San Antonio

We conquered the Childrens Museum, The Riverwalk and The Alamo..... Or they conquered us- I am not sure. It was a long but good day!! Not sure what tomorrow holds but it will be here soon and we will find out!

Texas here we come !!!

Carlsbad has been great, cold but great! It is time to move on and enjoy new places. We will head south tomorrow afternoon and see what God has for us. More adventures to come. Our time in New Mexico was wonderful. Freinds, history and learning new trades.  We also had a chance to get a good bit of school done and enjoy a few nice hikes. Praise God for opportunities to share His love! I pray for more opportunities to come.

Carlsbad Caverns NM

Grateful for the opportunity to see the caverns today. We moved our plans up a day since a system is moving in that is supposed to give us 3-5 inches of snow tonight.  We are all snuggled into the RV and will see what comes as we sleep. The rain is falling and the temperatures are very cold. I am gratful for our home on wheels , our neighbor here in the RV lot is in a van.. Jason checked on him and he seems to be ok.  

The caverns were 75 stories below ground, we took the elevator down. Which was pretty cool - watching the rock pass swiftly by. The trail we took was through the Big Room, amazing and so cool to look at all the different formations. Jeremiah slept most of the hike and by the end I think we all were a bit low on oxygen. Nothing like Mt. Fuji but  surprisingly a good little hike!!

Hoping for some good sleep tonight and not to much snow, we are supposed to get on the road on Tuesday!!

 The Grand Canyon - just a little humor from Jason and Samantha

 Paramount Ranch

 The Petrified Forest - the kids clothes remonds me of the 70's 

 The Painted Rocks - my kids making me feel blessed

 Samantha being silly at White Sands NM

 White Sands Sunset

 I just love this picture of Samantha and Jeremiah in Big Bear CA

 Jason and I with my sister Lisa and her husband Justin  (Sweet Reunion)

 Bub and his great Papa Sleppy ( in the hat Papa gave him)  never a prouder moment for Bub!!!

 Grand Canyon

 Old Town New Mexico - a little history

 Mr. Fritz Texas longhorn steer ranch. What an awesome time.

We learned so much and were so blessed in the process!! 

They really are gentle beasts..

Daily Life

I am having trouble downloading pictures. So for now it will have to wait. It was nice to surprise the kids with a visit to their dear friends from Okinawa. What a great New Years Eve surprise, it is also nice for us Mommies and Daddies to get to fellowship. We are reminded of just how blessed we are.

Jeremiah had his 2nd haircut on Saturday (31st) It was cut short but not to short. I think it was getting a little bit to long. He did great sitting in the chair and holding still. I am still getting used to looking at him with shorter hair, he was so proud of his new hair cut. He brings us so much joy and he is  so loveable! 

I went to a book store today for the first time in over 3 years, it was great to browse the "Christian" section and have choices and not have to mail order. It was also eye opening to how much darkness is on so many other shelves including the shelves for children.  Abstain from every form of evil was the verse that kept coming to mind. I am disappointed that my kids could not even freely browse the childrens section without getting an eyeful of darkness and schmootz. Thankfully I knew better than to take them. The Lord is sufficient and I am grateful there was still Christ centerd material to choose from.   

I am sure there will be many more things we will be many more things we will see have changed in such a short time as we continue to travel.