Day 2, April 19

Some highlights:

~Brenda had to stop in at the UPS store in Roseburg to drop off a package (which we would have had done back home, had we been there!). The man at the counter was delighted that we were taking a road trip, and even MORE delighted that we had adopted 2 out of 4 kids (and shared that he adopted 4 out of 7!!), and after the transaction was completed, he handed Brenda a $5 and said “this is a discount.” :) Wow! Nice!

~It’s neat to hear the boys say things like “I love this land!” and, just like my little brother used to say “I’d like to climb that hill!” :)

~We made it through the Siskiyou pass just FINE. It was snowing on us, lightly, but there wasn’t any on the road.

~We drove a long distance today—all the way to Sacramento. I think we were in the car for about 6 hours, total.

~We stopped twice and let the kids run around at rest-stops, got snacks, drinks, etc. out of the trailer.

~We got gas 3 times today (the most expensive place costing $4.05 per gallon!!!)

~I read the Bible out loud in the car this morning (the chapters designated in the book Karry’s using with his men’s group).

~Karry and I listened to an audio sermon we’d put on our ipod called Blessed are the Poor by . Keller (I looked at all of the sermons that people I knew were recommending on their blogs and we downloaded them for listening!). It was a great sermon, I recommend it, and it actually tied in super well with the Leviticus stuff we read this morning!

~We heard another Odyssey story, and the kids watched 101 Dalmatians and also the Wizard of Hass (Veggie Tales).

~This sitting down thing (for long periods of time) is not working for Ruby, she’s wet through her diaper twice now…Ugh…Diaper doublers? More stops?

~I made 4 bead necklaces today. :) What a fun hobby!

~Homeschooling works out ok on a road trip. :) I brought little spiral notebooks and colored pencils for each boy in the car. Isaac wrote the words “MEMO BOOK” on one of the pages (copying it from the cover), and then asked me how to write a few more words. When I was making dinner tonight, I had the boys do a few pages in some preschool and kindergarten workbooks I brought.

~Ruby went to sleep with no tears and no hesitation tonight.