Going back to Cali, Cali, Cali

Going back to Cali--I dont think so!!


So far this trip I have spent the past 12 days in triple digits weather!  Alaska will kill me if this continues!  From Texas' 108s to Arizona's 107s and ending with a lovely high of 124 in Cochella California.  I definitely am enjoying the 80ish that is currently occuring in Freemont California.  That on top of the lovely company of our long lost friend Yauchy-mon-do.

This trip has been an experience of ups and downs.  Matthew has oficially lost his mind and is quickly getting out of control (as expected).  The dog and cat are much better travelers than any human in the car.  Tony refuses to let me drive, and the one time that he did he left finger prints on the "oh shit" handle from anxiety. 
The closer we get to Canada the more real the whole "Alaska" thing becomes.  I haven't shed a tear in about 1000 miles and I tend to continue holding it together for as long as possible....hopefully. 

Dinner is being cooked and wine is being poored so I am going to close this short little note out.  I do not have pictures yet to include of our trip so far but when I do I promies that they will not disappoint.

Until then--we continue traveling!

im leavin, on a jet plane

I dont know when ill be back again.....
well actually we are driving but you get the point, right??

There will always be people that waltz into your life for no reason other than to create conversation and temporary happiness....but occasionally there will be people who sneek in and take up camp.  These people are always there-whether we like it or not.  They are holding our hand, kissing our cheek, and laughing at our jokes--no matter how much they suck.  They tell us the truth when a shirt makes us look fat or when our new hair cut is not cute.  Finding these kind of people are like finding a needle in a haystack.  I have been blessed with three of them......
All three of them are welcoming a new baybay into this world soon.  All three of them were with me and Matthew through thick and thin, when I was alone and he was a small jelly roll.  Yet here I sit, moving in 4 days 5000 miles away to Alaska and will miss everything.  I will miss the firsts that they were there for.  I will miss watching him/her grow into an amazing life.  I will miss the tears, laughs, and joys that come from being a mother-especially for the first time.  I think that biggest heart break was how big of an impact these three beautiful strong women have made on Matthew.  They have loved him like he was their own and he adores them with smiles and love.  I know that there will be more than one of us leaving a part of our hearts in the South as we travel westward.....