We're here!

Well we have officially made it to Texas!! The first part of our trip went very smoothly as we drove from Newburgh to Little Rock, Arkansas (About 7 hours).  For those that are familiar with this part of Arkansas, they have the craziest on and off ramps. You have to cross oncoming traffic when exiting or merging onto the interstate.  You feel like you're driving the wrong direction at first!  Arkansas has some of the biggest churches we have ever seen. No wonder the area is often referred to as the "Bible Belt."  People in the south love them some Jesus!  


Today's drive from Little Rock to Dallas (5 hours) was pretty boring. It's a straight shot (over 300 miles) on I-30. One thing we confirmed on our way down here is that it's true; everything is BIGGER in TEXAS!  From high school football fields (bigger than Evansville's Arena) and 100 foot buffet lines, bigger is apparently better!


We arrived at our hotel and so far have been very happy with what we've seen. Every restaurant and shopping center you could ever want. Not too mention the Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Texas Rangers Field, and Six Flags are all about 10 minutes from our hotel. So far, I (Amanda) was so excited to go to the Container store. It's an organizer's dream! They also have a movie theaters where you can eat and watch a movie at the same time. We're not talking popcorn and candy, they have full-service bar/menu that you order before the movie and your food arrives right before the movie starts! We hope to try this sometime later this week.


Well, as you can imagine, we're exhausted, but thankful to be here and we're missing our pups terribly. Tomorrow is a full day of house hunting. Hopefully, we find something we like (granted our house still needs to sell!). On a side note, we have had one unsuccessful showing of our house, where the buyers showed up at the wrong time (when we were home) with their relator's assistant (child in tow) and one successful viewing. We don't think the second family that looked at our house is really interested, but we're happy that the showing worked out and that we received some feedback.


Thank you to everyone for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers during our relocation process. We greatly appreciate it.


David & Amanda