Pics from yesterday....

This is us at the painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park.  SUPER COOL!  If you get a chance to check it out do!  It is worth the $10 to go. 

Brian and Sadie at the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest Park.  As you can see Brian is still smiling....mostly because he isn't in the RV.  Sadie isn't smiling.  I thought it was because she had to be in the picture with Brian but......

 Smiling Nate......on the way out of Texas.

Sadie wasn't smiling because she puked a few turns later.  She managed to puke right on Gabrielle's coloring book Map of the National Park.  :(  We got it clean up though.  However Sadie's shirt was done.  For as you can see the weather was super nice and she was running around for a bit with no shirt.  Crazy to remember what the weather is like at home!

So today is on to the Grand Canyon.  :)  Hopefully the kids will stay on the paths and we don't leave anyone behind!  We also thought we might see Lightin' McQueen yesterday along some of the roads.  I will try and post those cool pictures tonight.  We also saw the HUGE holding corrals for McDonald's burgers.  Just kidding....we don't know those cattle will become McDonald's but they will become burgers!  :)

AND WE ARE OFF.....time to feed Sam! 
-Mo

Today we learned....

no pictures tonight....no time.  We just rolled into Flagstaff AZ.

Today we did learn th following:

If Driving in New Mexico you should invest in Satellite radio. 
Cline's Corner isn't worth the stop...nor all the billboards.
Listening to Spanish music makes you hungry for chips and salsa.
Alberto's Mexican Food in Holbart is pretty darn good.
Sadie is a puker.
Petrified Forest and Painted Desert is pretty AWESOME, they could use some rails on their paths.
Texas has HUGE cattle corrals....burger anyone?
Battery life on gadgets for the kids just aren't long enough.
Mountain Time is WEIRD!
You know what else is weird....all the really really old cars with NO rust, no trees and all the tires.  We saw several place that had "fences" made out of tires piled on top of each other.  Plus all the nativity sets sitting out on dirt...no snow.  We also saw a blow up snowman on top of a gas station, strange with no snow around him.

That is enough for one day.  Bed....tomorrow Grand Canyon and what ever other trouble we can find.

Teaser.....wait till you see the shoes I got for the wedding.  So not "Molly" shoes!
I will try and get pictures from today up tomorrow.

Donut poppy and Grams.....

Our "donut Poppy and Grams" winter in Texas.  So right now we are in the same state as they are!  WOOO HOOO!  Wish we were close though!  In honor of them everyone ate Chocolate Donuts in Texas....even Sam!  Just kidding....I ate his.  Aren't those faces Chipper at 4am?!  Here's to Lunch at 9am!

Last night he kids played on a "tator tot".  This is what they told me about it.... Mom dad said they don't make these anymore because too many kids got hurt.  We kept bonking Nate really hard when he went down.  Dad told us sometimes they would put tires under each end so you wouldn't hit the ground too hard.  My hands got so cold holding on to the metal hand...  poor kids never played on a teeter totter....errr tator tot!

Unwritten rule of the Willaert RV......

Why is it that our RV came with the unwritten rule that there is no sleeping past 6am?  Sigh....I know I told someone "I am going to get more sleep on this trip than I do at home"  How dumb was I?  You would think I would know better by now?  I was thinking lots and lots of naps!  Nope, and nope to sleeping in too!    I wish I spoke Spanish....All the signs around here are in Spanish.  I personally like "El Presidente Auto Exchange.....1/2 English and 1/2 Spanish.....and 2/3 wait what?

Well off to New Mexico!  Today I am bound to talk Brian into making a pit stop at a goodwill...Texas people or New Mexico people have got to have good stuff they don't want.  Brian is still in the hunt for the blue velvet Mary bank he put back on the shelf at Good Will Rochester.   That was such a treasure.

And the future holds......

BRIAN SAYS, "Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, All of Kansas, Oklahoma, and now Texas... Tomorrow it's on to New Mexico and Arizona".  I told him we have to hit up at least 1 GoodWill on this trip! :)

Back on the road again......

Look at those happy little faces. WE picked up the kids from school and headed out.  Note all the snow out the window!  Leaving chilly MN for a over night low of 27 in TX!  WAIT WHAT?

Yet, another happy face.  Let's see how happy this face looks in about hmmmmm I give him 3 days....TOPS!

So the sleeping arrangements which I am sure you are all curious about.....this is the couch that magically turns into a bed for FOUR!  Just kidding Sam didn't sleep there!  It was warm and cozy though!

This is the kids outside the RV- at least the ones that ventured the chilly morning air!  Lawrence KS, nice winter boots Gabrielle!  Very handy in an RV with people boating on it.  Side note- see the kid looking out the window on the door- Very weird.  That is just a picture...it has freaked me out more than once.

Yup - I got my turn to drive too.  I hate the wind!  The RV is a 30 foot.  The cab is the same as our van, just an older model.  Like my white knuckles?

Nate trying to make himself car sick.  Coconut and Tambourine liked the view too.  Sadie puked in OK...no wait it was KS.

Luke and Sadie doing what they always do....can't live without each other and can't help but beat each other up.   This is the overhead bunk.

Just so you know we are actually not hanging out in our back yard with a 30 foot RV here is the view as we crossed into TX.  Nice day in TX, tad chilly though.

Look a field where they grow T-Shirts!  Crazy.  Never seen one in person before!  :)

We miss you-

I didn't ask Sam's future mother-in-law if I could post this picture of my future daughter-in-law....but I hope it is ok.  I won't use her "actual name".  This is Sam and "Avery" back in the good ol' NICU days.  This is the day before Sam was cut loose and two days before Avery was sent packing.  Sam really misses Avery.  Sam really misses thinking Avery's elbow was a boobie even more!  Hope you guys are enjoying this RSV season and all the vaccines!  Keep growing big and strong and we will see you before long!  HA! That rhymes!  Gabs and Nate would be so proud of me!  So a toast to Sam and Avery,  May you have: A world of wishes at your command. God and his angels close to hand. Friends and family their love impart, and Irish blessings in your heart!  Is Avery Irish?  Hmmm we aren't....hopefully you are!  Either way, Miss you!