Well, we finally made it here. We started driving last Saturday morning at about 5 am, and made it to our new place around 11 pm. It was quite an experience with 5 little ones in the cars with us (Damon plus Mark and Julie's four kids), but we made it! We are so so grateful to Mark and Julie and their family for all they did to get us moved here and into our new place. What amazing family we have, thank you to everyone else who helped as well! The hardest thing about moving is being away from you all. Just remember if you are dying for a vacation we are only 12 hours away,...we have all the corn, beef, and antique stores you could dream of! :)
The trailer, all packed and ready to go. The boys (Burt, my Dad, Kyle, and Bruce) packed it once when we were moving out of the apartment, but Angela, Evonne, and Kyle helped re-pack everything so the weight was equally distributed and so nothing would get banged up.
I think this was in Wyoming. There were so many wind farms it was crazy!
We made it,...almost. Lincoln is at the far east side of the state so we still had quite a few hours to go.
Once we made it here, Mark and Julie decided to stay for a few days before going to South Dakota to see Mt Rushmore. Mark served his mission in Nebraska so it was fun to visit places he remembered. We went to the Omaha Zoo which is about an hour from Lincoln. It was amazing! The environments for the animals were beautiful.
Damon and Maddie in the wagon
Carson and Damon on the elephant
Hunter and the lizard
A fun monkey habitat in the middle of the water with fish
Johnson family with an elephant
They had a cool building where you could go in and see the butterflies flying around. This one was huge, and so beautiful!
This was definitely the coolest place for me in the whole zoo. You can't see what is behind us very well because it was so dark, but we were in a hallway where all around you is glass and you can see into the tank. It is on both sides and goes up above your head. Sharks, fish, and sting rays filled the tank and swam around, above,...everywhere! It was seriously crazy. Such a fun exhibit.
One of the tanks in another part of the building
The jellyfish tank
On another day that they were here, we went to Winter Quarters to see the church sites there and the temple. In the Trail Center they taught about the pioneers and temples. They even had you dress up in pioneer clothes and pull a handcart.
Across the street from the Visitor center there is a cemetery and next door is the temple.
It is so beautiful sitting on the hill
Those stained glass windows behind us were stunning!
We then drove to Kanesville and saw a few more sites there. It is always so fun for us to visit these places and remember what sacrifices our ancestors made.
Most of the other married student housing complexes on our street resemble ours. Colonial style, red brick townhouses.
The front room
Dining area
Kitchen
Basement/Storage
Bathroom
As you can probably guess, Damon's room
This picture is one that Kyle got on his mission in Hong Kong. It is such a beautiful water-color-type painting with very vibrant colors. After we had done Da's room, we were so excited to see that it matched those colors perfectly!
Our room
Reading space
Office space
And our not quite organized but super excited for walk in closet! Wahoo!!
