Our cross-country adventure

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Here are some pictures from our cross country adventure. We left on Monday to head down to Atlanta to stay with friends from Hawaii, the Spayds. We had a wonderful visit with them and then headed further into Atlanta to have lunch and spend time with our friends, the Barbers. The kids had a blast playing with their kids, and it was hard to get them back into the van for the drive to Birmingham. We arrived in Birmingham and met up with my father-in-law, who had flown in from CA to help us drive the rest of the way. Wednesday we headed to Ft Smith, Arkansas, where our hotel reservations got messed up, so we not only got switched to a much nicer hotel for free, we got a gift card also! Thursday we headed across Oklahoma into Texas where we spent the night in Amarillo. We experienced the restaurant Big Texan there. They have a 72 oz. steak that you can order. It comes with a side salad, a roll, 3 breaded shrimp, and a loaded baked potato. There is a 1 hour time limit to consume all of that food and then your meal is free... otherwise it is $72. 2 people tried it while we were there... a guy in his 20's and a 7 year old boy. We left before either one's time was up, so we don't know how they fared. It was quite the experience though! While we were having fun driving and visiting crazy restaurants, our truck of household goods was arriving at our new house in California. The staff men came over to the house and got all of our stuff off-loaded and into the house in just over an hour. My mother--in-law said it was quite impressive. We are so grateful for their help!! Today we headed through New Mexico and into Arizona and are stopped in Flagstaff for the night. Highlight of today was visiting one of Guy Fieri's restaurants from Diner's, Drive-ins, and Dives. It was a Mexican restaurant called Salsa Brava's and I got the signature dish that Guy tried, Stuffed Soapapillas with Carnitas and a Cilantro Cream Sauce. It was YUMMY!! We are tucked into our hotel for the night, and going to try and get an early start tomorrow so we can get into CA at a decent time. I think that I still cannot believe that we are actually moving! Guess it will become more real tomorrow and in the days to come. Thanks so much for your prayers!!!