Focht Family Blog

After leaving Savannah we made it to Greenville, SC the first night. Traffic was horrible. If we had remembered what day it was we would have waited until Monday to leave. We chose Greenville because we watched the TLC show Six For The Road and the family from the show were working a tree stand there. We were curious to see if they were anything like the show portrayed them. After meeting them we are very glad that we did not choose to do the show ourselves since at one time we were thinking about it. We quickly realized that TV chooses to edit how they want to. The website for the Evans family is www.ourloudfamily.com

They were a wonderful, friendly family. The show is now being shown on Discovery Health on December 3 & 10 at 8:00 & 8:30. I belong to a yahoo group called Families on the Road and I knew of their family from there. While we were there another family from the FOTR group showed up. Their bus was having problems so we were able to meet two other families that travel fulltime. After socializing for a bit in the morning we headed off again. I was in bed most of the day with a head cold so I couldn’t drive at all and Nathan had to get some work done so we stopped for the night at dinner time in Kentucky. We managed to make it to Nappanee by early afternoon on Tuesday.

Today we left Statesboro at around 9:30 this morning. We drove the train to church and then met our friends, Becky and Roger McCoy for lunch. We met Becky and Roger 7 years ago when we moved in across their backyard. Becky brought cookies over and then introduced me to MOPS. We have been friends ever since. I only wish we could get together with them more often because they are a great couple. Here is a picture of Roger and Becky and also one with their children, Madison and Garrett.

We are back on the road and headed north. We are planning on stopping at Greenville, SC tonight. We are hoping to meet the family that travels on the road that is on TLC’s Six for the Road. They are running a Christmas tree stand just south of Greenville.

Since we will not be in Georgia for Christmas, we went to Nathan’s parents house for Thanksgiving which ended up also being Christmas for the kids. Here are some pictures of the kids opening their gifts from Grandma and Poppa….

Everyone had a wonderful day full of good food and family.

I went back to the endocrinologist on Wednesday. My thyroid levels are where they should be so I can stay on the level of medicine that I am at. My parathyroid is back to normal as well as my vocal chord. I get to cut my calcium in half and stay at that level. The only problem I still had was my Vitamin D level is low so I have to go on high dose therapy for 6 weeks and have my level rechecked. I don’t have to go see her again until March. :)

Monday my mom made the decision to put down her dog, Punch. Punch had a tumor that started out small on her shoulder and it grew quickly to a size that it was affecting her walking. We were having to lift her in and out when she had to get in the RV and a few times when she was getting in to the camper. She was also dropping weight although she was eating. It was time, but it is never easy. Rest in Peace, sweet Punch. :(