our way. It was a good reason to tell Grandma and Lucy goodbye again. My kids then proceeded to tell many other people goodbye. As we drove through town they would say things like, "goodbye Stemen, Hunter, Hicks families." Just to mention a few. We had to only stop 6 times to use the bathroom and 1 time for gas. In Vicksburg, we stopped at Sonic a few minutes shy of happy hour. To kill time we climbed this huge hill with civil war memorials. It was a neat thing to see, except for the part where I walked right out of my shoe, my feet slipped out from under me and I slid right down that slippery slope!!!!!! I think we all had a good laugh and then we all took a turn slidding down the hill. Tyre was no snow, just really slick grass. We were in a total of five States today. We even crossed the Mississippi River on a really cool trestle bridge. We saw a lot of pretty fall Color. Tomorrow we will spend most of our day in Texas and then we are staying in an old motel on route 66. Think retro. Should be fun.