Welcome to our Adventure...

We packed up the kids, dog and the trailer and headed out for adventure, learning and helping others. During our adventure we will try to update this site as often as possible to keep everyone interested involved in our travels and to keep a journal for ourselves. The plan is to be working, schooling, helping and sharing on the road for a year.
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Saturday, April 6, 2013

White Sands National Monument

After a somewhat leisurely morning filled with our usual pancake breakfast followed by several masculine haircuts, we packed up our picnic lunch and headed off to the white sugar sand dunes at White Sands National Monument. It was so strange to see and feel such soft sand and be in the desert and no where near the ocean!






Enjoying a solitary moment, a man and his dog, in the 80 degree temps.
Spencer chillaxin'

Making a sand angel
How that works out
Getting some video with the GoPro - maybe
Nice and cool when you bury your feet

Getting a little more daring
Soo pretty
After we left the national monument, we decided to head to the other side of Alamogordo and check out McGinn's Pistachio Tree Farm. We got some yummy snacks and...
...saw a giant pistachio!!
Had a giggle over this sign...Parking for Nuts Only
Brighton with his buddy. (press a button and he tells you about the pistachio farm)


Friday, April 5, 2013

Frantic Friday

Today was a somewhat regular day for the kids and I. Everyone was in the groove as far as working independently on their school work. I love it when that happens. I am really amazed watching Skylar grow in his reading skills. He really wants his own school work to do. We aren't doing a formal kindergarten curriculum this year on the road, but he is loving his Brain Quest workbook and his online reading learning game, Reading Eggs. He also gets quite a bit out of listening "from the side lines" while entertaining himself. He comprehends a lot of what the other kids are doing.

We still didn't spend much time outside. It was a little gray and cloudy today even though it was still very comfortable temperatures.

The big news was a culmination of a lot of what Brock has been working on in recent weeks. He and Greg's company acquired their main competitor in Bend. The team in Bend took on the challenge and did a great job planning and executing the transaction. The former competitor's team is joining with the Weston team which we are excited about. Things are about to get even more crazy during the next few months of adjustment period.

I think we are all happy that it is Friday. We are looking forward to the weekend.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Regular Old Thursday

Blah. Today was just an ordinary day, but add in some prickly attitudes. :o(

Brock had a long productive work day with all kinds of stuff going on with his business.

It was a gorgeous day outside and I didn't take enough advantage of it. I'll try to do better tomorrow.

I did do some research this afternoon and I'm really looking forward to exploring some of the area's attractions in the next few days especially White Sands. I think we will all really enjoy those dunes.