the life of a roadie..

wait.. does that even work? what exactly is a roadie? an obsessed fan of a famous band? i dont know... but in our case roadie means ones who lives on the road. literally. out of our car. and its thrilling.

the pictures then the scoop.

of course we celebrated mardi gras while we were in sacramento. sam is a true blue Louisianan

sams grandma was so happy and beautiful on her birthday. it was wonderful spending time with all of the family! sam has some incredible uncles.

we thought they looked russian!

cousins and uncles. of course not everyone was able to come though.

such a beautiful place to visit.

rob and britney aaron and lindsey this one is for you! after hauling it to sacramento we decided it was no longer traveling with us.. it now resides in preston.

i told you my new hat was cute. got it at an antique store. lovely.

this little beauty is our current home. jenny and nicholas live in a small cottage, so this is our guest suite. its actually really nice inside and we get to have our own little villa! fantastico!

building a hen house for jennys new chickens!

lots of hiking! what a beautiful place. it really makes me want to rock climb. some of the best rock climbing in america! people from all over come to do it.

oh my heck i love this one. he is actually really high up. and this wind mill is really old. i was nervous!

a recent fire came through the park

sams brother in law is building a house right now. sam decided to help out a little bit.

im missing a lot of pictures but i thought id give you a little taste of what we have been up to.

we are honestly having a wonderful time. we are feeling as relaxed as i think we could ever be. the past week we have spent in joshua tree with jenny and nicholas. i dont know what it is about the desert, but it sure is refreshing. the atmosphere is calm, the people are all wacky, therefore very open to anything and anyone :) its great. nature is everywhere we look. and jenny and nicholas have treated us like royalty. warm cooked meals every night and most mornings, an awesome and needed massage from my sister in law who might i say is an incredible massage therapist. and as many hikes as we could as for.

all the hiking is right up sams territory. and im happy to join him. really, its right up my territory too. as long as we can stop at all the small shops along the way! :)

currently (for the weekend) we are in arizona. sam has training meetings for work, so we just added it to the map.

after this we dont know. we will go back to joshua tree and then probably head to mexico with jenny and nicholas.

march 16th we will be back in pocatello to visit the little beauty stella. taryn and ryan decided to fly home for her blessing so that we ALL could attend. i cant wait!

after that its back on the road until the end of april.

we are officially unofficially going to dc again for the whole summer sales thing. we are excited for another summer and another experience. if anyone wants to come visit. START PLANNIng.... all you would have to pay for is a plane ticket.. seriously.. stay at our house=free, food= you might die of starvation but ill do the cooking (free), museums, memorials, practically everything= free... come on you know you want to.

dad had surgery again on tuesday. thats two in less than a week. everything turned out well. thanks for your prayers. i know they were answered.

have i mentioned what incredible parents i have. a dad who is so strong and determined and positive and a mom who sacrifices so much no matter how exhausted she is. i dont know how i got so lucky to deserve such saints. i love you mom and dad.

all is well.

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