Our Drive Across Country

We staying in Jackson Mississippi the next night. Then on Saturday we only had a 4 hour drive. We made it to Pensacola on Saturday evening. We couldn't be more HAPPIER! We pulled into Navy Lodge, and the kids couldn't get out fast enough. The next day we went to our new ward. Then we went to this awesome park, which is now basically in our back yard. Then to the beach. It is crazy her because you have trees on one side and then the ocean on the other. We found a place to live a week and halfd ago. We love it. It is about a mile from the backgate. We are about half mile away from the ocean, and we are in a great neighborhood with lots of young kids. We feel very blessed. We just got our things 3 days ago, so now we are busy unpacking.

We couldn't miss visiting the Bill Clinton museum. (I am not a huge fan, but it was so cool. They had all of his journals, and everything he did for the 8 years he was in office). They had mock oval office, and a bike that Lance Armstrong gave Bill Clinton. Brynn loved all the things. For some reason she really like posing for pictures. (In case you can't tell).

We stayed at a KOA in Little Rock, Arkansas. This is picture of what is looked like inside. The girls loved the bunk beds, and the bed for Brett and I was alright. The kids loved being in the woods. We tried to teach the kids how to roast smore's over a grill. They loved it of course. The next morning they loved playing around in the tree and the creek while Brett and I took turns running along the Arkansa river. I think the kids like having a break.

We went through Texas on Tuesday and stayed at a hotel that night. Then on Wednesday we so happy to go to my brother Spencer's house. He and Steph are in Oklahoma City going to orthodontics school. It was the highlight of our dive. We got there and cute Steph had dinner all made. Then the kids got to play with their daughter Sofie. They loved all of her toys. Just look at the picture close and you can see they dumped our every toy. Anyways, it was fun for the cousins to get to know each other better. Sofie is four months older than Brayden. She turn 2 next week. It the best part was being able to get caught up with Spencer and Steph. They are such a fun couple. I alway love being around them. It is a bummer we don't live closer, but we are hoping to meet halfway for Thanksgiving.Anyways, it was a nice stay. We got to sleep in a comfortable bed. Then after going for a sweet bike ride through rolling green field, and a couple loads of laudry we were on the road again.

This is monday morning. The start of our rode trip. We were packed two cars full.

We stopped in Glendale, AZ. We let the kids stretch at our old park. It was crazy to think Brayden was able to run around and play at that park. When we left Brayden was 3 months old. It was fun to see our old house. We hadn't planned on going through Phoenix/Glendale, but when we re-routed due to the storms this is the way it took us. The ice cream truck was even circling the park, so they got ice cream from the ice cream man for the first time.

We drove 8 hours this day and made it to Flagstaff were we got a KOA cabin. We roast hot dogs over the fire. The kids thought it was great. The next morning Brett and I both had great road rides through Flagstaff. We never drove 8 hour days after this. It was more like 4-6 hours. We just took it really slow.