First Day of School!

Wow! I can't believe how fast they are growing up. This year is the last year we will have all our school aged children at the same school, it's Tyler's last year of elementary school! We met the teachers last week and they all seem great...the kiddos were very excited to get out the door this morning. Our only grump was Aaron, he did NOT want to leave the school and just misses everyone. We will get some playdates going soon! I sure hope the rest of the day goes as well as this morning did...we'll let you know the scoop once they are home. HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!

I love Craig's list!

We still have boxes piled high and nothing on the walls...but thanks to Craig's list we have a nice place to relax at the end of the day. We found these beauties...2 recliners and a 7 foot couch, dark brown leather...for a mere $275. I love it when other people move and need to get rid of all their furniture :-)

Adventures of the pregnant homeless lady...we're home!

Holy Cow! What a summer! We are moved in (well, almost) and ready to start our new adventure. Here's a few lists to summarize our adventures!

7059.9 miles on the Kia

52 days from Friendswood to Friendswood

11 states slept in

23 states driven through

7 Sundays

1 set of church clothes

596 photos loaded to Shutterfly

1 visit from the tooth fairy

1 birthday

2 holidays (if you are from Utah)

10 swimming pools

7 burger joints

8 hotels

8 homes of friends/relatives

57 license plates

1 flat tire

1 dead battery

2 oil changes

1 urgent care visit

3 stomach bugs

4 suitcases

5 backpacks

1 well used iPod

3 sets of headphones

14 historical landmarks/museums

5 professional baseball games

23/26 cousins

14/16 aunts/uncles

4/4 grandparents

16 "bonus relatives" (great aunts, second cousins, etc.)

4 amazing kids

2 really tired parents

1 adventure of a life time!

Not counted (or classified):

ice cream cones

hours of screen time

gallons of gas

bottles of water

cans of sunscreen

band aids

pounds gained ;-)

Things I will miss:

All that time together as a family...just us

Relaxed rules

almost no bills

spontaneous side trips

spontaneous anything!

"special occasion" food

relatives/old friends

play doh in the car

extra people to help with the kiddos

walking down memory lane

historical landmarks/museums

relaxing just because I can

Things I will NOT miss:

All that time together as a family...just us

Relaxed rules

suitcases

buying gas more than once (or twice) in the same day for the same car

eating out of the blue cooler

hotels

sharing a room (or a bed) with my children

Wyoming/ New Mexico

the same 4 outfits

Things I'm looking forward to:

big grocery shopping (weird huh)

catching up with friends

my own bed

decorating my new house

getting the mail

establishing a daily routine

potty training (Aaron, not me, I'm good)

PLANNING OUR NEXT ADVENTURE :-)

Adventures of the pregnant homeless lady...GRRRRRRR!!!

So here we are in Flower Mound. We made great time today and got here by 2:00...so excited to be with cousins! We had planned a few days of visit BUT I have to officially blog a complaint about Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Last week Dan reserved a car...not online mind you, he actually called and made a reservation...and received an email confirmation. The price for a one way rental was obviously more than a local rental but still reasonable so he opted to rent a car and take Tyler with him rather than fly. We show up at the rental place at 5:00 p.m. today and the price they want to charge us 3 times the quoted price. Even with the confirmation they were not budging. Their explaination? That employee was not authorized to make that transaction, it is incorrect, you can try somewhere else is you are not satisfied. REALLY? It's 5:00 p.m. and Dan needs to be in Houston before the end of business hours the next day...what are our options? Airline tickets are too expensive the day before, no other rental place is a good option at this hour...basically we are just having a quick visit with the Egan's tonight and it's back in the car tomorrow morning. Grrrrrr! We were hoping to have some time to unwind and relax but maybe we'll get that another time...maybe next spring? I guess the good news is that I don't have to drive home alone...I really don't love to drive so that's the bright side. Anyway, I'm going to log off since I only have one night here but I just wanted to let you know that the vacation ends tomorrow! We are still not moving in until Saturday but will be back in Friendswood tomorrow (thanks to Dave W. for opening his home tomorrow night). I'm not sure when we will have online access at our house so this is it for a while...Happy Summer, don't rent from Enterprise.

Adventures of the pregnant homeless lady...back in Texas!

Howdy Friends! We're not home yet...but we're getting closer. Today we crossed the border and are back in Texas...staying in Amarillo tonight so we're still not exactly 'home'...but I must say it's good to be back in the Lonestar State. The 15 albums of photos I've posted can attest to the fact that we have, in fact, enjoyed the rest of the nation but it does feel good to be back in our home state. Nothing exciting to report today...just driving. I have been very, very tired the last few days...that coupled with the fact that I can NOT pass up an ice machine made me realize I haven't been taking my prenatals...maybe some iron would be a good idea...I'm not much help to Dan in the car lately! Other than that everyone seems to be doing well. Today was a nice day of reading books, finding shapes in the clouds, watching some movies, and just hanging out. We are SUPER excited to be at the Egan's house tomorrow...tonight is our last hotel night :-) Wahoooooo! Happy summer everyone!

Southern UT, CO, NM

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UTAH: Wolf Creek, Ogden, Lehi

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