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 

Here we go

Over a year ago we decided that we wanted to sell everything, buy a travel trailer and travel this beautiful country with our kids. It's a crazy idea, we know. Most people won't understand it, but we're gonna go for it anyway. We're gonna be a Fulltiming Family (FtF), a Family on the Road (FOTR). Its been a long year and a half of dreaming, learning, touring (travel trailers), but mostly praying! We feel this is our path. Our kids are growing up so fast. We figured why wait to go RVing, when we can go now and take our kids with us, to enjoy this wonderful country and see all its magnificant sites.

It's getting closer everyday. We will be able to file our taxes soon, then buy our trailer. That is our first step. We'd love to buy a 5th wheel, but not sure thats in the cards yet. There are a couple pull behinds that would really work for our family. Each kid will have their own bed, so we need a quad bunk. Plus a slide out (or two) are a requirement. Lots of storage will be needed too, with 6 people living in it.

We're really getting excited to start this adventure. Our direction and travel plans will be "set in Jell-O" as we like saying. We'll Workamp and volunteer across the country, hopefully working at Yellowstone next summer and maybe Amazon next winter, with lots of traveling adventure in between. We would like to volunteer in different towns as we travel, where ever we are needed.

We are going into our 7th year of homeschooling, which will just turn into roadschooling. How else can you get a better education, then to go to the actual battle sites, national parks and national monuments across the country, that you're already reading about for school.

This won't just be an adventure for our family, this will be our life. There are many other families out there doing this exact same thing. We aren't the only crazy ones! We're excited to join and meet them!