I Knew We Should Have Made That Left Turn In Albuquerque

Well, we didn't make it to California. Not even close! Due to some strange circumstances that load was cancelled. But, the bright side is, we were given a load going to Reading, PA instead. That is only about 45 minutes from my family. :O) My sister's church is in VBS this week and she and my sister-in-law co-teach the 3-5yr old VBS classes. I was able to go Friday night and help out, and I will get to see the final program tomorrow which will include the big VBS class as well. Arlene Booth was in charge of that and as you will see by the pictures they all did a fantastic job!!
Tomorrow we will be having a family dinner at my brother's house. I will post pics of that soon. For those of you who know my family, you'll be surprised at how much all my nieces and nephews have grown (I know I was).
My Internet connection is slow, so I'm only going to post a couple of pictures of the my sister's classrooms tonight. I'll post more tomorrow. :o) Have a great night.

California, Here We Come

We're on our way back to the west coast. We're heading out from Chicago tomorrow afternoon and have to be in L.A. on Friday morning. That will be just over 2,000 miles. Hopefully I'll get some pictures on the way. I'll let you know if we see anything really exciting on the way.

New Baby in the Bailey Family

Brian and Lisa Bailey are the proud parents of a beautiful new baby girl. Her name is Katelyn Brianne. She was 4lbs 7oz. If you would like to see her picture, just copy and paste the following link.

www.growingfamily.com/webnursery/babypage_view.asp?URLID=4V2P3X1P1A


They are now pastoring a church in Alabama. If you would like to send a card, just let me know and I'll get you their address.
Congrats to the new mom and dad. Please pray for Lisa as she had a few complications.

Finally Pictures of the New Truck

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I have been promising to post pictures of our new truck along with some pics of us in uniform. Well....here they are! Besides the liftgate, refridgerated box, and pusher axle (allowing us to haul more weight), we also have to carry straps, load locks, furniture pads, a handtruck, a pallet jack, and a furniture dolly. Believe it or not, we still have some room for freight. :o) We have been in our White Glove Truck for right at 2 weeks and have already had some interesting loads. We just hauled a small "spy plane" from an airforce base to a college in North Dakota. Tim got to see one that was assembled (the one we hauled was in crates). I'm looking forward to finding out what we'll get next!

Unique Opportunity

One of the "perks" of our job is that we occasionally have time to stop at a "point of interest". Yesterday we were traveling through Colorado Springs, CO and I noticed that we had a couple of hours to spare, so we stopped in at the Focus on the Family headquarters. WOW! We were both amazed at the scope of the ministries they have. We knew about some of them, but there were soooo many that we didn't know about. We had an awesome time (albeit a bit too short). There was a giant bookstore (we only had time to run through there--fortunately for our pocketbooks). We took a tour of the Administration Building and saw the studio where Dr. Dobson records his radio programs. I have to admit, though, we spent most of our time there at Wit's End. First, I have to tell you there are 3 ways to get downstairs to Wit's End. One, the stairs. Two, the elevator. And, three, a giant slide (see pictures). I couldn't convince Tim to try the slide and I was too chicken to do it alone. When you get downstairs it is a child's paradise! WOW! So many rooms with colorful murals....puppets to play with...other toys too. You can also have an opportunity to record your own Adventures in Odessey in which you get to be a character in the show and they will give you a free CD with that recording (unfortunately we didn't have the time to do that). We did take the time to eat lunch in Wit's Soda Fountain. :) If you are looking for a place to take your next family vacation I HIGHLY reccomend Colorado Springs! I can't wait to get by there again. You really need a whole day just to see everything at Focus on the Family! Not to mention all the other great places to go and see nearby!

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Baby Joseph

Mesa, AZ

We were so excited that we got a load taking us to Chandler, AZ. We dropped off just 15 miles from where Bob and Amber Howell are living. I'm posting a few of the pictures I've taken of their new baby, Joseph Andrew Howell. Isn't he handsome? He just turned 4 weeks old today. :o)