Our Big Trip to Dallas

Well, when it came time to leave, Niki & kids and cats and one FANTASTIC Mother-In-Law loaded on a plane and flew to Texas. We were greeted by Kathy Kropf, the hostess with the mostest, and her welcoming van. We were then taken to her welcoming home and loved on. God was so good to provide for us such a nice place to stay!

Several of you may be wondering how it was traveling with our cats for the first time, and I have to say that it was wonderfully un-eventful. They were sedated, and stayed mostly calm (even when we had to take each out of their cat carriers for security screening at Burbank airport!). They talked to us a bit when we descended into Dallas, but it wasn't bad! The kids also did really well and it ended up being an easy trip!

Greg, meanwhile, was left to drive all our belongings in a 26' Penske truck, pulling our car on a dolly, half-way across the country. He decided to bring a travel companion and took Scotty's new bear- a birthday present from Meemaw.

He left on a Tuesday night (after going in to work for a few hours!) and was aiming to make it to Phoenix. Sadly, the car dolly blew a tire outside of Blythe, CA and shortened his daily progress. It was an easy fix though- a phone call to Penske and a repairman was there within a few hours, had him fixed up and back on the road.

The next day he began taking these pictures:

Bear on Route 66, somewhere in Arizona.

The painted dessert.

Bear says "Hello New Mexico!"

And arriving in TEXAS! (Bear was pretty exhausted at this point after all that driving!)

Greg arrived on Thursday afternoon and we were so glad to see him safe and sound!

We stayed with the Kropfs for several more days until our things were moved in and we were unpacked enough to live in our new apartment. We had a lot of move-in help from Texas friends old and new- what a blessing! Then we looked around and realized this was for real- our new life in Texas.