Here is my attempt number 3,000 at staring and keeping a blog up to date so we will see how this goes. I always love reading other's blogs, and always have a vision to have my own awesome blog, it just seems so dang hard to keep up, so we will see how this goes.
A little back story on us is we are high school sweet hearts, traveling 1500 miles from home, living in a 39ft fith wheel, raising our family, and traveling through this so called life. My Husband(Levi) and I got married in August 2010(p.s. our anniversary is comeing up) and hit the road shortly after. Our travel's started with two furry kids and took us all over the Midwest while Levi was trying to find work. We traveled to California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico signing the books as we went. When that adventure got us nowhere in the world of work for Levi, we went back home to Washington to work on my family farm in hopes that a job opportunity would pop up sometime. Only a few short months later we found out we were expecting out little Knox! Shortly after this Levi got a phone call on a Thursday explaining that he had a job and he was to be at work on Monday! I tried doing the math, but that was 3 short days to move our whole lives 1500 miles away to somewhere most have never thought to think of... IOWA!
And so here we are somewhere around 2.5 years later with a 20 month old(Knox) and another baby on the way! These last 3 years have been nothing but a crazy adventure. We have physically lived in 4 different states, Iowa, South Dakota, Illinois, and Minnesota. Iowa has been the primary state Levi has worked in the most and I think I have lost track of all of the different towns we have stayed in, but we have finally began to call it home! We have met some awesome people on our travels and seen some amazing country.
Currently we are in Altoona, IA where we just got the trailer set up yesterday hoping to be here throughout the winter. This is only one of very few RV parks in Iowa that are open year round so we are really hoping to be able to stay here through the winter in hopes that Levi doesn't get a job move. After all we never really know what tomorrow holds!
Levi is currently a 5th step apprentice meaning he has only 2 more steps to go before he becomes a Journeyman Lineman. Yay! At this point we aren't sure how much longer this may take, it all depends how fast he is able to get all of his hot time (working with powerlines energized, yes kind of a scary thought) but we are shooting for another year or two. After he Journey's out our future is up in the air. We may stay in or around Iowa for a while as there is a ton of work here, or we may start tramping around visiting California, Oregon, maybe back home to Washington, or even to Hawaii for a few years. The future is totally up in the air and we will worry about that when it get's here. For now we go where we are sent and where the work is at that moment.
As far as the rest of life goes living in a trailer with a 20 month old is quite interesting. We spend a lot of time outside talking and meeting with neighbors and exploring what we can around the various of places we stay. Knox is quite the social butterfly so I can always count on him meeting someone new each day. I have yet to come to terms how it will be with 2 little's under two in a 5th wheel(in the middle of winter) but hopefully that transition will be easy when it gets here.
A little about myself would be that I was once a CNA (certified nursing assistant) with aspirations to become a CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife) who became a stay at home Mom when we hit the road. At this point I am focused on raising and growing our family while we travel. But someday I will hit the books again and get my Midwife degree that I have always dreamt of getting. I enjoy my hobby photography on the side, and often get my sewing machine out to keep busy when boredom hits. Who am I kidding though, between raising kids, cooking, cleaning, and maintaining a household free time is seldom spoken of :)
I am sure my little's nap is going to end shortly so that is all for now. I hope you enjoy our travels as I update with our gypsy life and completely random thoughts as we go through each day. Good bye for now!
This is what my Husband does! Climbing poles for a living :) 
Here is our new spot for our 5th wheel. Never a picture in Iowa without a corn field in the background!
Here is our current set up. Yes, we call it home! 
Our family who will soon add another to the picture. 
Knox at 16 months
Thanks for reading and I will be back with more shortly :)
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