Across The Country Day 1 & 2

Bakersfield,CA
Our first stop on the way out of town was In-n-Out Burger. Oh I will miss In-N-Out Burger but my hips won't! We drove 4 or 5 hours Monday night after the movers left and stayed in Bakersfield, CA. There is NOTHING in Bakersfield except a really nice La Quinta Inn & Suites!



The Drive To Los Vegas, NV
The next day we drove another 4 or so hours to Los Vegas. The drive was beautiful. Tons of beautiful mountains and windmills. We drove through the Mojave Dessert and it got a little boring but it just made me thankful I don't live in the dessert!







Our Stay In Vegas
Well this was my first time in Vegas. We stayed at the Mirage. TJ only gave me $1 to play the slots and I lost it. I made him give me another $1 and I lost it too! I stopped there. We ate lunch at Spago and it was wonderful! After we went in search for half price tickets for a show. We ended up going to see a Cirque Du Soliel show. It was AMAZING and TJ and I were actually part of the show for about 10 minutes. We sat on the second row and TJ got pulled on stage. They made him do this little dance and then put him in a box that looked like a jail. They put the spotlight on me and did this silly thing with me an another man. They made Kerry hold this candle thing and it was funny. I was SO red. They pulled TJ backstage and while back there he heard that Obama has won the election. It was a very quick day but very fun! Vegas is very interesting and I am glad we got to visit.




We had a good night's rest and were ready for day 3 of driving...

** We are now in Atl. at a hotel with the internet!! Anderson and I are in one room so once he goes to bed I have to be QUIET and thankfully I can catch up on some blogging and emails. I did a lot of posts today but scheduled them to post so yall can see the trip in order... Enjoy!**

New Post!

I have been without my computer/ internet for forever it feels like! We moved to a Hotel (still in Atl) today and they have free internet so I hope to get a lot of blogging done during nap time and after bed time.

I did do a new post on the Wellspring Partner's blog though... check it out HERE!

Our Going Away Party

I cannot begin to express how hard it was to leave our friends (more like family) in California. We have had amazing support from our friends at Bay Hills. Many of them have committed to supporting our family as we help begin Wellspring and we know EVERYONE is praying for us. We are SO grateful and feel so honored!

Bay Hills is a wonderful church with AMAZING members and we will miss them like crazy. I hope they all know we expect them to come visit :) Thanks to all our Bay Hills supporters! We LOVE yall SOOOOOO MUCH!

Saturday before we left they had a going away party for our family. It was so much fun and I wish the event could have lasted all night so that we had time to spend with every family that attended! Here are a few pictures...

Emily (with Avery popping into the picture, me, and Kelly

Dave, our pastor, giving us lots of gift cards from the church which will come in handy in Myrtle Beach!


Tammie, Mercy, Emily, Me, and Myca (holding Isabel)- A few of the Bible study girls.

Sam, Beverly, TJ, Terrance, Heather, and Spike

Sweet Misi and Diane

Karoline and Avery

Best of friends and it was so hard knowing that they won't see each other for a long time... but honestly I was so stressed out in the moment when they said goodbye to each other (we were late for their flight... yes they were the last people on the plane) that I didn't have the emotions to cry. Don't worry though I cried the night before!! Emily and Isabel came to say goodbye the Saturday morning my mom took them to Texas. Here are a few pictures! We really miss all of our sweet friends!

Trunk-Or- Treat

Tonight was Karoline and Anderson's last night at Bay Hills... My heart breaks as I type this. It makes me so sad that they will not see many of their friends at Bay Hills ever again! We had a great time at the Truck or Treat but left early because it was bedtime and they are flying out in the morning.
It kills me to put them on a plane without me... but I won't get into that right now. I am about to burst with emotions!
On a happy note, GiGi and PopPop arrived today and Karoline was SO excited. PopPop has Auburn's fight song on his cell phone and Karoline played with it all afternoon. AND they had a jumper at the church and Karoline LOVES jumpers! Oh, and being in the jumper was the ONLY time at the Trunk or Treat that she was not scared out of her mind!
Here are our pictures from tonight... Remember to keep us in your prayers!

The Past Few Days...

We have been SO busy so I have not blogged but I want to add these pictures before I forget. Tammie, Emily, Avery, and Isabel brought us dinner last night and the kids had so much fun. Anderson was really excited about Isabel!

New Post on Wellspring Blog

I wrote a new post on the Wellspring Partners Blog. We are doing great but really tired and I never want to move again!! :) Love to all... Beth

Anderson's Birthday Party

We had such a fun time at Anderson's birthday party! Our sweet, amazing friends helped make the day extra special! Anderson had fun playing with all the other children and being with so many people who just love on him! We were especially greatful that Gammy was with us to celebrate... she was a HUGE help! Here are a LOT of pictures...






The Suttles- Joe and Kared are SO sweet and Joe is one of Karoline's favorite baby sitters. We just LOVE the Suttles.

Isabel showed up wearing a smocked outfit!! My southern ways are rubbing off on Emily.

The Goodmans- Greg and Susan are so sweet! Susan keeps Anderson in the nursery and Greg is an amazing cook and we love eating what he cooks. TJ's parents stay with them when they come into town.

All the children had fun playing! Karoline LOVES playing with Julia, Avery, and Shasta!


Tammie, Diane, and Misi... such dear friends that I am going to miss SO MUCH!!

Time for cake... he REALLY liked it, obviously!






Shane, Jessica, and Shasta

Time to open gifts... He got some cute play cars, a Laugh and Learn tool bag, lots of books, a Doodle Pro, and great gift cards. We were so appriciative of the gifts from our sweet friends!




We all has such a fun evening!
Okay... I have to get serious about packing so blogging will take a back seat for a while! There is so much to do. So far we have 70 or so boxes packed but many more to go! Keep praying for us as we are raising support, moving, traveling... We are excited about all that God is doing in our lives but it is going to be hard leaving all our friends here!