Luvin' the bunkhouse!

We have been in our new bunkhouse for about a month. We love it! It absolutely has some quirks, but still amazing! I will post the good, bad and the ugly asap!

Movin on up!!

Tonight is the LAST night to make the table into a bed! That's right! We pick up our brand new bunkhouse in the morning! It is a 2012 Keystone Laredo! It features an amazing bunkhouse with a slide out wardrobe, and TONS of storage both inside and out.  It has the glacier package and did I mention a bunkhouse?!?  There are many other awesome features, but I am still stuck on the bunkhouse and storage, LOL!  We hope this turns out to be an amazing TT, and look forward to giving honest feedback on its performance! I will post pics asap!  Woo hooooo!!! mama is happy!

MEG'S TREE!

Megan's girl scout troop took the girls to Dewberry Farms and each girl got to cut down there own Christmas tree. Meg was instructed to pick out the smallest tree.. Well, bcuz of the Texas drought they were keeping their small trees for next year. So, Meg came home with a crooked 4' tree! We set it up outside of our camper and it turned out beautiful!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

This is our cute little Christmas tree in the camper!

I finally figured out how to hang the stockings, lol! Removable Command hooks on the ceiling! Worked great!

The kids did not seem to mind Christmas in small spaces... We had Christmas right here in our tiny camper. 8, yes 8 people! We picked up the paper as we went and discouraged opening any packages with small pieces until the final clean-up was complete!



CHRISTMAS!

So... Christmas in a camper is definitely a challenge! Where to put the tree, how many decorations to put up, where to hide the presents...and how to keep a very curious toddler out of it all. The other challenge that has come up, is having overnight guests (i.e. sleepovers). With a 9yr old girl, sleepovers are very important (especially when in town). We have found some solutions, such as having day "outings", or borrowing gramma's place, but not the same. Once we have a bunkhouse, it will be alot easier to have guests! I have to admit that I dream about the bunkhouse almost daily! But we are still pretty happy and look forward to hopefully being on the road again soon!

Ready to go again

So we are "stuck" here in our hometown til January. I agreed to stay on at my job for a while longer to help them out. Not sure if they really appreciate that or not. The fam is happy that we are here for the holidays, and I get to see my new niece (she is making her debut TODAY)! So those are good things. I can't wait until we are at the point where we will have a little more freedom. But until then I will be grateful that I have a job that allows me to travel!!

update

Things that I have learned in the last 6 months:

1. Blogging is not my strong suit.
2. You can accumulate ALOT of stuff in only 3 months!!
3. Geocaching in the Sierra-Nevada mountains is very very cool.
4. Lake Tahoe is amazing!
5. People you really love can really hurt your feelings.
6. You can still love people who hurt your feelings :)
7. Downsizing does (eventually) get easier.
8. Living in a camper is awesome!
9. Living in a camper is not always awesome, lol!
10. A family of 4 does not need 12 bath towels.
11. I really, really want a travel trailer with a bunkhouse.
12. Potty training is going to be a challenge in a camper on the road.
13. The family really does get "closer" in smaller spaces!

Things I expect to learn in the next few months:

1. OTR potty training techniques.
2. Creative Christmas tree solutions.
3. Just how "child friendly" the RV park REALLY is.
4. Which friends & family actually read our Christmas lists. heehee!

I am sure there will be more to add to the lists...