Trip to SoCal-Day 2

Our family arrived in Southern California this afternoon. $5.19 a gallon was the most expensive gas we saw on our drive here. The drive was uneventful for which we are grateful. We could hardly see Mt. Whitney (left) due to the smoke in the air obscuring the view of it, though. The Eastern Sierra's are so majestic. I will try to post a photo if I got a decent one while driving. (the wind shield is cracked in front of my side of the car)

We went and stopped in at my sister's house when we first arrived. It was good to see her again. Then, we went and grabbed some late lunch at Taco Bell and she went home from there to finish her work day. We are now resting at my father-in-law's house enjoying the ocean breeze, which we have missed since moving from here almost 13 years ago.

My husband is actually here on business, he is attending management school for the next two weeks, but we will be able to see him on the weekends since we are here. Last summer when he went, we stayed home and it was not fun. Our extended family is here in SoCal, too, so we will get to see them. My husband's side is out of town though, so we will only see mine this time. We will also get to visit some dear friends we haven't seen in quite some time.

Time to watch the Count of Monte Cristo with the family. More tomorrow...

Amy takes time out to call David. Kids these days have it so good!

"Trip to SoCal-Day 1"

We left our home in Idaho at 6:30am this morning and arrived in Bishop, Ca. at 6:30pm (Idaho time) so we were on the road for a full 12 hours today. Most of Nevada had bad visibility due to the smoke from the fires. There's a layer of ash on the pool at the hotel where we are and the air quality is bad with the air blowing and the ash in the air falling all around. The temp is 106 degrees. Ugh!

I think I'm too tired to swim anyway, so I'm going to take a cold shower to cool off and then rest. It feels so good to just lie down or even just sit on the soft bed after being in the car all day. Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We only have about 5 hours left to drive tomorrow before reaching our destination. Yeah!

It's just not a road trip until you have to stop and wait for road work!

Here you can see how hazy it was from the smoke. At times we couldn't even see the mountains.

"Happy Father's Day!"

Here's a couple of photos of Paul and the girls I snapped today. They only give me five or ten minutes and they are done with pictures so it's amazing I got any good ones. Amy kept blinking right when I pressed the shutter.

We had lasagna for lunch and then Paul and Sarah and Steven (a friend from church) went four-wheeling. Amy and I stayed home and vegged.

Paul's a wonderful dad and awesome husband! He even took a day off work last week to attend the homeschool conference with me! Here's one I took of the three of them on the trampoline. They've had fun bouncing around on here on more than one occasion. Paul loves his girls and they love him! Pretty cool, eh?

Click on a photo to see it larger!

"They're Gone!"

Well, our girls went off to youth camp this morning. This is Amy's last year at youth camp. I think I will be quite lonely this week until they return on Saturday aftenoon. It's a good thing I have a long to-do-list to keep me busy! haha

I pray they will be open to whatever God wants to teach them this week and I pray for their safety and that they will have a blast.

"I voted!"

Today I took part in the election process. Yep, I VOTED!

It was funny cause I decided to just run down there with no make up or anything thinking I'd just pop in, vote and go home. Well...6 of my friends from church were running the poll, wouldn't you know it. Oh well, they love me anyway.

"On Freedom and Liberty"

With the election drawing near, I have a couple of quotes I'd like to post here.  They pretty much speak for themselves, so I will just say this...We were warned!

"As government advances, freedom gives way."  -Thomas Jefferson

"Liberty has never come from government.  The history of liberty is the history of limitation of government power, not the increase of it."  -Woodrow Wilson

"Praise You in the Storm"

Some of my friends and family are going through some extremely tough times right now, including myself. This song really encouraged my heart. I hope it does yours, as well...