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And Away We Goooooooo (Almost)

Jun29

T minus three and counting until we head off on our Incredible Journey. Morgan is already packed. The boys don’t return from their Orlando Outreach until tomorrow, at which point there will be a mound of laundry to do before they can pack. And I’ve got a couple of full hampers myself. It’ll get done. That’s the beauty of not having to catch a plane.

My posts in the month of July are likely to be spotty, but I’d love for you to join me on our journey. I will be posting pics whenever I can. We’re excited to see so much of America. I’ve been to most of the states we’ll be seeing, but I haven’t seen most of the sites. I’m looking forward to sharing this experience with my family–and with you.

Have you ever taken a trip like this before? Tell me where you’ve been and what you liked best about it. I’d love to hear!

Thankful today for:

411. GPS

412. cleaning-out-the-fridge meals

413. for my mother-in-law, who will be holding down the fort

414. for my sister-in-law, who is coming to help her

415. for my nephew wanting to spend time with his younger cousins

416. still being able to enjoy lunch outside in the last week of June! Amazing.

417. all the old friends I’m going to get to see. So excited!

418. God’s grand creation

419. a week of outreach for my boys

The Incredible Journey

Mar21

This summer, we are planning an epic road trip. We’re calling it “The Incredible Journey.” We plan to drive from our home in Orlando, Fla., ultimately to my niece’s wedding in Kirkland, Wash., and back home again.

ImageAll five of us. In the car together for hours on end. It could be torture.

Or it could be the journey of a lifetime.

Our kids–15, 13 and 9–are excited about seeing the Grand Canyon, Yosemite National Park, The San Diego Zoo, Yellowstone National Park, spending time with my 94-year-old great aunt, meeting my aunt and uncle for the first time, spending time with cousins.

They’re not so excited about spending 9-10 hours a day in the car. Thank the Lord for an onboard entertainment system.

We’re trying to think of road games, planning what snacks we want to bring along. Saving every penny we have to be able to pay for gas that is headed to more than $4.00 per gallon (we’re thinking of getting sponsors for the various legs of our journey) 🙂

Here’s what I don’t want to happen on this trip: fighting, car trouble, sickness, missing the beauty along the way.

Sometimes we can get so caught up in where we’re headed, we forget that there is joy in the journey. There’s an old Michael Card song that talks about that.

“There is a joy in the journey
There’s a light we can love on the way
There is a wonder and wildness to life
And freedom for those who obey”

Do you have a dream? Enjoy the process of getting there. Have a place in your life you’d eventually like to be? Don’t forget to see what God wants to show you along the way.

Eventually, like I said, we want to end up in Kirkland, Wash., to celebrate the marriage of my youngest niece. But we plan on seeing a whole lot of America in the meantime. It should be incredible.

Thankful today for:

126. a kitty who likes to lie on his back with all four feet spread to the wind

127. trash pick up twice a week

128. new families applying to our school