Our Week Long "Lay Over"

As most of you know, Dave and I have been in Tennessee for the past 3 weeks. After spending a week in Memphis, Dave was able to make enough money to get us home and out to Colorado. While we were in Nashville, we bought a really nice 1996 Chrysler Town and Country. It sounds old but really the interior is really nice! The outside has its fair share of bumps and dents, but it's comfortable, fuel efficient and gets us from A to Z. Oh and the best par is that we paid $900. We are planning on buying teo nearly new vehicles in the future, but we decided to wait until we are more settled.

For the next week, we will be repacking and spending some time with our kids and the rest of our family. Last night after dinner, we took the kids for a long walk and hunted salamanders. We found a black one with yellow spots and a black on with red stripes! I was surprised we found them because it's freeezing cold here! We just romped through the woods with Molly and let the kids use their "outside" voice. Then we went to my mom's for a while, came home and had popcorn and cider. Jaxon, Amelia and Dave sat on the kitchen floor and had a tea party where Amelia insisted that they "climk" their glasses over and over. Then, Jaxon, being the typical boy he is, put his popcorn in his cider and drove his Thomas trains all over the tea party. We haven't had the kids for a month, but Jaxon is already growing huge! He weighs about as much as Amelia and he is only two. Nana "soup" (as the kids call her) or Nana Sue, Dave's mom, said that Jaxon is a little "teddy bear" like Dave was at his age. I thought that was cute :) I am so glad we have been able to spend even a week here in Michigan during the fall season.

Our plans are to leave Sunday for Colorado early in the afternoon. We are going to drop the kids off with their mom and be on our way! Since our van is so comfortable, we decided to just sleep in the van when we get tired. The drive is about 20 hrs, but I am sure our excitement will either make it seem longer or shorter! Once we get there, we move into our house and Dave starts working right away. I am so excited to finally have a place to make my own. I am dying to decorate and start cooking! It's just nice to have your own space. Since we have been married we haven't really had a place to call our own. After being on the road and doing sales, Dave said he is "ready for a 9 to 5".

Keep us in your prayer as we travel and make plans!

Liz

On The Road Again

For the past three weeks Dave and I have been in Tennessee with his equipment company. We figured we would visit my sister and make some money while we were here. So, I have been spending lots of time with my sister and Arabella. My niece is growing so fast and she is just the cutest! Depending upon sales, it looks like Dave will be in Memphis for the next week. If he does well there we will head home. If sales don't go as planned, we will be headed to Alabama for a week or two. Thought it's fun visiting my sister and I do love Alabama, I really want to settle. Bad. I want to have a kitchen and a bedroom. The kids have been with their mom for 3 weeks, but she is sick of them already. Somewhere in the mix we will have to go pick them up. All the details are still being worked out.
Over the past few weeks I have been reading several very interesting book, which I will be writing more about on my own blog. Currently I am reading At First Sight By Nicholas Sparks, To Hell With All That (loving and loathing your inner housewife) and The Essential Mediterranean Cookbook.

Also, I have been doing some research on University of Colorado. Where we are moving, Kit Carsen, is a town/village of 200 people. There isn't even a community college for like 3hrs...at least from what I've gathered. I am thinking about taking online courses. If I am unable to have children, I would like to finish getting my degree in Elementary Education. I would really like to be involved in my community and several organizations if Dave and I don't have children of our own. Though U of C is $40k a year, I know that Dave and I are more than qualified for financial aid. There's a lot to be worked out, but I always have to have a back up plan.

Please keep us in your prayers as we travel and ultimately make it to Kit Carsen. Sometimes during stagnant times in life such as this one, it is easy to get discouraged.

Check out my other blog in a few days to see my book summations. Going to be interesting!
Arabella, Victoria, Reuben and I are going to watch Frosty the Snowman...lol...

Elizabeth