We made it!!

Well, we are here and it has been crazy. Traveling for 30 hours with 2 dogs and 3 little girls is quite the adventure. Thankfully my Dad came to help.

We left Mo. around 10am Monday morning, a couple hours behind schedule, but we made it. We had to get a U-haul trailer to pull on Sunday because we were noticing the truck was losing space quickly and we have a lot of stuff.

We stopped at a hotel around 12:30am. Since we got there so late and my Dad talked to the lady she brought the rooms down $20 a piece and got us suites right next to each other at the regular room price. We were debating what to do with the dogs. Jeremy decided to inform the hotel manager which he was nervous about.

So I went to the front desk and told her we have 2 dogs in the van. She interrupted me immediately and said with enthusiasm, "Bring them in." I couldn't believe it. We brought the dogs to our room and got them settled. After we all got baths and showers and were ready for bed around 1:30 we realized we had hit the time change. Yikes!! it 2:30am!!! We planned to get up around 7am. That's not much sleep.

We got up at 7am had breakfast and headed out at 9am. The last 3 hours of the trip were the worst because everyone was tired, and antsy (if that's a word). The last hour I finally got to drive because my Dad was just wiped and I kept talking to Jeremy over the walkie talkie's to keep him awake. He kept saying he was fine, but I didn't believe him. Finally we made it at12:30am at my Parents house. My mom was up waiting for her grand baby's!! Jeremy had to stay up for another couple hours filling out paperwork for work the next day. He got 3 hours of sleep that night.

Things are calming down and we are getting some what of a routine. I have finally got all the clothes organized. I'm going out tonight to get some baskets for organizing clothes in a closet. My mom will be happy to come home tonight and see her clean living room again. Jeremy is doing well at his new job. He is still in training, but he likes it and it is going well.

We will be voted into membership this coming Sunday.

We miss friends in Mo, but are adjusting well here. I'm sorry I can't put up pictures, but we don't have our computer set up and it has all my pictures. I wish I had time to put them all on disks before we left.

If you could remember the girls in prayer it would be appreciated. Hope came down with Whooping cough back in Mo, but we didn't know till we got here. Now Hallie has a cough too. They are both seeing a Dr. tomorrow. Hope was in the ER on Wednesday. She is doing better.

God bless,

Ellen

On our way, on Monday!

We are leaving Monday morning, so we have to take the computer down. I have more pictures to share, but it will have to wait.

Ta, Ta!!

Pennsylvania here we come!!!!

Family beach pictures and Surprise announcement!!

First of all we did family beach pictures in Florida when we lived there 5 years ago and they were great we love them, but our family has since gotten a little bigger and we have all changed so we needed an update.





I mentioned in my last post we went to Pa. a few weeks ago to visit my family and while we were there we went to the beach and took some pictures. I would like your input. Do you like the front views, back views or mix and match?









Girls #1


Girls #2








Family #1 back view

Family#2 slanted

Family #3 front view

Oh by the way, just a little thing.

We went to Pa. mainly for a JOB INTERVIEW for Jeremy and...

He got the job!!!!!!

We are loading the truck Saturday and leaving Monday!!!

Ps. I would like to apologize to anyone who may have wanted us to tell them personally,but we didn't. Things are so crazy here packing and trying to settle with our house. (Yes, we have a buyer. Is this God's will or what!!)

It probably just slipped our minds. We tried to remember everyone we should call, but we are still human and we apologize. We do not want to hurt anyone intentionally.

If it makes you feel any better none of my family found out he got the job personally from me either,lol!! I couldn't get a hold of my mom at work. My brother was at work too and my Dad was working at the church. So Jeremy called the Pastor to let him know and he congratulated my dad who still didn't know,oops. Then my Dad called my mom who then called me. Then when the pastor announced it to the church, my brother said, What!!! They all still love me and are very excited.

Abbi and Kelly I am determined to get to meet you!!

The missed picture

Happy Father's Day!!

We've been away...

We went to Pa to visit my family for 3 weeks!!!!!

Oh how I miss my family.

Here are the girls at McDonald's after sleeping in the van all night.

Heidi is either excited or going stir crazy

My parents went to a wedding about 4 hours away from where they live and we were driving right by that exit when they were leaving the wedding so we stopped at a rest stop and waited for them... but we didn't tell the girls.

Hallie picking flowers and then...

What? What is that we see?

Grandma and Pop-pop??!!!!!

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Happy Father's Day!!

Well, it looks like something happened to the picture of Jeremy and the girls so I'll try to get it up in another post.

More Pa pics to come