The Gangs all Here!

One more time, we drove from Dallas to Bivins...Crew drove the big truck, I drove our truck and everyone else would be coming to the house in the morning to unload.  We got a later start than we wanted to, we didn't get on the road until almost eight at night which meant that we wouldn't get to Bivins until around 11:00pm.  I was not looking forward to driving that late at night, but I was really not looking forward to how dark the roads would be when we got off of the highway and onto the Farm to Market Roads.  There are a lot of deer on country roads and I was afraid I might hit one.

I followed Crew in the U-Haul for the first hour of driving towards Bivins, I was tired and just wanted to make it to the house.  He had told me he was going to stop for gas and where, I had filled up the pickup truck when we went to pick up the U-Haul and decided to go on ahead of him.  He was not able to drive as fast in the fully loaded truck, so he fell behind.  I picked up speed and a while later he called me and asked where I was.  I wasn't too far ahead of him at that point.  We talked a couple more times during the drive, just to see where each other were and to make sure everything was going OK.  The further East we got, I started noticing foggy patches and it got more and more dense as I got closer to Bivins.  I slowed down to a crawl, then I called Crew to warn him about the heavy fog...thank goodness for Siri and hands free calls!  I finally got to use my "smart phone" to it's full capability on that trip.

I made it to the house about 15 minutes before Crew, I got Kensie out of the truck and went into the dark house.  It was scary entering the house without Crew, I was glad I had Kensie with me.  I felt better after I turned on lights in several rooms.  I went back out and started unloading the pickup.  Crew pulled up shortly after that and we just finished unloading the pickup, we would unload the U-Haul when the kids got there in the morning.

Mark was the first one to show up in Bivins, I think Crew and I were drinking coffee and eating cereal.  He actually got there earlier than I thought he would.  We tried to get the U-Haul in position, in front of the front door...and ended up running over a tree.  We ended up cutting the tree down because it was caught under the truck.  Mitch, Megan and Jeremy showed up soon after the truck was in position.  Once everyone got a bit settled, the fun of unloading the truck began.  I mostly directed where things went.  We had to get things in the house and the beds had to be set up so that everyone would have a place to sleep.  I think Mark had a little more to do to get the water heater on line too.

We had already moved a lot of boxes and I had unpacked a lot of stuff for the kitchen, so we could cook and had sheets and towels enough for everyone to get cleaned up.  It was good to have my kids in one place again.  It was nice seeing their smiling faces in my house, it had been a very long time since we were all together...I was going to have them for a few days at least.

Sun rise in the Piney Woods