Home Again!

We made it home. It felt so strange to be in my own bed. The house felt so...big. On the way home we went to Houston to drop off Brian's mom. We stopped to see the Houston temple before we dropped her off. It is such a pretty temple. After we dropped Marilyn off at the airport we went to the NASA Space Center. We walked around Rocket Park and got to see Saturn V(a space rocket) It is HUGE! Then we drove down to see the Gulf of Mexico. We ended up staying in San Antonio that night. The next morning we saw the Alamo. I loved the Alamo. Utah is in debt to the men who fought and died at the Alamo. On Friday night we slept in Carlsbad, NM. We didn't get to see the caverns. That will have to be another trip. We ended up replacing the drive line and universal joint on the truck in Roswell, NM. We were certainly watched over and blessed in that event. We ended up sleeping in Albequerque, NM Saturday night. I really like the Albequerque area. I can't believe how much it has grown over the years! We were able to make it home at about 1am Sunday night. We had such a good trip. This is one to remember for a lifetime. The picture I have inserted is of a daisy on the side of the highway in Texas. The wild flowers on the sides of the roads are so pretty.

Easter Sunday

The Easter Bunny came Friday night. The kids got tons of candy and some fun little toys. We got to go to an Easter egg hunt over at the college, where my brother-in-law teaches. It lasted about 30 seconds! All the kids had a good time. Today we went to church to see our niece blessed. She wore a white dress that I crocheted. It looked pretty cute if I say so myself. Especially considering that I really didn't have a pattern. I also made loopy booties for her which Brian's sister called clydes dale booties. We had a really nice Easter dinner this evening. We had ham and brisket and I have learned that my brother-in-law can make a mean gravy! So, to all my family: if you want good gravy call Jason. We're still hoping to go for a ride over into Louisianna. Maybe tomorrow or Tuesday. We are still too exhausted from driving. The kids are still having too much fun playing in their cousins huge yard and forest. It rained today. We also had tornado warnings. This morning while we were in church it was so dark it looked like night time. Now the sun is shining and it's clear. The weather is so different. The kids made quick work of finding a nice mud puddle. The bigger problem is that the mud is red. Lovely!

Nacog...Where?

That's Nacogdoches. I had catfish dinner for my birthday that I am still fantasizing about. I love the soft lilting East Texas accent. There are a million trees. The kids love playing in the bamboo. The kids are having a really good time with their cousins. They just want to play all day. It's nice because the energy gets used on cousins and then they sleep at night! Wow! What a place. The humidity might kill me, but we are having a good time so far. We got here around 8pm on Wednesday night. We had a good time in Dallas too. Brian got to see the old and new Texas Stadiums. We saw the Dallas Temple. We will head back West next Thursday. We are going to go the southern route to get home. We are going to drop Brian's mom off at the airport in Houston then go home across Southern Texas. All kinds of new things to see!

Amarillo, TX to Dallas, TX

I can't believe how much the wind can blow. One local in Amarillo said the wind wasn't blowing bad today! I didn't even know how to respond to that comment. We are staying in Dallas tonight. We will reach Nacogdoches tomorrow afternoon. Brian is very excited to see Texas Stadium before it is torn down. The terrain has changed a lot the further East we have gone. Dallas has lots of trees. We passed several cotton fields on our drive today. It took me a while to figure out what all the white cottony stuff was. All of the fields had been harvested and plowed, but little bits of cotton were still all over in the fields. Many of the fields were red sand. It surprised me to see sand in an agricultural field. These farmers seem to make it work really well though. We found a couple geocaches in Amarillo. We visited the Big Texan, where we found a geocache and took pictures in front of the BIG cow. Then we went down to Cadillac Ranch.

From Cortez, CO to Amarillo, TX

After leaving Cortez, CO we stopped at Four Corners. We all got souveniers and pictures in all four states. The sun was shining, but the weather was still cold. We drove to Aztec, NM and walked around the Aztec Ruins. I highly recommend stopping to visit these ruins if you are ever nearby! We were able to make it to Albequerque, NM last night. When we got up this morning we grabbed a geocacache and went over to the temple. The temple is closed for maintenance, so we had the grounds mostly to ourselves except a few workers getting ready to lay carpet inside. It was so nice and quiet. Once again we were on the road. We finally made it to Amarillo, TX this evening. I have never see land so flat in my life. Texas puts Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas to shame for how flat it is! Tomorrow we are headed to Dallas. Brian wants to see Texas Stadium before it's torn down. It's so warm and we are having such a good trip!!

From Heber, UT to Cortez, CO

We left Heber last night. We drove through Spanish Fork Canyon to Price. The snow was really bad. There were a couple of times the truck and trailer was sliding a bit. It scared me to death! We slept just outside of Price. We stopped at about midnight. On the way to Moab we found a couple of geocaches. Moab was our stop for lunch. There was quite a bit of snow in Monticello. We got into Cortez about 5pm and decided to stay. We are at a KOA tonight. Cortez really isn't a place to camp off the side of the road! Tomorrow we will stop at Four Corners and then sleep in Albequerque, NM. By then we should be out of the snow. Thank goodness for our trailer and the heater!