We are somewhere in Nebraska, the pavement lies ahead and the red dust of Utah has settled behind us. I was a little teary eyes when we were pulling out thinking about all the wonderful memories we have made and thinking about the "real" life that awaits us. It's not that we are not eager to get home, just really enjoyed our time together. I said to Scott as we were driving away that these last few weeks have been the most valuable time I have ever spent. And am excited to see what beauty grows from the seeds we have planted in our children and ourselves.
The night before we left, Katie, Scott and I stayed up late. Katie wanted to see her first shooting star. We laid a blanket down on the deck, brought out a pillow and wrapped ourselves in a snuggly blanket and just laid there watching and waiting. We saw 11!!! At one point, Katie turned to me and thanked me for keeping my promise. She did get to see a shooting star after all. Katie and her promises. Then she and I snuggled together ever closer and gazed at each other and both shared the same thought about "remembering this forever."
We had a BIG dillema about which kittens to bring home, if any. We finally did decide on two, Frankie and Spidy. We really know nothing about kittens and were so pleasantly surprised at what good little travelers they were-during the day. Not to mention that they completely kept Katie and Hunter occupied.
Katie was all excited to have her kitten sleep with her. At about 1030pm, I could hear something so got up to check on the boys, but it was Katie who was crying. She sleeps in the space above the cab. She was crying from exhaustion because her kitten was attacking her while she was trying to sleep. She said through her tears that every time she was about to fall asleep, the kitten would attack her hair. Then she started sobbing about wishing we would have picked one of the calmer ones and that maybe she picked the wrong one. Finally, she fell asleep. Today, she seems happy with her kitten choice again!
We drove last night until 130am and pulled off in Laramie, WY at their local Walmart along with about 30 other campers. Thank you Walmart and your free camper parking!! Scott and I were exhausted and looking forward to some sleep. But no sooner did we put our heads down on the pillow when we started to hear quite a scuffle! The kittens were attacking each other, rolling all over the floor, biting at each others tails. At one point, they even jumped up where Hunter was sleeping and were getting ready to pounce on him. So, between that and the scratching in the litter box, we did not get much sleep. We are tempted to just put them outside tonight and hope they stick around. Even the dog was looking at me at 2 in the morning like, "Are you kidding me?"
This will most likely be the last entry. Sorry about not putting up more pictures, but they really did take a loooooong time to upload. Besides, most of time, the pictures were unable to capture the beauty of the scenery and the fun we had or the real joy and happiness of living in the moment that was present in our smiles and laughter. We truly did have wonderful time and it will be a time in our lives that we look back upon with great fondness, a time that impacted the lives of our children and ourselves in such a profoundly positive way, a time that sparked curiosity, wonder and the potential for future passions for all of us.
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