The end is near

Day 14:
Full disclosure here: we didn't actually spend Fri night in the RV. In that case I feel a little guilty about writing this post. I mean I don't want to mislead any of the 3 of you that read this. This blog was set up and intended to capture the adventure of two parents, 3 young kids and 2 dogs in a 22x7 recreation vehicle - Friday night was not that. Due to the generosity of some of our best friends, we had great accommodations. The rooms were clean, the food was excellent, the flat screen TV's were everywhere! And after 13 nights in our mobile mansion the Hall House B&B was just what the doctor ordered. (Although the one shower robe was a little short). Of course, if you were picturing us off in the lap of luxury - while not completely that far off - you should also know that in return for our lodging we took in 3 additional kids all under 7.

In as serious as I can be, I want to express our gratitude to Aaron and Cathy. We were just coming off the coldest night of the year and their warm home and comfy couches were very much appreciated! (The lasagna they left in the oven for us was just icing on the cake!)

If that wasn't enough we also got some very good news. However, I guess it's not all good news. The blog will come to an end sooner than expected (bad news), and the good folks of the Texan RV Ranch will miss all the free advertising that I give them here on my blog space (bad news), but the Thompson's will be moving into their own home (sans wheels and everything)! We got word late Fri that not only is everything ready to roll with the purchase of our new house, it is ready ahead of schedule and we'll be closing (cross fingers) next Fri!!

Until then however we have lots to cover!!

Day 15:
Saturday morning soccer games, then back to back to back to back eye appointments kept us away from the portable palace most of the morning through afternoon. While Adam and I headed to his end of year soccer party, Brandi and the girls went back to the ranch to clean up the RV (which takes literally 4 minutes) and get some rest, Adam and I headed to Spring Creek for the big trophy ceremony, which turned out to be a huge score as all the players got to eat for FREE!! (Thanks Coach Mark for a great season!)

After the party was over, we met up with the girls to pick out paint colors for the new house. Unfortunately, I had trouble focusing on the paint colors. Thanks to a text by Chris Johnson earlier in the day the rest of my afternoon was pretty much shot, as all I could think of was the yummy deliciousness that was going to be Mooyah burger for dinner. As if one free meal for Adam wasn't enough for the day, the folks at Mooyah burger fed our family free meals just for dining in their restaurant during their pre-grand opening dress rehearsal. I may not get too excited for a lot of things. . . .like picking out paint colors, or tiles, or hardwood flooring, or halloween dress up parties, but if you want to get me excited share FREE FOOD with me!! (It's terrible that just by typing that last paragraph my mouth started watering again as it remembered the goodness of my thick juicy burger with all the fixings)

We wrapped up a beautiful Saturday night (and not just because of full bellies of freebies) with some cornhole and our first visitors to the ranch. I'm going to go ahead and pretend that Chris and Kayla came all the way down here just to visit with us, or maybe it was for the free cornhole lessons Brandi and I gave them. It's great though, that no matter how small our confines, Brandi still got excited to entertain! Thanks guys for visiting and hanging out with us!

Day 16
Another Sunday morning, typical of past Sundays the day goes pretty fast. Except when the day is an hour longer and it gets darker an hour shorter! We were outside as long as possible tonight trying to soak up ever minute of daylight and trying not to think about the fact that it's likely that by the time I come out of my office tomorrow it will already be dark!

A really nice day outside has turned into a nice night for our family inside. I'm so thankful for everything that we have and thankful for our kids who have made the last couple weeks fun and not complained at all about our circumstances here (can't be said for either of their parents!) But we are even more thankful for the fact that God has put us here for a reason and has taught us a lot about ourselves and our family.

Good night all - happy Monday. . .