Summer ending

 

Drew had a surprise visitor on Sunday! Shain from Saudi Arabia

Enjoying some end of summer pool time!

Goodbye to Jaden

 

Jaden was adopted today by a young family living in WV.  They think they are going to call her Ruby. 

Rose ❤️

 

Rose greeting Ava after school today.  I think she misses everyone a lot! 

Rose

 

Before school this morning! 

Goodbye Sweet Jackie

 

Jackie went to live with a mom and her daughter in Gaithersburg today. They think they’ll keep the name Jack!

First Day

 

Amelia’s a senior!

One day not too long ago…. Amelia was starting as a kindergartener. That went very fast 

Ava’s a sophomore!

They drove to school today!

Jenna took the bus!

And…. She started 7th grade today!

Nutella jars 

18 weeks Kittens

 

We picked these guys up on Thursday morning. They were scared to see us, but have readjusted. Jisoo was spayed on Friday. The kittens are now available for adoption. Jackie had 4 applications the first day. 

Dave’s sunflower

 

Tall Dave with an even taller sunflower 

17 weeks Kittens

 

We have  our babies back.  They spent their vacation at the adoption center.

SOUTHwest Trip - Day 12

 

A new day….. getting paid while on vacation..

Finally! The last day… the last day is very hard! 

Plainfield, Indiana to HOME  581

4,404 miles , 14 states, 2 national parks. 

SOUTHwest Trip - Day 11

 

Driving, driving, driving….

St. Louis at about 4:30pm

St. Louis crossing into Illinois 

Cool sky… rain in the distance in Illinois

Our rest stop routine

Us.. taking a driving break

Car sunset

Salina, Kansas to Plainfield, Indians.  664 miles

Home tomorrow!

SOUTHwest Trip - Day 10

 

Sunflowers in eastern NM

Mountains this morning on our drive northeast

Delta signs everywhere..

Middle of no where, Gladstone, NM rest stop

Again.. the middle of no where.. Boise City, Oklahoma panhandle 

My windmill and grain silo pictures are better then the sad high density feed lots we drove through…

Car sunset photos near our stop for the night.  It was a 12 hour driving day!

Santa Fe, New Mexico to Salina, Kansas. 609 miles 

A long day of driving on not so much sleep, but we’re making our way home!

SOUTHwest Trip - Day 9

 LOTS of Photos today

We went to Meow Wolf Santa Fe this morning. So cool! We all loved it. Here’s proof!

Candy room .. it even smelled like cotton candy

These lasers played music too

Second floor treehouse

Lots of secret places…

Inside the fireplace

Even the Hand Sanitizer machines were cool!

Outside

Kitchen… there was a tunnel in the fridge

We loved this black and white room

Dinner tonight at The Plaza Cafe in downtown Santa Fe

Amelia’s dinner… crunchy avocado tacos

The plaza

Our new favorite…. Sopaipilla

Sunset on the Plaza!

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi 

Sad to leave

Carlsbad, NM to Santa Fe, NM and driving around Santa Fe 445 total miles