We finally made it! It's been a whirl-wind beginning to our adventure. In four weeks we accepted a new job, decided to travel in a trailer for one year, found someone to care for our home, cleared and de-clutter a large home, found a trailer and truck, battened down the house, packed a trailer and headed to our first location in Salt Lake City. Did I mention we also had a root canal, kidney stone, teeth pulled and two sets if braces removed (and that doesn't count the eye doctor visits.) This is in no way to say our lives are busier than anyone else', but we didn't get to say good-bye to as many people as I wanted to. There is no way we could have accomplished this without heavenly help. Thanks to the many hands and helpers we had packing, moving, clearing, cleaning, playing with our little children and bringing food so we didn't eat cereal all month. We have always tried to live our lives in a way to follow God's will, because he makes our life better than we can. We have dropped to our knees and made this a very prayerful experience.
for this trailer and truck for one year!
SAYING GOODBYE:
We had a lunch at the park on Tuesday before we left and the kids played with some friends and I was able to chat with friends. Erica your baby boy is beautiful!! We will be back everyone. We still have the house.
We headed to Salt Lake City KOA, a very nice park, and met many people. We were unaware that the porch on our Cyclone was such a cool thing, so all through the day and night we had "drive-by viewings". I called them opportunities to talk and meet people and let them know what we were up to. Terry and his wife and family were the first to stop by and the first to offer help, as well as many and we accepted. We learned a lot and by the time I left I was confident about emptying the grey and black waste (yep, that's the...you know...people.) I carry wipes and gloves at all times....;)
The last day there, we traveled back to Kaysville and said our last good-byes.
Good-bye flags! Good-bye Higher Ground and ladies who had become my sisters. Good-bye Grandma and Grandpa! The reality of what we were doing really hit.
Kami, Sarah, and Julie
What better way to start off traveling the USA than after a celebration for the freedoms we have! God bless America.
Lucy will miss her Grandpa......sweetest thing to see Grandpa helping her eat!
Hard to say Good-bye....but what an adventure.
HEADING OUT:
We went to the Latter-Day Saint Chapel in Union, OR. The Union Ward holds church in a beautiful, historic building and it's very lovely. A sweet lady came up and asked us to come to primary. I thanked her for her kindness. I was feeling kind of homesick, and it hit me I wouldn't be teaching primary music. I didn't know how I was going to make it in new wards all the time, no one knowing me and my family and knowing what I love to do. God answers our prayers through people. It was needed that day.
ON WE GO:
Our destination was Lincoln City, OR. My oldest sister and mother reside there and we figured it would be a good safe place to go and familiar to our kids. We all have had to adjust to some major lifestyle changes and small spaces. The Siletz River was beautiful, but there was no phone or internet, and because of our situation, we needed internet for Spencer to work. It was a long walk to an old barn rec room and we didn't want to make Spencer commute anymore than necessary. (He'd done enough of that all year to last a lifetime.) We said good-bye to our first stop and headed to Devils Lake, near my mother's home. . . . . .
Sydney made a straw long enough to reach the couch....so funny!
Siletz River RV Park....beautiful views.
So that's were we are. We attended the Lincoln City Ward today and I was able to serve in the nursery the first week. Lucy loved it! The other little girl didn't, but we made do until her mom came. Thanks all you nursery leaders who do so much crying intervention and distracting for us parents. We found a little more reliable internet where we parked this week, and head to Neskowin tomorrow. I'll post more later, but for now, I'm off for Sunday dinner at mom's. Love and miss you all friends and family. I love to see the coast and feel the coast air. It's nice to stay for more than a few days. I'll share with you a daily video and what it takes to get things rolling around here when I gather enough photos! Feel free to email us or check back in. We are updating weekly.
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