On the bright side......

I may have to walk sideways down the hall in my "house" because so many people living in a small space, I may have to wait in line to go to the bathroom, I have to share a closet with 6 other people, I had to part with many pairs of shoes and leave them in storage (the captain only allowed shoes that were necessary like hiking shoes and snowboots...whatever!ha!)....








Sorry, but all 128 shoes are necessary!


You never know when you will need those perfect pair of heels! right?









I ended up bringing about 15 pairs ...and each of the girls have about 15 pairs as well! Sorry boys, us girls need our fashion on board! Thank God for underneath storage!







One thing I have really enjoyed is how I can clean my whole "house" in about 10 minutes! I often miss our big old house, but I don't miss cleaning it that's for sure!


I miss our old backyard too, but now I have a backyard that is always changing!


Sometimes you have to give a little to get a lot!






We signed up at another library the other day...(I think we belong to more libraries across the country than any other people I know!)




We came "home" with about 50 books! Half of them were on states we will be visiting in a couple weeks!

The other half, I let the kids pick out whatever they were interested in reading about....Austin got books on Indians. He is trying to master the Navajo language (going around calling me "Ne-he-mah" which means mother) and practicing Indian sign laungage. ha! Whatever floats your boat dude!

And of course my lil dog lover got books on.... dogs! And is having fun reading them to her....dog!

We also got a couple DVD's on the human body! We have been working learning how the body works.

We also rented the classic movie "Pollyanna."

Can you believe it, I've never seen it!

What a great movie! If you or your kids haven't seen it, go to your local library and get it! After the movie we played the "Glad Game." A game Pollyanna plays in the movie. A game that teaches you to be optomistic about life.

I call Faith my little Pollyanna, she is my child who is always looking on the bright side of things.

To be honest, I've been complaining a bit about not being back on the road yet, although we are parked in what is "the Hiltons of RV parks." A place where they bring you "room service" to your coach doorstep. Right on the water...

I'm learning that I need to find that childlike mindset and reach out and be an encourager to those less fortunate.

For example, at this park there are people in $800,000 coaches and then there are families in trailers just trying to get by one day at a time.

I've met a couple families here who are going through hard times. Normal people like us who don't have family to turn to or have been layed off. They are just days away from being homeless....with kids!

There's a lot of hurting people out there with this economy and we are seeing it first hand out here.

Even though we are choosing to live like this.....

Yes, it's fun!

Yes, our coach costs more than some homes...

Yes, we get to travel and see amazing places...

It's still hard at times....

But ...my kids have learned to appreciate things they took for granted before...and so have we!

Sometimes, I guess you have to put yourself in that place of what others are going through to really understand.

When we were in Texas staying the night in a Walmart parking lot...we saw a family sleeping in their car.

We were able to hand them some blankets and buy them dinner. I can't imagine!

That night as we prayed, our kids thanked God we had a roof over our heads and a place to sleep!

This week we we were able to bless a lady in the park....We just found out it was her birthday and they didn't have money to do anything.

I ran to the store to get a cake and candles. We ran back and the kids found hiding places around the RV. I called her over and invited her in....

The kids jumped out of hiding and yelled.......Surprise!!!!!!

Ok, so don't let your wild 4 year old hold the cake on the way home, no matter how bad he asked to hold it!

It fell (with the plastic cover on)

My little Pollyanna Faith said, "It's okay, chocolate is chocolate!"

She's right! It still tasted like sweet chocolate even though it didn't look all that pretty!

Our new friend was in tears and loved the surprise party we threw her....and had a good laugh at the cake!

I thank God for the people we are meeting, for the opportunites we are given in all the places we stop along the way....

And for the lessons we learn!