A trip to see family

We were in the midst of the move from KS to CO and decided since we had time it would be great to take a couple of weeks to go see family.  So we dumped our junk at my cousin Nikki's and took off stopping first in UT to see Ric's Uncle Dean and Aunt Stella.  We were traveling with Ed and Francine, Ric's dad.  Then we continued on to Nevada.

Me and Dad

Melissa, Mom, Me

Me, Dani, Mom, Gram and Zoie

Missy and Zoie

There we were able to see and visit with my parents, grandmother, sister, niece, great niece, and Ric's brothers family.

Me, Gram and Mom

Zoie and Great Uncle Ric

Zoie and Me

Yalena and Clifton

Ric, Ed, and Grandpa

Ric and Nate

Ric, Nate, and Nadine

Nadine, Clifton, Nate, Ric

Nadine, Clifton, Fran, Ed, Ric, and Nate

Ric, Will and Nate

Clifton, Ric and Nate

Tilly, Uncle Carl, Aunt Jaci and 

Cassie, John and family

Sarah, Sean & Makayla

Me, Jeannie, Nadine

We love you Molly

Molly & Ric

Molly and Me

Grandpa & Grandma Caudill

Naomi, Ric, Grandma, Grandpa and me

Clifton & Jeannie

Aunt Jaci & Uncle Carl

Francine & Ed

Sean & Sarah

Ric and Naomi

Donna and Me

Jeannie & Me

  
   We were able to see friends from days of old at church.

Ric and Art

In the trailer at Ed's... NV is really comfortable

At Hoover Dam

Me and Rhonda

We went on to Fernley staying in Ed's travel trailer.  Visiting with Nathan and Nadine on their birthday.  And into Reno seeing Ric's grandparents.
























We went on to Arizona to see Rhonda and Chris.  Ric was able to see a bit of Hoover Dam.  I had seen it as a child and was glad he could see it.











Spent some time with Rhonda, Tyler, Jordan and Cameron.  We showed them the fun time of Geocaching.

We were able to have lunch with Marc and Ellen while in Phoenix.  Thank you so much for traveling over from Globe so we could see you!
They were our youth pastors when we were teens!  Now pastoring in Globe, AZ!

 Then on to see Christina!  We had fun seeing her home and some  sites nearby.  And of course... more Geocaching.

Camping Hecla

The mountain as seen from our camp site.  There is water in front on the mountain.

a tree growing out of the rocks

Geocaching

Geocaching... see the attack dog on the rock? 

Roger fishing and Emily playing... her birthday weekend.

Camping in an area this beautiful makes for so much joy! 3-5 Aug 2012

Moving... CO bound...

This will be our 18th move in 26 years.  Preparations for a move start 60-90 days in advance of the move.  Taking pictures off the walls, patching holes, resting crystal, getting rid of extra's, stop buying groceries and using what is in the cabinets... and the list goes on.  Packing takes 3-4 days with pack out taking up all of the 4th day.  Then we spend time cleaning the house to clear housing (this time it was 2.5 days of deep cleaning carpets, the stove... etc), giving away more things and most of my plants.  And now we are in a hotel for a week.
This Friday, 8 June 2012, Ric will graduate from ILE.  WhooHoo!  So proud of him.  SO tired of school and I am not even doing it!  His father Ed and Fran will be coming to help us move the stang and the hog and see the graduation.  His sister Charlynn and her family are also coming up to see the graduation.
This is still been a good place for us... The doctor caught the thyroid cancer.  We were surrounded with old and new friends and of course Ric was home for surgery and RAI.
On Saturday 9 June, Ric will perform a wedding ceremony for Clare and Joe.

all our 18,000+ lbs of stuff 

On Sunday, Ed will preach at the Sunday night service.  On Monday we will go to Colby, KS.  On Tuesday we will get to CO.  We will spend Tues afternoon searching for a home... we think we want to buy but want to do God's will.  Wed we will continue on to NV and AZ for 10 days...