Back in Birmingham

Well, we have made our way back to B'ham. We are parked in Parke and Jeff's driveway for now. It's what we call boy world. There are 11 to be exact, under the age of 9. Our boys are in heaven being here and playing with their friends all day. I think we're going to be here for another week and then we'll head up to Kentucky for christmas, and then down to S. Georgia after christmas to see my family, and then back up to north Georgia to spend a week with the stalcups and Armisteads, and then who knows??? We could end up in anyone's back yard. I'll post some pictures of boy world soon.

Socorro balloon rally

Last night we went to the socorro candy cane parade. It was chilly to say the least, but lots of fun. The best part was that the hot air balloons had their baskets on the back of trucks or trailers, and would make a blaze. the boys, and I thought it was really cool.

We woke the boys up again for the second day in a row at 5:30 to go to the balloon rally. It was a brisk 11 degrees out. It was beautiful. I know to people around here it wasn't much of a rally, but we sure liked it. Here are some pictures of some of our favorite balloons. We have just entered Texas and are going to stay in Amarillo tonight.

Today we have driven through Hereford, the beef capitol of the world. there are cows for as far as you can see. I sure could go for a steak right now. We also went through Lincoln, NM where Billy the kid has his last fight. and we went through Roswell, NM where apparently the aliens landed in the 50's. So, we should be in be in Amarillo by morning, up from san anton. Flint is screaming, barrett and Peter are doing who knows what, and Luke is fast asleep. I'm hoping that we get there soon.

Black friday !!!1

well, Flint and I are alot like the postman, how you ask?? neither rain nor sleet nor wind nor snow can keep from some good black friday shopping. I figured Flint wakes up every morning at an ungodly hour at least we'd have something to do. So he and I headed to downtown Albuquerque along with the other million people and hit the stores. He was a great little shopper. And the truck did have a nice coat of snow on it when we got out of the store.
We're now in Socorro, NM. We drove down yesterday, it's' about 2 hours S. of Albuquerque. There was supposed to be a balloon rally (hot air, not latex) this morning. So, we woke all the boys up around 5:30, except Flint who was already up of course. bundled them up since it was in the 20's outside, and drove to the field to see all the beautiful balloons, except when we got there, there weren't any. Apparently they don't go up when it's windy and sleeting, go figure! So, we've spent the day at yet another walmart parking lot. there's a parade here tonight, and then they are supposed to have the balloon rally tom. morning. Hopefully i'll have some great pictures of hot air balloons to share tomorow.
The boys, one very big in particular have spent the day riding around the parking lot on their new favorite toy, a blue, banana seat bike. just like the ones we had as kids.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We are currently in Albuquerque, NM. We left the grand canyon and stopped in Gallp, NM and then onto Albuquerque. We decided it would be fun to drive on the Historic Route 66. It was definitely fun, until we realized we were no longer on route 66. Instead we were litterally in the middle of nowhere in an indian reservation on the absolute worst road in the US. I'm not sure it was really a road, more of a dirt trail. And since we were pulling a 35 ft. trailer, we couldn't exactlly turn around. But we made our way back to the interstate. I think the funniest thing was that on the road there was this very normal looking middle aged man walking his dogs. who knows how far he had walked 'cause there was nothing around for miles.
We're having lunch with Howie, David's uncle and his cousins out here. Barrett and Luke are excited to have some kids to play with. We hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

more grand canyon

Grand Canyon

Our next stop is the Grand Canyon. We are staying in trailer village. that's the name of the campground in the park. it's a very strange place. there apparantly permanent residents here in trailer village b/c there's a school bus stop here.

four corners

After Arches we headed south to 4 corners. We were expecting it to be a big deal with lots of stuff to do and places to stay. So, we decided to drive at night while the boys were sleeping and just find somewhere to stay when we got there. Well, it turns out that 4 corners is in the middkle of nowhere with nothing around. So we ended up at a truck stop next to a casino. what you see in the pict. is all there is to it. the boys thought it was cool to all be in different states at the same time.