Moving Week

Our make-shift dining table---it worked and Micali was more pleased with that then putting her plate just on the floor.

Eli napping in our room. He finally fell asleep with help from the ipad. Poor sick baby.

Campout in the living room after all the beds were loaded in the truck. Micali was trying to fake being asleep.

Eli with his last treasures he kept out for the roadtrip.

All our possessions packed tightly in a 16ft trailer. Luke has AWESOME packing skills.

Micali all ready for her LONG drive in the truck with Daddy. She was so excited to be in the big truck. We thought she might get bored without movies to watch but she did a great job entertaining herself and keeping Daddy company.

I didn’t get a picture of the PACKED van but we were pretty full too. I had Eli, Abigail and Marley to keep me company!

A picture out the back door before leaving. We sure are missing those moutains but enjoying all the trees here in MI.

What a great hubby. Washing the last of the dishes moments before pulling out. I think we actually decided to throw most of them away. Sometimes it is just easier.

---Notes from the trip---

We left Thursday morning July 28th. We actually didn’t leave until about 12:30 due to the “last few things” being A LOT more than we expected once we got it all into the same space. Our great friends the Chadwicks even came by and offered to clean for us to get us out quicker.

That night we drove until just past Denver. About 7 hours of driving in.  The kids traveled well.

The next day we went from Denver to Lincoln, NE. Not sure how many hours but we took it easier this day and stopped early to enjoy some time in the pool. We also got some Benadryl for Eli and Abigail—to help them sleep. They had terrible runny noses so it helped dry them out a little and they slept SOUNDLY. It was such a relief to a very TIRED mom and dad.

From Lincoln, NE to St. Joe, MI was a LONG day. We intended to stop around Chicago but got stopped in traffic then could find an open hotel for MILES and MILES. A good friend of Luke’s from high school was so kind to open his home to us late in the night so we didn’t have to keep driving late into the night with very grumpy little ones.

Sunday morning we got a late start and only had 3 hours left to get to Jared’s house where we unloaded the stuff into their garage.

We got settled Sunday evening and the kids were so excited to be at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. They had been asking since we left Monticello where our new home was.

They are loving it here and really adjusting well.