Nothing Between us but a Great Long Stretch of Road

Hello From Van Horn, Texas!

It's a one horse town that's for sure. We had a good day of travel. Benjamin had a minor melt down when we decided to do an hour and a half more of driving. But for the majority of the day he was in good spirits or sleeping. The video below is of Ben's new trick, the "fake laugh." Which everyone, including us, think is hilarious. He just started doing it about 3 days ago, and it's too funny.

We drove about 500 miles today and tomorrow we should be in Sierra Vista. However, we can't move in to our apartment until Monday because we have to weigh the truck+trailer in order to get paid for the move. No problem..I'm enjoying the Suite Life. :) I am ready to stop eating restaurant food though. Tonight we dined at a place called "The Cattle Company." It was mom and pop type place and we are pretty certain they put locals on one side and out-of -towners on the other.

It's a small town...Gas prices soaring at $3.63. Ouch. But our hotel is decent we're enjoying our time.

We are traveling with another fam, our friends Kevin and Monica and their dog Sonya. It's been nice having other people on the road. We don't stay together on the highway which is cool because it eliminates any pressure to drive a certain way. But we've been meeting up for dinner or lunch and even some snacks. It will be sad when our AZ time is over and they move on to OK. That's the Army for ya.

Anyway..I'm going to bed. But, it's Rick's mom's birthday today. So Happy Birthday Mom M! :)

On The Road Again...

Here we are driving from Louisiana into Texas. ;) We made it to Fort Worth tonight and have enjoyed our time in Texas so far.





Of course when in Texas, you must find a traditional steak house to eat at. We Found the "Salt Grass Steakhouse: Texas to the Bone." Wow. What an absolutely amazing meal. Yum. Yum. Yum!!!

We're relaxing for the night at a glorious Holiday Inn Express. It's great. We got the laaaaassst room. Muahahaha! (That was for you Liz)

Tomorrow, our goal is to make it somewhere into New Mexico. So, thank you all for your prayers, our trip has been really great so far. Benjamin has been especially good which makes everything easier.

I'd better get to bed.. but here is a video of Ben escaping from our GA apartment. Any time the door wasn't shut all the way he thought it was so he could go outside.

Loaded Up and Truckin...

We were packed and on the road by 12:30pm yesterday afternoon. We drove until Jackson, Mississippi where we found a lovely Best Western to camp for the night. I didn't know this, but you can in fact negotiate hotel room rates. We got a $110.00 room for $85! It's 8:20am here and we plan to eat breakfast, pack it up, and move it out.

Just give the kid some cheetos and we're good to go! (Don't worry, they are just Gerber baby veggie puffs aka baby cheetos)

It's been a good trip so far, Benjamin has been fantastic, sleeping most of the drive here. Today we are going to try to make it to Dallas. We shall see :)

Blah.

I hate moving.

Here is another random video from this month. :)