Pictures

 We celebrated Kanon's birthday a couple days early, since we would be gone to pick up the trailer on his actual birthday. He wanted Fun-da-middles cupcakes, but Aunt Tricia didn't have a cupcake pan. So we made it into a cake. It was pretty good still.

We left Corpus Christi at 6am 11/25/11, heading out on our trip to VA. We were greeted by a great sunrise a few hours later.

 Big bridge over the lake.

 "Way down yonder on the Chattahoochie"

Made it back to Texas 11/29/11, with trailer in tow.

 3200 miles, drove through 13 states in 5 days. It was a crazy trip, but so worth it!

Inside the new home

 

I am finally figuring out how to upload pictures to the blog, since I take most of my pictures on my phone. It's a definite learning process with the blog. But here is a few pictures of our new home. This is our awesome dinette that we all can actually fit at. Dad sits on a little stool at the table. Its nice to be able to eat dinner together.

 From the back of the trailer to the front.

 Our kitchen area. We have bought a wooden stove cover, that I can also put over the left side of the sink when I'm cooking to create more counter space. It actually works out really well.

 We've got two sets of bunks, so all the kids have their own bed. The girls picked out new comforter sets to go on their new beds. The boys really like the comforters they already have, so they decided not to get new ones. Eventually we'll make little curtains for each bunk, so they can close it off when they want some privacy.

 Lynne snapped this the day we bought our trailer, just before we pulled out of the Hollomans street. We are so blessed to have met them and have the opportunity to buy our new home.

Down the road a couple hours, we camped for our first night at Yogi Bears's Jellystone Park in Emporia, VA. It was almost dark when we pulled in and dark when we pulled out in the morning, but it was a nice pull through spot. We got a free glow in the dark key chain from here. I love that we'll always be able to remember where we stayed our first night.

 

Until later,

Jenn

Lots of updates

Wow, so much to update! Hmm where to start. Well we finally got our truck and trailer! We bought our truck a couple months ago. It's a Ford F250 extended cab. It's not a 4 door per say, but it does have back doors that open up. We all fit in it great and we love driving it.

As for our new home, that has been quite the dream. When we started talking about going on the road fulltime, we had always talked about buying something older. That was where our budget was. It had to have 4 bunks, a super slide and a master bedroom. We had looked at quite a few trailers. Not many really totally fit our needs or were too old. Then about 7 weeks ago someone posted on the Families on the Road Facebook page, offering to rent or sell their travel trailer. I took a look at the pictures, just to check them out. I was amazed to find out that it was exactly what we were looking for. They wanted a low down payment and really low monthly payments. We debated back and forth for about a week. Do we wait and just pay cash on something older or do we jump in and try to get this trailer, that is a 2011? Well we went for it and got it! We just got back from our whirlwind trip to VA to pick it up. 3200 miles in 5 days! It was a crazy quick trip. We left the younger three kids with my brother and sister-in-law down in Corpus Christi. We had to buy a new tire and tie rod end on the way up there, when I was forced off the road and slid across a grassy median. But other then that our trip was pretty smooth. 

We are happy to be back and moving into our new home. We will park it in the country for a couple of months, while Jim works and we save up some money. Then hopefully head down the road about the end of Jan.

Til later,
Jenn