Willkommen in Deutschland!!!

We've finally made it!

This was an incredibly long, drawn-out move.
We wanted to scream, cry, pull our hair out, thank you for your prayers!

If a thousand words is still the worth of a picture, and since I'm feeling a little word-poor at the moment, how about we play catch-up with a slide show?

November was when this move really started, well, moving.
Midway through the month we started our 'last hurrah' tradition.
Usually before we move everyone gets to choose their fav place (or two) to visit one last time.

Near Turquoise Lake

Cheyenne Canyon

One of the many beautiful parks in CS

Farmer's market in old city

 

Fav book store

Joey's fav New York style pizza

Mountain Shadows restaurant in old downtown.
Best breakfast in the Springs!

Crave Burger! Look at the plates and you'll
know why we only went once in two years.
'Sinfully delicious!'

Marigold's. Our absolute favorite. 

Garden of The God's

Garden of The God's

Monday of Thanksgiving week, movers team 1 packed and loaded everything that would be stored stateside.
Tuesday, movers team 2 came to pack everything else.
Wednesday, movers team 'hey-let's-drop-the-flat-screen' came to load the truck.

Buddy didn't like them carting off all his stuff!

Wednesday night and Thursday morning, we cleaned. That's ok though ...

We had Thanksgiving dinner downtown!

In the first of many hotel rooms.

Not exactly turkey, but yummy none-the-less!

We hit the road and headed to Arkansas! It had been five years since we'd been home for Christmas, so we were all excited.

Let's roll!

We said goodbye ...

to our beautiful view of the Continental Divide.

Shelby tumbleweed wrangling in Dodge City.

Chillin' in Wichita KS.

Glad to be out of the car - 

all of us!

Misty, moisty, morning somewhere in the Heartland.

This one is pretty self-explanatory.

Home for a happy, happy, happy Christmas!!!

Daddy's girls!

Silver Dollar City ...

... definitely gets you in the Christmas spirit.

Grandma Carol...

And her farm menagerie

This is little Fred, 

and Red, and J.D.  

A trip to Eureka Springs.

A week at Table Rock Lake in Branson.

We joined FBC!
We'll be watching online, of course.

Bo was saved 7 yrs ago. She decided it was time
to conquer those nerves and be baptized -
by Poppy, of course!

Our sweet "baby". So happy!

Just a few other things thrown in for fun -

Shelby gave us a scare!

We had Harry Potter theme night!

Helena Ravenclaw was there, along with a
nasty dementor.

We weren't sure when we'd have another...

so we made it a good one with a movie marathon!

We girls each got a new do. I asked for a "soft wave"
 but came out with this hot mess. Hellooo '80's!

 But Bo wins the bravery award
for going from this -

to this adorable 'Pixie' cut!

Believe it or not, this lovely lady
retired this year!

We had to get her something special ...

Woohoo!  Trust me, if this 40-something had to go three years
without seeing her parents every day or so,
 there would be major 'weeping and gnashing of teeth'.
Oh yeah! You know it! Face Time is a gift from God!

Well I think that's plenty for now. I'll share more soon.
Thanks again for all of your prayers, notes, and calls.

*About Bo - She's ok. Nothing life threatening. (Dizziness, Fainting, Foggy Brain) But we're still trying to figure out what's up with our sweet girl. She's had a few appointments since arriving here. They've checked blood, heart, brain...
Good docs and lots of prayer. We have faith she'll be good as new very soon!


"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
                                                     Jeremiah 29:11