On the route, we saw the White Tree of Gondor- somehow it got moved to the PNW… must’ve sailed “into the west” and landed out in such splendor…
Naya enjoyed our Pizza Hut lunch. The drive was beautiful, especially approaching the Columbia River from south-eastern WA, and also coming down into Idaho (Nampa/Boise) from SE Oregon. We finally arrived, tuckered out and hungry, at our hotel in Twin Falls at about 8.15pm. (7.15 PST). We had a wonderful late dinner at Tomato’s Italian Grill (yay pasta!). Now we are relaxing for a few hours, and hopefully we’ll have a good night’s sleep for our drive to Jackson Hole, WY tomorrow. It will be nice to spend 3 nights there before another long drive!
The car is still functioning “like a champ”, and Naya did a pretty good job today! What a trooper she is! 🙂 We had gotten a new windshield on Monday, and… (you can see where this is going) just as we were pulling into Twin Falls tonight, a car pulled in front of us and blessed us with some little rocks… we received 2 decent chips in the windshield. So that was added to our agenda for tomorrow morning. I am so thankful for a husband who is so pro-active in getting all these little things taken care of so they don’t become bigger issues later!! God blesses him with the smarts and the energy to do it.
Special note: happy birthday and welcome to another (fake) “nephew” of mine!! Eli Bradley Stebbins was born today, to my best girl friend Alanna and her husband Brad. Congratulations!! So that was a very, very positive note to my day! (that and the fact that Naya’s dinner only cost $2.95…ahhh, now see, there comes my random humor!)
Thank you for leaving your comments! We read them ALL, and it makes us feel very loved!! We love you all! Keep the comments and emails coming! 🙂 Keep in touch.
Noe, Lisa, Adannaya, and “Little Two”
ps— for the proud grandparents: Naya can pretty much sing the ENTIRE alphabet song now! amazing…
Hope to hear from our travelers soon–greet Doug and Mandy from us. 🙂
Dad and Mom
As I told Noe on the phone last night–the voice message Naya left here yesterday was amazing. Yes–it will be saved until you hear it December! (sorry) She honestly sounds like she is 5 years older than when you left–was it only 4 days ago? DO have her call again!! Maybe she will sing the whole ABC song for us??? How is she doing with "Buckle Up?" or "Watch them, catch them, 'underwears'"
Lisa–I tried to reach you by phone when I was right "under" the Blue Angels by Swedish Hospital yesterday–no luck. Was going to let you listen to them, roar over. By the time the call went to your voice mail, they were gone. 🙁
Four years ago when Noe asked for our blessing to marry Lisa, Steve asked him to give his testimony. Included in the wonderful story of his coming to Christ was his commitment to take care of Lisa as a man of God should. The Bible does not mention cars issues, but Steve and I continue to be impressed, as Lisa is, too, with his wisdom, energy and commitment to be as sure as a man can be that he is taking care of his family. We continue to pray for your safety, joy in travels, and growth in the Lord as you share devotions together, listen to Christian radio–CD's etc.
Wyoming here you come!
love,
Mom/Mom2/Grandma
Sounds like you're experiencing a little bit of it all! But i am so happy to hear things are going somewhat smoothly. At least you have the resources to get things fixed! Speaking of rock chips… our windshield has taken a beating over the past year from all the road trips it's been on! I'm sure there are over 20 chips in it! But we have had them all filled. Just add's a bit of character to it 🙂 So then you can point and say, " hey, remember that one time we were behind that walmart semi truck…" lol
Miss you all! God bless and take care!