Friday January 29, 2021 - Nana Nena!!!!!! and Magnolia!!!!!!

Early this morning Scotty, Graham and the Perry boys all went bike riding in Cameron Park.  We are so grateful for their friendship.  It has been so, so fun to get to know them and play with them!!

Thursday January 28, 2021 - Happy Birthday to Me!!!

For my birthday in years past, I've tried to run a marathon to celebrate.  This year (obviously) I can't do that.  There was no way I could have trained for that distance while traveling with my family.  So. . instead. . I went for a fantastic 6 mile run and listened to Conference and loved the whole thing!!!  When I got home, I opened the door and to my surprise, Scotty and the kids had decorated the trailer with balloons and streamers.  They sang happy birthday and gave me all their cards. It was perfect.  I felt so loved and special!!

Wednesday January 27, 2021 - Cameron Park Zoo

Today we spent the day at Cameron Park Zoo!!  

Tuesday January 26, 2021- Cameron Park in Waco TX

Cameron Park, Waco Texas

Monday January 25, 2021 - School and Waco Skatepark

Graham is SO excited to be doing school here;)))))

Sunday January 24, 2021 - Lako Waco TX

Welcome to Lako Waco (as Pepper calls it)!!  We went to a beautiful Sacrament meeting today here in Waco TX.  

Saturday January 23, 2021 Spider Mountain Bike Park and Travel Day

Today the boys went to Spider Mountain Bike Park!!

Friday January 22, 2021 - Longhorn Cavern State Park TX

Taj enjoying our view during a break from school!!

Thursday January 21, 2021 School and a Little Play

Look how beautiful our campground is!!!  We have the best view of the river and the bridges here in Burnet (pronounced burn-it) TX!!!

Wednesday January 20, 2021 Travel Day to Burnet TX

Buc-ee's

Tuesday January 19, 2021 Trampoline Park and Farewell to Will

With all the political craziness going on right now, I thought this was perfect.  Remember that God knows all and if we can trust Him, He will guide us through these hard times and the harder times to come.  

Monday January 18, 2021 6 Flags Over Texas

I found where Texas meets California!!! hahahaha

Sunday January 17, 2021 Church and Cousin Tristina

Our church meeting was here in Arlington Texas.  The ward was very. . . . interesting.  hahahaha.  If you've ever been to an interesting ward then you understand.  We were still very grateful to be able to take the sacrament and to gather with the Saints.  

Saturday January 16, 2021Fort Wayne Stockyards!

Scotty took advantage of a work free day and went for a bike ride.  He had a crazy week working with long work days. He needed to get out. 

Friday January 15, 2021 - Perot Museum in Dallas Texas

Arlington Texas!!  Our home for the last week.

Thursday January 14, 2021 Feed My Starving Children

Graham and I took some pictures on my run  of the city we are in.  

Wednesday January 13, 2021 Alliance SkatePark in Dallas Texas

Alliance has been a long awaited skatepark.  The boys have been wanting to go to this skatepark for a long time.  The day finally came!!!  

Tuesday January 12, 2021 - Dinosaur Valley State Park

Do you want to see real dinosaur tracks??  We did too!!  That's why we spent the day in Dinosaur Valley State Park here in Texas!!

Monday January 11, 2021 - JFK Memorial Sites

Graham got up with me today to run.  He's my protector!!!  It was cold but absolutely beautiful this morning!!

Sunday January 10, 2021-Church With Emily in Flower Mound Texas!!

Emily Hall is one of my cutest high school friends.  We were super silly friends!!  She lives in Flower Mound Texas now, which is 40 minutes from our campground. I had to see her!!! Our family got up early and drove the 40 minutes to her church meeting that started at 9 AM!!  It was so worth it!!

This is Emily!!

Saturday January 9, 2021 - Travel Day to Texas!

Murfreesboro!!!

Even though our time here was short, it was great.  Digging for diamonds and getting all muddy, paradise I say!!!  On my run this morning, I took some pictures of our campground and Murfreesboro.  Scotty commented that even though the campground was trashy, it really wasn't that bad.  It was cheap and did what we needed.  

Friday January 8 , 2021 Crater of Diamonds State Park Arkansas!! Dig, Dig, Dig

This morning I woke up to these cute feet.  I remember when my kids were babies and I loved taking pictures of their feet because they were so small.  Here is my Taj with his cute feet all colored.  This cracked me up because yesterday he was finger painting.  I made sure to put him in the shower to get all the paint off of him.  Apparently, we totally missed his feet.  Hahahahah. 

Thursday January 7, 2021 - Travel Day to Crater of Diamonds Arkansas

This morning we packed the trailer in between rain storms.  We drove an easy two hours south east to Crater of Diamonds State Park here in Arkansas.  People can actually dig for diamonds here.  If you find anything, you can keep it!!!  We will dig tomorrow!!  

As for today. . . .We did school and chilled.  Sooooo, if you ever come here to dig for diamonds, don't stay in the campground we are staying in.  We are in Miners Campground.  It's super trashy.  If you come, stay at the Crater of Diamonds State Park campground.  They have sites with full hookups and they are huge sites.  It is only $34 per night too.  We are only here two nights so we are good in our dumpy place;))). 

Wednesday January 6, 2021 Give Me Freedom or Give me Death

I woke up to these cuties snuggling.  They are so cute and have become very close on this trip!!

Tuesday January 5, 2021 Flat Tire Anyone????

Asher went with me on my run today.  We had a great time talking and laughing.  

Monday January 4, 2021 - School and Skatepark!!

School started today and I was so glad.  I actually really enjoy doing school with the kids.  It gives me time to teach them and to dig deep with them.  I love it!!  Homeschooling is so great!!  After the kids were done with their work, we hit the local skatepark.  All the kids got some exercise and I really enjoyed videoing them. 

PS. We were originally supposed to leave this campground tomorrow.  We are enjoying our time here so much that we called the campground and asked to extend our stay until Thursday.  They said that it was OK to stay longer.  Before I could made the change, I had to call the next campground to make sure they were OK with us coming in later.  They were great about us coming in two days later so I made the changes. 

Sunday January 3, 2021 Church and the Arkansas River Trail

The Little Rock ward here invited us to join with them in Sacrament meeting and second hour classes!!  This was the first time we were able to go to the second hour of classes since Covid hit.  The ward here is a family. They were so great and fun to meet.

Saturday January 2, 2021- Hot Springs National Park - Arkansas

Friday January 1, 2021 Hello Little Rock Arkansas!!!

In Memphis it rained a lot.  We had fun in Memphis, but there isn't any thing that will bring us back.   We are ready to move on and keep exploring new and exciting places!!

Thursday December 31, 2020 Happy New Years Eve!!!

Farewell 2020 

Most people have hated 2020 but we on the other hand, have had an absolutely amazing year.  I don't say that too loud.  We have been incredibly blessed to be able to enjoy our trip. We have grown closer as a family and really enjoy being together.  We have increased our faith in our Savior and have learned to trust in Him more than ever.  Our patriotism has exploded with pride as we have been touched by the beauty of our country and of the amazing citizens who contribute to the meaning of "Americans".  We love our country, our God and our family!!!  Thank you 2020 for allowing us to grow and learn this year.  

We started off today with donuts!!  So if we all get back a little chubbier, then you know why hahahahah.