I do not understand why Mosquitos exist?? I hope they are a delicacy for birds or something. We were eaten alive by them in West Yellowstone something fierce. So much so that we decided to leave a day early and spend the night in Cody, WY tonite before making the trek to Mt. Rushmore tomorrow. I mean Sydney looks like she has the chicken pox on her face...she probably has 15 or so not to mention the other ones on her feet, hands, and back. Cody is so far bug free.
We are almost at the 1 week mark and so far I have experienced the following:
1). Very dry skin... Like so dry that wrinkles are showing up in places that were not there before.
2) the most beautiful scenery in Montana I have ever seen... Big sky country for sure.
3) two billboards advertising the testical festival somewhere in Idaho. Not sure what to make of that...it did have a buffalo as it's spokes-animal holding it's privates...Aaron wants to incorporate this somehow into the man-a-thon ...hmmmm
4) McKenna yelling "whoa" really loud when she saw old faithful erupt for the first time. Precious.
5). I am itchy and blotchy...
6) currently reading " the art of racing in the rain" ...haven't gotten far enough in it to tell you anything
7) can't keep track of all the toiletries which includes combs, calamine lotion, sunscreen, insect repellent, lotion, and allergy medicine...
8). Wal mart in Cody was great...
9) McKenna and syd telling me every 5 minutes what their mood is from their new mood necklaces. " mom, I am happy, no wait, I am stressed, oh but what now I am passionate!"
10). Baby buffalos are so cute...
Ok,that is my top ten list for tonite...
Peace, love, and hip hop...karie
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
loving friends
This is Sydney
This summer, we are going on a big vacation and we will be sending messages to all of our friends. I am excited to send pictures of what we have done...we might not be able to send all of the pictures but we will pick our favorite ones. We will send pictures of animals and cool things.
My favorite things so far are:
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My least favorite things so far are:
A few shout outs to my friends...Kaitee, Bella B, Lucy, Hadassah, Jess, Rachel, and Jessi!
Love and talk to you soon - Sydney
This summer, we are going on a big vacation and we will be sending messages to all of our friends. I am excited to send pictures of what we have done...we might not be able to send all of the pictures but we will pick our favorite ones. We will send pictures of animals and cool things.
My favorite things so far are:
- inner-tubing at Daroga with Ellie.
- Getting a mood necklace at the silver dollar bar in Wallace, Idaho - right now it says that I am passionate. :)
- Swimming in the blow up pool at Drenched.
- Spending time with my family
My least favorite things so far are:
- Mosquitos - they are everywhere and i have 6 bites on my body and 2 on my face.
- walking for 3 miles at Yellowstone - I got so tired, I had to stop and sit on a bench about 21 times.
- Always having to keep my section of the car clean.
A few shout outs to my friends...Kaitee, Bella B, Lucy, Hadassah, Jess, Rachel, and Jessi!
Love and talk to you soon - Sydney
Geysers, Bison, ...a day at Yellowstone
Hi this is McKenna. My dad said it was OK for me and my sister Sydney to post about the BFT from time to time. Today I am in west yellow stone. When I came to yellow stone I first went to the education center. Right when we walked in, old faithful was erupting. Old faithful is a famous geyser that erupts at least every hour. Then we went and learned a little bit about geysers. After that we went on a geyser trail that took us around a board walk. We saw lots of geysers such as the beauty pool ( it was not that pretty) . Also when we were walking we heard a person say that they saw a black bear somewhere in the park so we are hoping to see that bear. After that we saw old faithful 1 more time. We then left and while we were driving we saw all of the cars in our lane pull over and stop . It had happened that at least 50 to75 bison were crossing the street with there adorable little calves . A car on accident bumped into a bison and it kicked the front of the car. So that was the day.
tune in next time Love, McKenna
Shout outs to my friends that I miss a lot ...Emmy, Emma, Nancy, Jessi, Anika, Riley, and Auntie Heather! More shout outs on the way don't worry about feeling left out! And of course my dog, Dawber!
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tune in next time Love, McKenna
Shout outs to my friends that I miss a lot ...Emmy, Emma, Nancy, Jessi, Anika, Riley, and Auntie Heather! More shout outs on the way don't worry about feeling left out! And of course my dog, Dawber!
First Post..
(Prologue - this post was started on Mon, I'm runnning behind already. I will probably be jumping backwards and forwards from time to time to catch you all up on happenings that take longer to capture. Posts will get shorter and pictures will be added. Follow us on twitter (Dawbersdoodles) for more rapid fire updates).
Hi everyone ...I guess this is officially the first post of the Big Family Trip (named by Sydney and shortened to BFT from here on out). My next post or two will probably be on the topic of trip expectations versus reality, as we are already deviating from the plan a bit. I am looking forward to checking out the family coping skilz as we deal with the curve balls.
Its 530 on Monday morn, I cant sleep anymore due to freeway noise so I am sitting in a lawn chair outside of our trailer, in my long john's, laptop humming, luke warm cup of coffee in hand, in a "beautiful" RV park (think big field, spotty electrical hookups, banjo's, elevation 2500 ft, river right in front of me and I-90 on the other side... yuk).
On the advice of numerous friends camping with us at Woodinville Alliance's Youth Summer camp at Daroga, WA , our desire to faithfully follow Google maps had been dashed the night before by the greater wisdom of real experience. 10 hours to Yellowstone said the map, 13 hours said experience. Since our car battery had died while pulling our of our driveway - kids using DVD player - and I had already spent an entire day at youth camp taking apart the failing power lift on our pop up trailer, we decided that getting a jump on our next stop into Yellowstone might be a good idea.
So, we left Daroga at 4 pm and we pulled into Cataldo ID at 10 pm Sunday night after having departed a day early.. Another great year for the ministry and weather that beat the Seattle scene hands down.Lots of sun and water fun for the kids. Karie and I did the usual routine of running the espresso bar from 530 - 10 am each morning. Karie stepped up and was a tent leader for some incoming Junior girls. Good prep for when ours turn that age. Great people all around, with the exception Deanna B... the underwear thief. (You owe me big time!!!) 5 or so kids were baptized.Way to go Ronnie and Kris. Jane K, you tru!y are a FOB (Fun Old Biddy). Thanks for all you do. We will miss you!
And before you ask...I know at some point I need to provide the background story on "why a two month trip?" but I am going to leave that for another post as well.
So before I sign off, here are some of the basics details to help with context.
(1) The travelers: My Super-Wife Karie (age withheld) and two beautiful daughters Sydney - 5 and McKenna - 8, and myself - 39. Jesus is riding along in our hearts - age 2011 (technically eternal) Our family is grateful for the work He has/is doing in our lives and the opportunity to take this trip!!
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(2) The Itinerary: essentially we are making a big loop around the perimeter of the US. 54 days covering 32 states, and roughly 11000 miles. We started from a secret location within the state of Washington.
(3)Key ingredients: 2000 Chevy Tahoe, 2010 Coleman Avalon pop up trailer (aka The Beast), 2 laptops, 1 IPAD, 1 IPhone, 1Motoral Atrix, 3 Zunes, 2 Pillow pets and at least 12 stuffed animals (don't get me going...), 12 bags of clothes (did I mention there are 4 of us), 3 wigs (everything is better with a wig), and P-Dawby (a 4 inch plastic figurine in honor of our diggity yellow lab, Dawber - we miss him!!)
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Aaron
Hi everyone ...I guess this is officially the first post of the Big Family Trip (named by Sydney and shortened to BFT from here on out). My next post or two will probably be on the topic of trip expectations versus reality, as we are already deviating from the plan a bit. I am looking forward to checking out the family coping skilz as we deal with the curve balls.
Its 530 on Monday morn, I cant sleep anymore due to freeway noise so I am sitting in a lawn chair outside of our trailer, in my long john's, laptop humming, luke warm cup of coffee in hand, in a "beautiful" RV park (think big field, spotty electrical hookups, banjo's, elevation 2500 ft, river right in front of me and I-90 on the other side... yuk).
On the advice of numerous friends camping with us at Woodinville Alliance's Youth Summer camp at Daroga, WA , our desire to faithfully follow Google maps had been dashed the night before by the greater wisdom of real experience. 10 hours to Yellowstone said the map, 13 hours said experience. Since our car battery had died while pulling our of our driveway - kids using DVD player - and I had already spent an entire day at youth camp taking apart the failing power lift on our pop up trailer, we decided that getting a jump on our next stop into Yellowstone might be a good idea.
So, we left Daroga at 4 pm and we pulled into Cataldo ID at 10 pm Sunday night after having departed a day early.. Another great year for the ministry and weather that beat the Seattle scene hands down.Lots of sun and water fun for the kids. Karie and I did the usual routine of running the espresso bar from 530 - 10 am each morning. Karie stepped up and was a tent leader for some incoming Junior girls. Good prep for when ours turn that age. Great people all around, with the exception Deanna B... the underwear thief. (You owe me big time!!!) 5 or so kids were baptized.Way to go Ronnie and Kris. Jane K, you tru!y are a FOB (Fun Old Biddy). Thanks for all you do. We will miss you!
And before you ask...I know at some point I need to provide the background story on "why a two month trip?" but I am going to leave that for another post as well.
So before I sign off, here are some of the basics details to help with context.
(1) The travelers: My Super-Wife Karie (age withheld) and two beautiful daughters Sydney - 5 and McKenna - 8, and myself - 39. Jesus is riding along in our hearts - age 2011 (technically eternal) Our family is grateful for the work He has/is doing in our lives and the opportunity to take this trip!!
The Fam and their Gear (The Beast)
(2) The Itinerary: essentially we are making a big loop around the perimeter of the US. 54 days covering 32 states, and roughly 11000 miles. We started from a secret location within the state of Washington.
(3)Key ingredients: 2000 Chevy Tahoe, 2010 Coleman Avalon pop up trailer (aka The Beast), 2 laptops, 1 IPAD, 1 IPhone, 1Motoral Atrix, 3 Zunes, 2 Pillow pets and at least 12 stuffed animals (don't get me going...), 12 bags of clothes (did I mention there are 4 of us), 3 wigs (everything is better with a wig), and P-Dawby (a 4 inch plastic figurine in honor of our diggity yellow lab, Dawber - we miss him!!)
Wigs and all...
P-Dawby
Aaron
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