The Move!

Well, last time we moved from Georgia to Idaho our car broke down twice in Iowa.  This was right after our stop in Illinois at Seth's parents.  This time, we were headed back to Illinois and our car broke down an hour into our trip.  We hadn't even made it out of the wonderful potatoe state and we were thwarted in our attempts to leave.  Luckily, Percy and family took us in for a day as our radiator reserve tank was overnighted in.  As we attempted to leave a second time though, the radiator cap blew and we were again stranded.  We decided not to chance it even though we were supposedly "fixed".  So we again stayed with the Anderson's.  After two days of sitting in the car and not going anywhere, Nathan and Alexis were fed up with their parents.  So on day three, after much prayer and much heartfelt searching, we again put our trust in good ol' Lara the Landrover.  It wasn't too bad as we started out, after all, we turned the heater on and the day and night was cool enough to compensate.  We reached Nebraska after a night of driving and climbing those dang mountains at 35 mph.  One humorous moment was when Katrina woke up on probably the longest climb of the night and we were crawling along at 30 mph up a steep grade and she said, "Are you hitting the brakes right now?"  Seth's reply, "No, we are going up a mountain."  In bewilderment, Katrina stated, "Well, it looks like we are going down."  After a couple of cars passed us on the opposite side of the highway, she still insisted that we were going down the hill and didn't understand why we were so slow.  Nebraska ended our humor and the day heated up, as did the inside of our car.  With the heater on and the kids in the back screaming, we had to make ice cream stops just to cool everyones jets.  So, after 34 hours and two days of worrying in Idaho, we made the supposed 25 hour trip to Illinois.  Our new addition to the family, Mia, our navigator worked like a charm, though she wasn't ever happy when we made our unscheduled stops.  So we are in Minnesota now after stopping at Seth's parents in Illinois and are visiting the Lash's.  What a blessing it has been again to know our Savior and to realize the tender mercies that He has given to us.