Christmas pictures; Elsie loves her pillow

poor Corey sick on Christmas...

mom and dad

Eric and Jesse (she won't let me get a good picture)

Christmas Eve lunch with friends and family and I'm so happy Tricia (and her family)came over and we got to see the new grandbaby "Addison".

Some places we've been...out west..Arizona, New Mexico, Tenn., Pa., southwest, southeast...coming home this week, can't wait.

The next day....our brake shoes were frozen to the drums. We had to wait till the sun hit them and Chuck banged on them with a hammer. Our lack of experience in this weather being Floridians and all. You don't leave your trailer brakes on in that weather. We had a couple of truckers making fun of us as they passed. Oh well, one we'll never forget. It sure was pretty. The road was very small and sometimes hard to see and very icy but it sure was pretty.
Oh!!! and congratulations grandma Tricia!!!!!

What can I say? Snow Day!!!! It got progressively worse. We had to stop. more than once, to get the ice off the windshield wipers so we could see. I say we, no way was I going to try and do that, thanks Chuck. We are currently snowed in.
We were able to make it to a small town and are parked across the street from a cafe.
It's so bad trucks are parked on the road. It sure is pretty though...

St. Louis. We were here!

Yesterday was a fun filled day. Morning with Tricia, makeup shopping, coffee, and books.
Afternoon with Corey. She took me to Rollins. She took me in the chapel where she has two classes, lucky girl. And then to the art gallery at the school, wow.

We have a tradition on birthday's. Birthday breakfast. This is Corey's 22nd. I thank God for blessing us with such a wonderful daughter. WE LOVE YOU Corey!!!! Happy Birthday!!!! We miss you Jesse and wish you could have been here (and Eric too).

Wow, these red trees just really stood out. In the state of PA

Some pictures from Memphis. Did you know there is an east Memphis in TN and a west Memphis in Arkansas? Does anyone know what the pyramid is?

There's one of these in north Texas saying it's the biggest cross in the U.S. but this one's the same size. I can't remember what state it's in, guessing Illinois.

We've been a lot of places this time mostly in the east until the last couple of days. We went to Arkansas, a surprisingly pretty state, Missouri, Kansas, Mississippi, and now back on our way east. We had to spend a couple of days in Charlotte NC for more training and testing, fun, fun. But we did get to spend the nite in a motel, nice break from little tiny truck space, which isn't really all that small just seems that way after a couple of weeks.
I'm so happy we get to be home for Corey's birthday next week, yippee!!!
This is a picture outside of our hotel in Charlotte NC, it's 4 pictures merged together - the reason for changes in sky color.

sunset in MIss

Drivers and their dogs..very sweet man, very proud of his 6 month old puppies "with papers" as he said.

We got to go to Black Mountain NC for a delivery. We like to go there for
vacation, so it was a treat. I-40 West on the way there was where most of the
fall color pictures were taken and of course the town is Black Mountain.

The end of a journey and beginning of forever...
This is a difficult post.
Hannah Pratt went to heaven Friday October 13, 2006. She
had a difficult and painful journey on earth with her cystic fibrosis.
Everyone thought the lung transplant was the answer to everything for her.
In a way it was.. She is home now..home. No more pain for Hannah. No more
difficulty breathing. No more longing for more...she now has everything..she
is now with her heavenly Father who loves her more than is possible to comprehend.
She breathes deeply the sweetest air - we cannot imagine. She looks into the face
of the lover of her soul and is full of joy... and she sings...beautifully...painlessly...she breathes deeply and sings...
I look forward to hearing her.
We love you Hannah and are so grateful to God for the time we had with you and we're looking forward to "meeting again".
http://www.hannahpratt.com/


I will extol the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt His name together. I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:1-4

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18

The whole time we were away from home all I wanted to do was be home and do stuff around the house. We came home and I spent most of my time away from the house. Chuck, on the other hand, stayed home and fixed up the bedroom Corey moved out of - as my art room. Now I really don't want to go....

Arizona, desert, hot but pretty

Actually, I think this may be California. I need to label pictures as I take them.

I had no idea these cactus (cacti) grew so large

Pacific Coast Highway California: the road we traveled on the way to Jesse and Eric's...

August 19,2006 Jesse and Eric, now Mr. and Mrs. Knepper