On the Road

The first day was exceptional. We even left the house within the hour of what we were shooting for. We traveled 500 plus miles (I left my paper in the car.) in about 10 1/2 hours, which is pretty darn good considering we locked our keys in the van once and the battery went dead once. Would you believe we were across the street from a Super Wal-Mart when that happened?! We had several offers to jump us off while we were on the phone with our mechanic trying to figure out the anti-theft mechanism that we were sure was the problem because the AAA guy just had to break in our car. We kindly declined, but turns out it was the battery after all.

Olivia is so busy back there she is blurry. She had several friends give her fun prizes to open along the way and this lap desk is working great!















Olivia took this picture of Joseph. He's not so busy, but he sure has done really well.















OKLAHOMA
Spent the first night in Oklahoma City. Ate at a great steak house/banquet hall (you can imagine it, really). For 12 bucks we got two really good hamburgers and big fries. The kids didn't eat until nearly 8:30 and weren't asleep until close to 10:00, but they never fell apart.















TEXAS
We were in Texas for a minute today. Landscape really started to change (remember, my only time out west has been in the winter in the mountains - Utah, Colorado, Montana - and I flew). We saw a HUGE cattle farm - I am pretty sure you are not supposed to keep that many cattle in that small of a space, but I am not a rancher.















NEW MEXICO
Tonight we are in Albuquerque. We travelled another 500 or so miles, but this time made it in around 6:00. Ate some Tex Mex, hit the pool and now I am quickly blogging so we don't get too far behind - but I really need to be in bed.

Quote of the Day:
Mom: Olivia, who made you?
Olivia: God
Mom: What else did God make?
Olivia: All things.
Mom: Why did God make you and all things?
Olivia: Cuz.