On the Road to Oklahoma!!!!

Well the Trailer is packed and we got up at 3am or so and started our journey to Oklahoma to be with Brian and live in our new home Brian got for us!!!  I had purchased all kinds of fun car activities and came up with some of my own and a friend of my sister's was going on a road trip a few weeks before we left and while I was doing her hair I asked and borrowed some of her ideas- THANK YOU Feli!!!!  I bought cookie sheets for the kids to have a flat surface, they used play dough, army men, farm animals, Lego's, coloring books, eat there snacks on them- they actually were perfect for the car :)))) I wrapped almost everything and numbered similar toys for each of them so my intention was to give them something every couple hours to open..... well lets just say leaving at 3am we thought we would get a good 6 hours more of the kids sleeping then I would start giving gifts...... NOT  as soon as we pulled out of the driveway the kids asked to open a gift- IT WAS STILL DARK OUT!!!  sooo I think all the gifts were open by 8am or so Ha Ha!!!!  I did keep a new DSI game and a Leapster game hidden until later that night :))) My mother in law bought each kiddo a new portable T.V. and we went to a red box on the way and let the kids pick out movies which was fun and a good stretch.  I purchased lots of snacks and made goodies for the kids.  Jan baked lots of yummy treats and put together trail mixes, and Jesse made the BEST burritos.... We had so much food left over I think we could have fed people along the way and still had leftovers.... I guess it was better to be over loaded then not have enough.  Dallas sat in the back in her crate and slept almost the whole way- we stopped as much as needed and I tried to give Dallas Benadryl- she knew as I was giving her people food, looked at me and would spit it out- she didn't even need it!

These are the only pictures I captured on my camera and phone...... I video taped the rest :)))

This is in Texas and the pictures don't say anything when you experience this for real..... it feels like you are in a movie it's sooo beautiful looks fake and you just have to drive thru Texas or Oklahoma to understand :)))

I prayed for a few weeks-months before we started our journey to Oklahoma.... about 2 weeks before I began to pray about our road trip... that everything would go smoothly that the Lord would pick us up under his wings and carry us to Oklahoma that he would take care us protect us and put him upon our hearts when we needed him.  As I was driving in the beautiful scenery I prayed almost every 10 to 15 minutes Thanking the Lord for this Journey has put upon us and for not worrying about ANYTHING and providing for us.  I asked for control when and if an issue came up between me and the in-laws that he would put the right words in my mouth and to hold my tongue back when he needed me to.  To take care of my kids and to have fun on this road trip to make this memories last forever in good thoughts and if the kids were having struggles sitting in there seats that he would help me understand there need and to take care of it.

We pulled over because I felt Dallas needed a break and I think Persaus needed to go to the bathroom and the navagation said nothing was for a while.. we pulled over on some side road in the dirt, and we let Dallas run around- it was nice since at the truck stops the animals have to be on a leash at all times which I totally agree with :)))  Well a semi came by he didn't get out of his truck but said he was doing a delivery and saw us and wanted to make sure we were okay and didn't need help.... WOW we said Thank you we were fine........ Can you say the Lord answered MY prayer :)

Later that day Persaus again said she had to go potty really bad and again nothing was close, so we got off the highway and pulled back on as if we were getting back on pulled over were we got out and then I let Dallas out for a stretch....... A big huge semi that we saw a few different times along our way when we would get off to rest then get back on and we would pass him- we joked if it was the same one or we just keep seeing that company ( I think it was the same one :)))  so he pulled off the freeway and parked in front of our car..... I thought to myself ohh he is just resting cause thats what they do..... he didn't get out or anything so thats why I had that thought.  As we were getting back in our car, the semi got back on the road and then we followed shortly after as we passed him he waved to us...... I KNOW THAT WAS THE LORD WATCHING OUT FOR US....... I wanted to cry but I heald back and just thanked the Lord for all that he has done for me and my family!!!!!!!!

PRAYER IS POWERFUL AND I KNOW HE ANSWERED ALL MY PRAYERS