Well, we are sitting in a hotel room in Kansas. Well actually, I am sitting in one hotel room, Gus, Abbi, and Geoffrey are in the adjacent room watching tv, and Aaron and Samantha are down in the laundry room doing laundy. What else would you do in a laundry room? LOL!

Anyway, we left Kingman first thing Saturday morning. Because Aaron had his knee surgery on Thursday, it was decided that I would drive at least the first day. Knowing that Aaron gets motion sickness, we went to Wal-Mart to get some dramamine. Dramamine is a little expensive and when you have three people in the family that get motion sickness, that ends up being a pretty penny. I found this oil that you put behind your ears and it seemed to work pretty well. No one got sick!! Bonus!! I guess they got a little woozy at times, but no one actually threw up.

Aaron was walking pretty well Saturday night, so he drove Sunday. Not sure what the difference was, but poor Samantha left a part of herself in Texas and Kansas. The last time she got out of the van to do her thing, she didn't have much time and pretty much "lost it" as soon as she stepped out of the van. (Thank God!!) However, it was pretty windy and because she didn't get a chance to get her bearings, the poor girl ended up plastered with her own throw up! (I know she is going to kill me for writing this down. )

It took us a little longer to get through Kansas than we expected, and mapquest's and yahoo maps' estimation. There are a lot of little towns along the highway and the speed limit usually slows down to 35 through those towns. We really didn't mind though, it was kind of neat to see those little towns. One of the towns we went through is named Hooker. Of course that caught our attention and we stopped so that Samantha could take a picture of the welcome sign. Unfortunately, we didn't stop again to take a picture of the second welcome sign that said, "Welcome to Hooker, KS! Home of the Horny Toads" How can you not laugh?

Tomorrow is another big driving day. We will be heading to Paducah, Kentucky. I am so excited that it is that close to us. I'm not sure when I will be able to do another update, but I had a moment, so I took advantage of it.

It has been too long since I posted a blog. Sorry! I feel bad about it. There have been so many things going on too. First was my newphew's 1 year annivesary since his accident. I can't believe it has been over a year now. He has some physical reminders of his accident, some scarring, and also a limp. His body lets him know if he sits for too long or works too hard, but otherwise, he really is doing very well.

Our new church is going very well too. Slowly, but surely, we are becoming a part of this church family. Sam and I are a part of the puppet ministry. I now have a secret sister. This is the first time I have ever participated in something like that. I will be participating in a leadership class in January. I have been asked to help plan a luncheon in February to help welcome the new pastor. Also, a couple of other ladies and I are praying about the possibility of doing a women's retreat. So, my feet are wet and I think I need to go get my waders on. I love that!

We got some of the Christmas decorations out today. I got to put the first official Christmas decoration up. My mom made me a wreath to hang on my front door a couple of years ago. I really like it. I think it is very pretty. Sorry about the quality of the picture.

Some other quick things I wanted to mention:

1. I have been playing around with my myspace layout. You can go to coolchaser.com and pick and choose different themes and background pics to make your layout. I think it is kind of fun.

2. My friend Jason is the one that is playing my music. He is one of my myspace friends, but his "band" is stringed melodies. I am loving his music. Although, I am thinking of going and changing it to a Christmas song for the time being. If you don't hear his music, click on his myspace page. I don't think you will be disappointed.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas!

We are back from camping at Cataract Lake in Williams, AZ. We realized that that last time we went camping was two years ago. That was too long. I felt like a novice. I forgot simple things like paper towels or a bucket to wash dishes with. Anyway, I have pics posted below. Some "highlights" of the camping trip. The train! The tracks were about 200 yards away from us and was very loud in the middle of the night. Fishing was fun, but not plentiful. Aaron caught one fish and Sam caught another one. That was it. There was a pair of Bald Eagles across the lake. They were beautiful to watch. Oh and my dad, sister and nephew came up and visited for a day.