Wednesday, November 18, 2009

So much to catch up on!

Well it has been a long time since I have had the chance and have wanted to blog. It has been really busy with Mackenzie and Gary and trying to keep this whole being on the road thing working! =) I notice I hadn’t posted at all for October and so many fun things happened then! Everything from traveling approximately close to 10000 miles to being able to go home twice to seeing my grandparents for Halloween to seeing the Alamo for the first time, to being up in freezing Nebraska. It has been a long journey over the last month and a half or so! We have covered seven states so far and we are headed at the moment to Louisiana and then headed on through to FREEZING Colorado!

The Alamo was amazing... I had so much fun relearning about what happened and walking through were it all happened! Mackenzie had a lot of fun too she walked around and asked us to take pictures of her everywhere, which is her new thing. We then had the opportunity to walk up and down the Riverwalk. We spent most of the morning at the Alamo and then spent the rest of the day at the Riverwalk and the San Antonio mall. The awesome part of the Riverwalk was we could walk around with beers in hand and no one even looked at us because its allowed! HAHA!

Most of our trip has honestly been go go go... Although it is Winter season for movers we have been fortunate enough to keep running and that is a major blessing for us. I love being out here with Gary and the baby although at times it can get very frustrating with a 2 year old it is totally worth it!

During the last month we were actually able to get home two or three times. It was great considering I hadn't seen anyone in almost two months and was dying for my family and friends. The first time we came in was the weekend of my mom's birthday, I love that we were able to surprise her. I LOVED IT! On Sunday of that weekend we were able to head down to Willcox,AZ and go to a Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard. Although we travel for a living we didn't mind driving close to 400miles that day for a day with the family =o) Aside from that I was able to attend two of my mom groups events, one was cookie decorating playdate and the other was a MNO we went to Graham's Central Station and danced our bum's off!

After that weekend we left Monday morning for California, (first time since we started the journey) after that week we were able to come back home and spend Halloween weekend and most of the following week at home! During that weekend and week we got a lot of things accomplished, Mackenzie's 2 year photos, our family pictures, trick or treating and hanging with friends and family... Although we were glad to be home we were ready to get back on the road, because sitting doesn't do us any good! Again we headed back to California. We loaded there all week and were able to get the trucks starter fixed FINALLY and then got ourselves back on the road. Again we were able to pass through Phoenix and see our friends one more time before knowing that we are going to be out of town for a month or so!

Thankfully this up coming week we will be meeting my parents and brothers in Los Lunas, NM for Thanksgiving. It will be the first one in about six or seven years with our family! Cant wait... I miss my grandparents and other family! As for today we are headed to Louisiana and Arkansas and then off to Colorado! Until next time which I promise will be soon!!!

STATES WE HAVE TRAVELED:

Kansas, Nebraska, California, Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma.

THE ALAMO AND RIVERWALK PICS.


NEBRASKA PHOTOS...
Concentration...
Nebraska was very cold...
Gorgeous tree...
My baby... (sigh)
Thumbs up... she is ready for the winter...

I'm cool...

PICS OF CALIFORNIA PT. 1
Self Explanatory...
Morro Bay, California
Morro Bay, California
Big big smiles... Love my little one!


HALLOWEEN 2009
On the run for candy...
Mom, Devin and Mackenzie
My little hippie...

PICS OF MOMS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!
My mom and dad...
Family shot...
Birthday girl...Happy Birthday MOM!
Michael...
Brother and Parents....
She found a good one....
Mommy found a pumpkin...
Mackers and Daddy
Uncle Michael and Mackenzie
Apple Annie's Pumpkin Patch

CALIFORNIA PICTURES PT. 2
She looks stoned... Thousand Palms, CA
Pretty little girl... Thousand Palms, California
Driving down PCH... Love it!
Hammy... Thousand Palms, CA
Picture taken while driving down PCH.


Sunday, September 20, 2009

Week TWO & THREE...

Okay okay... So I know that I have been slacking at blogging. I was so busy with school last week that I just couldn't do it! So over the last week we have been through Five States: Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas! Another thing that I have been slacking on is taking pictures but I have taken some!!!

While in New Mexico we were able to stop off at my grandparents house in Tijeras and we spent two nights and one day it was a great visit!!! I love being able to see my family especially since its not an all the time thing!

After that we had to hurry down to El Paso and unload on Friday, Sept. 11th we ended up staying in El Paso for one because we were all tired and for two because the rain was so bad that it was hard to drive with all the flooding. The day after we headed to Killeen, TX that was a long drive but right in the middle of that we stopped at a rest area and played for a good hour... we just ran around, kicked the ball, and climbed trees. After that Mackenzie took a great nap and so did I!!!

All last week we unloaded and loaded in Killeen and then headed to The Woodlands... right outside of Houston... OMG do I love the Phx heat compared to that nasty humidity!!! That night we drove up to Wichita Falls, TX which was a long 5 and a half hour drive with a screaming two year old!!!

Side note: It is rough to have a two year old that is going through TERRIBLE TWOS and going through so many changes! Its rough in a small truck and a hyper father and a psycho mom! lol But we have started getting a good system going!!!

While in Wichita Falls, TX we unloaded on an Air Force Base... I got a couple pics of two different planes. I wish we could have walked around the base but we had to get out of there to make it to Oklahoma City by night fall.

So that brings us to today... Last night we were in Oklahoma City and this morning we ran around and did a few things (like get my stroller) =) Got some groceries and then headed out of town. After about a four hour drive were in Salina, KS. Right now we are on our way to COLD Denver, CO. =)





Next installment hopefully to come by this weekend... Love to all back home cant wait to see everyone!!! xoxoxo!!!




Monday, September 7, 2009

Week ONE!!!

Hello to all our family and friends back in AZ. Well we have officially made it through one week of traveling together! =) There have been HUGE bumps in the road and it has been tough getting the little one to sleep through the night and it has definietly been a challenge to keep her attitude in check but she is getting a lot better with everything now!

So for week one we were able to spend it in BEAUTIFUL Colorado Springs. I am loving all the green and mountains and needless to say the weather is AMAZING!!! Before getting to the Springs as everyone seems to call it we were able to stop off and see Gary's mom, Step-dad and brother in Alamosa, CO thats were we dropped Gary's buddy 'KC' off so he will live the remainder of his life out roaming around their land. =)

The first day that we were here Gary worked on the army base here Ft. Carson. I have to say one of the nicest bases I have seen. The homes are beautiful and the people that we moved were so nice! After that Gary worked off base the next day... This past weekend we got a hotel room because we all needed to get out of the truck and sleep in a real bed. Although we didn't get out of the room to do anything except go to the store it was nice!





As for our Labor day we spent it having a great time just hanging out with each other we got Mackenzie's monster trucks out and had races and jammed to music had a couple beers and then I made dinner and then hung out in the truck with the monster asleep and we are watching a comedy. One fun/interesting thing that did happen today was that we found a little bunny rabbit. He/she couldn't have been more than a year old... Gary tried to pick him up and succeded once and then the bunny just jumped out of his hands and all of a sudden we saw the mom and backed off...

Mackenzie hanging out....

Right before a storm...

Whats up... Dad is her chair since she hates grass.



Mackenzie hidding behind Gary appartently something was hilarious!

She didn't like the bunny ears...

ONLY SHOT I GOT OF THE BUNNY...

All in all we are having a great time and thankfully not fighting as much =) Next week we will be in Colorado Springs till about Thursday after then we will head to TEXAS! Until next week.....

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Two!!!

So I have finally gotten around to posting about Mackenzie's second birthday... She had so much fun with all of her friends and family being here at our house! She of course had a Handy Manny themed party... she is in love with him as most of you all know! =) I think that the party was a lot of fun and all of the kids were able to go home with there very own tool belts... which thankfully I had finished in time! =) I tried keeping it short this year because the attention span of 8 two and three years old's only hold out for so long! So we played pin the tail on the donkey and we had a pinata which most of the kids took a turn at whacking! I left breaking it open to my younger brother Devin but naturally the plastic that holds it up broke so we had to pull it apart anyways but all the kids were able to stash a bunch of candy... I KNOW ALL THE PARENTS LOVED THAT! =) Thanks to my friend Sue I was able to get photos of all the kids with Handy Manny... some cooperated others weren't to happy about it! =) Well enjoy the photos...

Mackenzie stealing all the icing off cakes that were just sitting around... Oh thats my fat kid!!
Kendall taking a whack at the pinata... too cute!!!
Mackenzie opening gifts...

Pin the tail on the donkey...or mustache in Mackenzie's case!!! lol...
The AMAZING cake that my best friends mom, BECKY, made for her birthday!!! 

I cant believe another year has gone by... I hear two is a lot more fun than one though!!! Its gonna be a blast! =)

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Tiffanys 22nd Birthday party....

OMG it seems so unreal to think that along with myself,  all my friends are 22 now as well. It seems like just yesterday that we graduated high school and we were all headed into the "Real World" and boy has it been a ride. 

On the 25th of July a couple of us and Tiffany all set out for a night of fun and boy was it! I had so much fun celebrating my best friends birthday with our closest friends! We went out to Glendale and celebrated at "The Shout House" such a fun and amazing place! We got there around 8pm and the first thing that happened myself and our friend Aspen were called up onstage.... we were supposed to be dancing but had no clue what we were doing so we just laughed and did some stuff! =) But all night one or two of us would get called up to do random things... from Justina having to shimmey to Tiffany having to be an alligator stuck on her back (this was for her birthday). Like I said a really fun night! But like smart people we got a hotel room so that no one would drive drunk! =) 


HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFFANY... LOVE YOU!!!!


Favorite photo of the night... she'll probably kill me for this one! LOL
Tiffany, Justina, and I... 
Alaina, Tiffany, Justina, and I...
Tiffany and I
Happy happy joy joy!!! =)


*Thanks Jill and Jimmy for watching Mackers for me that night I had so much fun and I couldn't have with out you both... Your awesome!*