Its the wknd:)

And we are done work for another week. A whole wknd off to spend time with my little family. Last night was another long one. I worked all night but felt horrible. Sore throat and tired so as soon as I get an hour or 2 of sleep I should feel better. We are on the way home from work.
    Hope to go do some sightseeing sat to a state park with josh and carolynn. Its been a long time since we did anything fun.
   We are at a nice little Rv park that actually has green grass and kids love it. This is in front of our motor home.
    Ariana slept absolutely horrible the whole time we were home and was very shy around others and screamed any time she got taken away from mommy but now she is back to her happy self and let's other people hold her and she started sleeping all night as soon as we were back in the camper. Guess she knows she's back home lol.

Getting back on schedule

Been awhile since I've been on here. We were home in Indiana for 2 weeks. Flew home and then drove the motor home back out here to phoenix az last week.
   We left Fri am and drove to Dallas tx to pick up my cousin Carolyn and her husband who will be working with us.
    Sat ( our 6 th anniversary ) spent travelling to elpaso tx  where the rest of the campers were parked at. Austin got very sick with the same bug arianna  is getting over. Stomach flu , diariah and high fever for a few days..thank goodness we were in a motor home with functional bathroom and couch for him to lay on as we drove. We transfered all our stuff from our camper that we had been living in to the motor home we will be using from now on. So much stuff even in a camper.
    We started work Monday April 21 in phoenix az.   Training josh our new guy. He is going excellent and is learning fast and doing a great job.
   I have been going every night to help as its always tough starting out. Some nights I stay all night . Other nights I stay till midnight and then go back. Carolynn is my wonderful babysitter. My children enjoy playing with her 5 year old girl.
   
Well I'm here at the job waiting for them to close so we can bring in our tools and open up our boxes and boxes of new equipment.
      God bless you all.
  
  

Ruben friesen

Some of you have been asking me how to send mail etc to my brother Ruben.   He is in Seattle Washington. I have his adresss and info on my adjoining blog. Named Ruben friesen.

El paso

I did find a few spots in this park to snap some photos. We are wrapping up our stay here. I am packing today and we fly home to indiana tomorrow aft and we have 2 weeks off. I will be going home to ontario canada for 5 days with ariana to see my family over the 12  th wknd.
       This is a bare campground but the chldren have enjoyed playing in the sand, there is a playground with swings and lots of sand to the rightof the camper on the one photo.
   these are her ten month photos. Sheis wearing a dress my mom made for me and that I wore when I was a baby. Too precious!!  Ariana kept loking for austin on the photos so I got a good one of her straining to see her faourite playmate. We have went for lots of walks too.
     Finally got my taxes wrapped up . Its hard to do them when you dont have all the papers and info on hand. I was balancing my checkbook from a year ago. Thats how behind I was.
    Well gotta run and get started as my day will be too short. We are parking the campers and trailors here at the storage area behind this rv park.

Good morning

Its a sunny Sunday morning here in el paso Texas. Everyone else is still sleeping so I have some alone time right now . I should prob be getting ready for church but I've still got enough time I think.
   Austin had a rough night , up a few times sobbing and complaining that he hurts. I think it must have been growing pains cause he kept pulling up his legs. he never wakes up During the night.  Ariana on the other hand likely would have almost slept straight through had it not been for him waking her up. But all in all God is good and like someone once wrote its not about how many hrs of sleep you get as a mom its about being joyful regardless and being thankful for the rest you did get.
     I thought las Cruces (40 minutes north from here )was bad but can I say this is just barren dry and dusty. As were driving along the freeway we seen into mexico and seen their flag waving. We picked the best Rv  park in this town it is fenced and gated and they have a security guard at the gate all night so we feel safe here but this park is nothing fancy. Laundry room smells like wet dog and not a speck of greenery in the park. One of my least favourite towns we've stayed in so far.
   They seem to have pretty high up shopping plaza. s here though shopping isn't my most fav thing to do.
    We are here till April 2 or so. Then we head home and come back april16 the ish to Tuscan az.
I will be going home to Canada for 5 days over the April 12th wknd with Ariana. A cousin is getting married and its my only chance to see my family for a little while. I am taking the bus. So the time at home will fly by.
Looking forward to cleaning up my flowerbeds and doing a little sewing for Ariana. I have so many ideas for dresses for her I caint wait to try.
    It gets flat out hot here some days . But hey heat is way better than ice and snow . I take the children out every morning to play in the playground before it gets too warm. Ariana loves to play in the sand though its about all I can do to see her getting her hands in the sand. I am normally very lenient in what they play with and i let them explore but I just hate sandy grimyness.
   I taught her how to drink from a straw and she drinks from a sippy cup by herself. She is grow in up. She loves to go get Austin up. Normally she's up before him and if I say let's go get Austin she starts waving her hands and leaning and looking in the direction of the back bedroom and gets all the more excited as I start heading that way. And if I ask her where's daddy she leans forward to try to look into our bedroom where he normally sleeps during the day.
    And she puts her hand up and waves hi and also shakes her head no. She still loves her food. If anyone is eating or drinking anything she starts grunting and carrying on like she's dying of hunger. I've fed her avocado , oranges , rice with hot nacho sauce and she never flinched. The only thing she wasn't sure about at first was mashed potatoes. But she does eat them now.
  

Another day march 19

Well our day is looking like a greatday today. Ariana slept for a 7 hr stretch last night without wakin up ( that is amazing for her right now, maybe these teeth are finally easing off) and austin has stayed dry ever since he got up ! 
    We spent some time outside again this am while they were both up.   Pictures,,, note the haze , that is one giant dust cloud. Caint even see the mountains and its only getting worse. This was taken at noon the exact same spot as I took the other day. 
  Children once again enjoyed the playground.
Austin feeding his pony some rocks.
Thanks to jan swartz for ariana,s outfit. I love the jean jacket.

Las cruces new mexico

From our am extursion in the rv park here. The view from our rv park here, what miss ariana feels like today ( shes tetthing again.), austin sporting my hat, he called it his doctor hat:) . And the playground that he could hardly wait to eat breakfast before he could go play on it.
    She is taking a nap and austin is watching tv and im gonna not make any noise so she can get a good nap. Picking up the camper and dishes will just have to wait till she gets up.
    Our equipent for tonight is still not at the warehouse so heres hoping it gets here on time. Derek has to go get it today, our crews are split apart for a few days so he has  to run get equipment and haul scrap during the day plus sleep.  Marlin is joining us tomorrow and brians are going home. From tomorrow on we are down to one crew with the other 2 guys doing the installs and derek doing the day running and helping out on the busy nights.   We are going home to indiana for 1 and half weeks beginning of april. Tentative dates are april 7 to 16th.

   This is our break.then were at again till next spring. At one time we were so frustrated with the company we work for it crossed our minds to quit here the beginning of april but we decided to keep going. We still enjoy travelling and the work . They were not sending us the right equipment , missing equipment and so we spent a lot of time fabricating stainless steelparts and having to go back to jobs . But hopefully  they will do better with supplying us with everything we need from here on out.