Made To Pioneer: October 2015

I have put off writing about this until we got the papers signed. We have some big BIG changes occurring in our household.

To put it bluntly.. We are moving out of the east and into the west! It is going to be super exciting, super scary, super amazing. A lot of things have had to happen first to make this happen. A lot of prayers were said, a lot of changes are being made. But we are happy to be able to go and help out in an area that needs our help.

I am hoping that my health will be a bit better there and I can get back on the pioneer list. That is my goal! My girls are both hoping to pioneer as well, and Jay will stay on this list we pray! That being said, we wouldn't be making this move if it was going to hinder our service to Jehovah.

We meet with the Realtor tomorrow to discuss the sale of our house. We know that it will take some work to get it up, but hopefully not to much.

Ah the changes of our life!!! I will try to keep you up on how things are going.

Yes!!! We are home now. After a 36 hour car ride. Really it wasn't that bad, but enough to make you really tired. The drive there wasn't so bad because we stopped often and stayed different places.

So the last few days we were in Utah, we were able to hang out with friends and family, bike ride (yes, I got my fat self on a bike for about 2 miles), visit national parks, go to a winery, eat..eat..eat!

I am sure I'll mix up my days, so I will say this... Wednesday I don't remember what we did. I think that was the day we all went bike riding. Now, it has been a while since I have been in HIGH elevation, I don't ride anyway, so I think 2 miles was pretty good. Jay happily did 6 miles a couple days after.

Thursday I was so happy to see my sister!! I wish it would have been longer but things happened. We went to the Moab Diner for breakfast and had a yummy smothered and covered something! I was apprehensive at first, but enjoyed it. Then I sat with my sissy and got glared at by her cat! All because I invaded the office!! hehe! I wonder if little cat will ever forgive me.

My family and friends went to Arches and had some fun. Jay took some really good pictures and I can't wait to be able to share them!! After that we ate at the Moab Brewery for lunch. Of course it was tasty as well. Jay had some delicious beer. After that we drove to the Castle Country Winery (I think is the name) and tasted and bought some wine. I had a red that I actually liked. Normally it is all white wine for me. Then we drove to Canyonlands for the sunset. What happened next? Back to where we were all staying and had OKTOBER FEST! Real German sausages, pretzels, sweet mustard (which was really good), sauerkraut, and Spaten beer. I was soooo very nervous about all of that, but it was really good. I didn't like the sauerkraut, but that was me. The sausage was so filling that I could only have 1, and the pretzels tasted delicious!

Friday, what did we do Friday? Oh yes, we went to Telluride, Colorado for the day. We had some AMAZING Pizza, went on the Gondola, which I admit freaked me out, and all in all had a good time. On the way back there was a beautiful sky that looked like it was on fire! We also saw an elk cow on the side of the road.

Saturday was that start of our trip home. We left about 4-4:15 am local time and got home about 2 pm Sunday local time. We hit some rain, but came across on interstate 40. I am glad we did because had we come up through South Carolina we would have been stuck or have to back track because of the storms they had there that flooded the roads. Here at the house we had 8.5 inches of rain. I would have taken a picture, but I accidentally unplugged the weather thing.

So today, after the many loads of laundry, the unthawing of dinner, the cleaning out of the car... I am beat!!!

I hope you enjoy the pictures. I will do more later!