UPDATE!

Well it has been quite some time since I wrote on this blog.
We have been very busy and I know that is no excuse.
We went to Oklahoma the first of August for a week. At the beginning of the trip-3 hours in--outside Monroe, LA--my van decided that something was wrong and slowed down to 40mph. I started freaking out and we just stayed on the trail to pick up Robert. My van started acting a bit better so I was just going slow and easy with the poor thing. We get to Robert's rig and pick him up, use the restroom, let the dog out for a stretch--YES!!! the poor van was loaded down with people and animals. The van had the big grey thing on the top to hold luggage--me, my sister, Bella, Mallorie and Buddie--the coon dog in a carrier. There was no room for anything else. Robert gets in and going to be big macho man and fix my car(note-Robert is not mechanically inclined) push on the gas and the car just bogged down and went to squealing--and so did I. I made him get in the passenger seat and he stayed there the rest of the way--I cried the rest of the way--it was a great trip!!!
We did have a little family reunion--I will post pics later. My dad looked at my van there and put all kinds of stuff in it so we made it back. I still need to get it to the shop.
We have a lot to do and not enough time to do it! This is an update for now-I will add pics later! Bella did get to go with us and had a great time. My family in Oklahoma had never seen her or Mallorie before-it was fun to take them there.