Moving Days

You always hope for the best when making a long trip. Unfortunately we had a few "bumps" along the way.
Day 1
On moving morning, everything went fine in Grinnell. The closing on the house was pretty quick and by 9am we were on the road. I drove the Highlander, Dave drove a truck, and Dave's dad drove another truck and pulled Dave's pickup. After driving for 45 minutes, the check engine light came on in the truck Dave was driving. Luckily we were close to Des Moines and the Penske truck place, so we detoured. After waiting an hour for the truck to be fixed, we were back on the road. We cruised along about 70 mph, max speed on the trucks and stopped for lunch. After lunch and back on the road, Ella threw up her lunch. So, I stopped and the trucks continued on. I cleaned up Ella and fed Ty and 30 minutes later I was on the road and trying to catch up with the trucks. As soon as I got close to catching up, Ty needed to eat and have a diaper change. Also, around 6 pm, Ty was done being in the car and cried until 10pm when we finally stopped in Chyenne, Wyoming for the night. What a long day!

Day 2
So, we headed out around 8:30 am. I was determined not to have to play catch-up and since I knew I would have to be stopping to feed and change Ty, I just took off on my own. About 45 minutes after leaving, my change engine oil now message came on. Since it usually just says change engine oil soon, I was a little worried. I didn't want to burn up my engine, so I thought maybe I needed to add a little oil or something. The first exit with a gas station put me into Laramie, Wy. I had talked to Dave about waiting for him at the gas station, but there wasn't room for the big trucks. So on I went, when I came across a Toyota Dealership. I pulled in and found a very nice sales guy. He looked at mychange oil message, checked my oil level, went with me next door to the gas station, told me what oil to buy, and put it in my car. He didn't charge me anything. He just told me to get a oil change as soon as I got to Utah. Well, back on the road I went, just as Dave was passing me. The rest of the trip was thankfully uneventful. We got to our parents houses around 5 pm. So glad that long trip is over. Now, I just have to wash Ella's carseat.

Bye, Bye Grinnell, Jewel of the Prairie

Grinnell, Iowa has the nickname of Jewel of the Prairie. Now that we are moving away, it will always hold a special place in our hearts. Some of my favorite memories include: watching the combine harvest the corn, driving around downtown, watching the kids play at Merrill park, and being with the wonderful friends that we met there. We will really miss our friends!




We loved our Iowa house! It was fun to play outside and in the basement with the kids. We loved having our first garden and eating our own potatoes, green beans, peas, carrots, and spinach.







We loved having guests come and stay with us and having people over for parties or just to visit for a few minutes.

Ty is 5 1/2 weeks

Ty at 5 1/2 weeks. He is such a mellow baby. What a wonderful addition to our family!

Summer Popsicles

Don't you just love the first warm day and the first popsicle of the summer.


Dave, Jeffrey, and Ella taking a moment to enjoy the sun.





Yummy!

We love baby!

Three cute kids. Jeffrey and Ella have been great with Ty.







Jeffrey loves to hold the baby.










Ella likes to tell us how "Ty likes me."

A Killer Time

We must be a little obsessed. Jeffrey has pretty much every word of the Killers' Day and Age album memorized, but this one is his tune of choice. He knows its called "Spaceman." Ella calls it the "Oh, oh, oh, oh" song.

Ty at 2 weeks and 6 days

So, I wanted to experiment with our camera, so I took some pictures of Ty.














He is such a sweet boy. He sleeps pretty well and eats great!







Help Mom, I'm falling!