Road Trip

After driving across four states in three days, we finally made it! Since I haven't blogged all week, there is a lot to catch up on.


Monday the movers arrived to pack up everything. When we moved out to California, it only took about 3 hours. Now, we did live in apartment, but I promise we didn't accumulate that much stuff in the last three years. This time, the movers arrived at 8am and didn't leave until a little after 5pm. I tried to keep the kids out of the house and occupied, but you can only do so much. We ended up putting movies on our computers to keep them entertained and they did great.


Monday evening, we headed over to the Robert's house to watch some football and hang out with some friends from our Sunday School class. It was nice to see them one last time. Our class has meant so much to us over the years and we are blessed by all of their friendships.


We stayed in a hotel Monday & Tuesday night, which helped out on Tuesday while the movers loaded all the boxes and furniture. It was another all day process. I really shouldn't be too bothered by it, because if we had done it ourselves, it would have taken much longer. So for that, I'm thankful.


Tuesday evening, we had our last dinner with the Mooney's. Marissa made a delicious meal and the kids enjoyed playing together. It was hard not to get choked up at times, especially since they don't really understand the distance that will separate us.

Mason & Braden. They couldn't stop hugging each other goodbye.

Madison holding Taylor.

Mason wanted to take a picture of Marissa.

The goodbyes were hard. Tears flooded my eyes as I hugged my best friend and gave kisses to her children, who I love like my own.


Wednesday morning, began our trek to Texas.

The entire drive we saw a ton of Windmills. This was near the California and Arizona Border.

Beautiful California

Goodbye California, hello Arizona!

Beautiful sunset on the Mountains.

We stopped in Phoenix the first night and we were so happy to see a Whataburger! Oh how we missed it.

Thursday morning, we ate breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Mason loved this game. I used to have one when I was little.

Taylor was busy coloring and didn't feel like posing for pictures.

It's hard to see, but this was the University of Arizona symbol on the Mountain in Tucson. Adam's cousin Jeremy and his wife Caryle attended Zona.

Leaving Arizona and entering New Mexico.

This is by far my favorite picture. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning when we saw the sign. Welcome to Texas! We ate a quick dinner in El Paso and drove onto Midland to cut down the driving time on Friday.

Friday morning we made the last trek of the drive to Fort Worth. We made great time and arrived at our temporary corporate apartment around 3pm. The kids did absolutely fabulous during the drive.

Our apartment is 2 bedrooms and has more space than a hotel. It will work perfectly for the next 30 days. We have already been looking for houses, and hope to find one before we leave for Katy for Christmas.

Thank you for all of your prayers and support. They were felt and we are glad to be back in the Lone Star state.