Movin' Out

Dec 16-18 and 28: organized, packed and cleaned our apartment

Dec 29--packed the moving van; stayed the night with Grandma and Grandpa Nufer; got LOTS of snow which made packing harder
Dec 30--left Provo; snow stopped us in Rock Springs, WY; shared a hotel with the Millars; discovered that Joshua wouldn't sleep unless little Lincoln was wailing (strange...)
Below is Joshua's little hovel. We put his pack and play back there and blocked his view from everything. We all appreciated the noisemaker that night.

Dec 31: roads opened in the morning and we left as fast as we could. Got stuck in Laramie, WY for about 2 1/2 hours--spent the time in Wal-Mart. Just as we were getting ready to stop for the night, we were informed that the roads were opened. We got out of there! We stopped just before midnight (wished each other a Happy New Year in the car) and slept for the night. We were entertained that we were in room 111 of our hotel on 1/1/11. The Millars drove until 4ish in the morning when the stopped at Camille's aunt's house in Council Bluffs, IA.

Jan 1--woke up early to drive several hours to meet up with the Millars in IA. Josh REALLY loved their dog!

Also on the 1st--made it all the way to our apartment in Chicago. Starting at 10p, Jason and Steve unloaded all of our stuff to the 3rd floor of our apartment! Go guys! They finished at about 12:15am when we toasted the New Year with sparkling cider and headed for bed.

Jan 2--Steve and I attended our new ward's sacrament meeting and were pleased with the welcome we received. The Millars headed to Camille's house in Fairborn, OH. After church, we headed out to Columbus to be with my family. We were glad to see Karl and Chrysta Richards and Mark and Ada RIchards (my mom's two youngest brothers and their families). Dad was wonderful in saving us Chinese food from their New Year celebration. He must love us!

Jan 3--spent the day with the Nufers. Got to see Ada a bunch and go bowling, eat pizza, and watch my family dote on Joshua.

Jan 4--drove to Hershey, PA while my family took care of Josh. Toured the factory and ate yummy peanut butter cookies. Camille's aunt had us over for the night. The ham dinner was perfect and we enjoyed playing Wii with the kids!

Jan 5--drove the rest of the way to Boston. Jason and Steve unloaded the Millar's things while Camille and I got permits from the traffic office. Driving there is NUTS!!!! No street signs and weird traffic rules! We had dinner with my cousin Sherie and her family and stayed there for the night.

Jan 6--Sherie escorted me and Steve around the city while the Millars got going on their new home. Enjoyed the sites!
Old North Church

Fanuil Hall with its grasshopper weather vane

The Millars joined us for lunch at the oldest restaurant in America. Definitely recommend the clam chowder!

Katherine had a lobster give her a post card. She was thrilled!

This is the site of the Boston Massacre

Steve got to ride the subway for the first time

Toured the USS Constitution--so cool!

Jan 7--drove all the way to Ohio from Boston. 12-hour-drives are SO much shorter without toddlers!
Jan 8--spent some time in the morning with my family, but spent the majority of the day with Chris and Laura Coons. They just had their baby Elizabeth and she is just beautiful--just like her siblings!

Josh didn't seem to mind staying with Grandma and Grandpa Nufer. We loved getting back to him and enjoyed watching him pull himself up to the piano to sing and play for people. We sure love him.

It seems that life is just now getting back to normal. We have settled nicely into our apartment in Chicago and we love it here! We feel so blessed to have Steve at a job that he loves and to be in an apartment where we feel safe and where we can have the Spirit to help us teach Joshua about the gospel.