Once we were on the road we did have a good time taking pictures, listening to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on cd, traveling in comfort (our new van) and surprisingly being together wasn't so bad. We tried to take pictures of all the 'welcome' to this state signs and did a pretty good job of it. Some are blurry because we nearly missed the sign as we were zooming down the interstate and others I asked all that were willing to disembark and smile prettily. You will see that some were more enthusiastic than others...
Within the first few hours of travel Claire began to throw up but we quickly learned that she should not read at all or color and that was the end of that problem. The second and only other misadventure was Samantha falling out of the van and nearly breaking her foot. Ike helped her hobble about much of the rest of the trip and her foot healed. Other than that we managed to remain illness and injury free! Good job girls!!!
The trip was 5 day and 4 nights and we spent one of those days in Omaha, NE were we had previously lived for 6 years.
The time in the van was honestly nice and the space within our new van allowed us to bring TONS of stuff!
At long last we did make it to our new home...Queen Creek, AZ. In Kansas the kids decorated the van and it was quite entertaining and a bit fun to drive such a van for the rest of the trip. Within the first 36 hours of our arrival 10-12 of our LDS neighbors had come to welcome us to the neighborhood and ward. We were given 2 loaves of homemade bread, dinner, 3 dozen cookies, and zuchinni bread. It was wonderful to see the kids faces each time someone came by and to watch as the awareness sunk in that they were indeed not going to be the only members in their school. This has been a good move for our family just hard because of those that we love and left behind...
