Beach Weekend with the Lesco's

This past weekend we went to the beach with a really good friend of mine and her family to her parent's beach house in Crystal Beach. We took the boat so the guys could fish. The kids had fun at the beach, in the hottub, at the waterpark and of course on the boat. The boat may be a stretch, due to the incident we had, but for the most part they would say they had a great time. I know I did. Pictures will follow.


We want to that the Lesco's and the Kline's for inviting us and allowing us to share the joy of the beach. It was a great time had by all.

Road Trip Across America

Okay, it has been along while since I have updated. When we got back from Disney, we had doctor and haircut appointments that we had to tend to. Then on July 2, the kids and I set off on a road trip across America. Many may wonder...ARE YOU CRAZY!!!!!!!! I have been accused of that before, but seriously I have never had so much fun with my kids. They travelled great, aside from the puking (Emily, carsick), Richard always needing to stop to pee, luckily he can go just about anywhere.

So, we started out at about 10:00 in the morning...and drove to Edmonds, Oklahoma...on the way, we stopped and climbed "mountains".

We stopped in Edmonds to sleep for the night and got up and drove the rest of the way. So if you have never travelled through Kansas, let me tell you...DO NOT DRIVE THE TURNPIKE. The only resturants are McDonalds. Thankfully they had salads, fruit and great Iced Coffee. In Kansas we drove on the Mormon Trail...need to research what that is...but am guessing the Mormons travelled the road at some point and time

See here we are in Kansas...We had to bribe the travel centers for multiple maps for my scrapbooking.

From Kansas we went through Missouri just a short while, so we didn't stop. Next stop was Iowa...

This is a Wind Farm...the produce energy from wind.

When we got to the Minnesota border, we didn't even need to stop at the border; but Emily welcomed herself to the state by throwing up. Yeah for me.....

While in Minnesota, we had a great time staying at Grandma Ruffie's House...She is the big boss according to Richard. This was the first half of our trip...the kids meet cousins and other family the didn't know they had. I was asked why we are related to everyone. Just a quick funny story...My Aunt Amy is a hair stylist...she fit me in to cut my hair...when we walked into the salon, my aunt Amy was there...my grandma's sister was there with her granddaughter and the co-owner of the salon is related somehow as well...I told Emily she was related to everyone in the salon...she said how does that happen...didn't know if I should tell her that we are probably related to everyone old in the town in some way or another. The second half of the trip will come later.