We are finally HOME!!

Oh my goodness we made it to ARIZONA! I am still in somewhat of a haze and can't believe that we are back here. It almost feels like we are just here on vacation. It will probably sink in more on Wednesday morning when Tyler starts his first day of Kindergarten! I take him to meet his teacher tomorrow night, my little boy is growing up on me! We arrived safely and like usual had a story to tell. We drove a little over 2000 miles total, starting in Tennessee. We started there then drove through Missouri, Illinois and then arrived in Iowa. We stayed there for a few days, visited with friends and then packed up all of our things in a 26 foot Penske truck. My sister Adria flew in with her family and off we went! The first day we drove through Iowa, Missouri and Kansas and stayed the night in Wichita. The second day we finished through Kansas, then went through Oklahoma, Texas and arrived in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Here is our little story to tell...as we are getting off the freeway I hear this loud noise on my front tires. Luckily we were only a mile or so away from our hotel because my brakes went out on our van! We drove really slowly and checked into the hotel, had a good nights sleep. Dave took the van into a place first thing and our breaks were almost 100% gone, all of them! They didn't understand how we even made it to Albuquerque! We knew that we were being watched over and protected because who knew what could have happened. We made it to our stop for the night and nothing happened until we got there. The hotel had a late check out and provided breakfast, so we were able to stay there until Dave was done with the van. What a miracle and a blessing! We finally got back on the road later that morning and finished driving through New Mexico and into Arizona. What a trip! I am so glad that Mark, Adria and baby Kylee were able to come with us, it made the trip so much better! The kids did really well and were real troopers, thank heavens for a DVD Player, what a wonderful invention! I have pictures but we don't have all of our computer stuff unpacked yet, so I will have to post those later. We put all of our things into a storage unit and now we just need to get settled in and situate our things at Dave's parents house. With all of this going on Dave was back on a plane this afternoon on his way back to Tennessee! The office he worked at needed him to come cover for a couple days while Dr. Breck went out of town. Poor guy, we barely get here and he off and away again. We just wanted to let you know we are here and that things are good. We appreciated all of your prayers over the past couple weeks while we have been traveling, we know they helped to keep us safe...Thank You! We love all of you and are so excited to be back home!