Bon Voyage Party= SUCCESS!

     Our Bon Voyage Party was a BLAST! Our friends, and Framily were there in force! It was an amazing reminder of just how fortunate we are to have a loving and supportive community to come home to next year. Everyone has been so supportive during the whole process, we are truly blessed. We put the big map up on the side of the rig and everyone circled all the places we should go.

   And then we left a book out for suggestions and addresses so we can start sending out postcards a couple times a month. People came out and walked through the "house" and it seemed to ease any fears anyone had about us living on top of each other, ultimately creating a situation in which one or all of us snap simultaneously! (There were lots of comments too about the brillance of my demands that we had a SOLID door between ourselves and the kids!)
     People brought foods from their native areas which was really fun, and educational! Our friend Amy and Ben brought Moose Drool and Keystone from Missoula! We are both from there and both ended up at Meadow View, small world! It was Fab!
   

     Nikki brought her New Orleans red beans and rice and King's Cake for us to make! Jane and Terry brought Mosticelli, Carol brought the fixings for Chicago style hot dogs and the Chavira clan introduced us to a new dinner I can see us eating on the road all the time, "Taco's in a bag!"

      There was tons more. Sadly, shortly after that, Andrea brought a few bottles of her homemade wine, which is to DIE FOR and I have forgotten the food beyond that! We are still translating the map and all the great ideas into our itinerary but I'll post the first four weeks here by the end of today. It was a wonderful send off, we truly felt loved. I know many of you drove a long way to see us, took time out of your busy lives just to pop by, it meant the world. I wish there had been five of me so that I could give everyone the time they deserved. And, to the person who left the lovely guardian angel pin for us by our bed, it is a reminder each morning when I open my eyes to be thankful for all we have and live in gratitude. Thank you, to all of you. We love you and feel so supported. Can't wait to come home to you all.