Homeless

We are loving it out here in Ann Arbor!  Sometimes I still wake up and wonder where I am, but that's because living in Michigan is still so surreal.  We are slowly adjusting to the humidity.  The weather is pretty unpredictable, but when the sun does shine, it's pretty hot (in fact, as I was writing this, our day of 90 degree hot weather, just turned into a rainy night. Odd.).  Our favorite thing so far about living here is biking/driving around and finding the most beautiful houses down the prettiest back roads.  It is so green and lush here that even not in rural places, you can find some gorgeous roads and sights.  We also just found a pretty awesome nature trail a couple miles from where we live, so we now have a go to running loop.  We have our moments of missing familiar faces and places, but we really are adjusting to our new life here. All we need to do now is move into our home... That's right. We're still homeless.  We bounced around from motel, ward member's houses, and a distant friend, but as of August 31st we will be moved into our place (which is amazing, considering that we moved out on July 31st from our place in Provo).  We hope to get in and make it homey enough by the time Cory has school -in two weeks! Yikes! Can't wait to show pictures!

Adventure Is Out There

We made it!! After 3 days of driving around in a huge 22 foot long Penske truck, we are now in Michigan.  We ended up having way too much space in the truck. We overestimated our boxes, I guess.  But luckily my mom was there to help us pack it up and she, being a truck driver's daughter, suggested the best way for us to pack it up.  It was so nice to get all the help that we did.  My mom rode the bus from Salt Lake City just to get to us and help pack up.  Our friends drove from Heber and Highland to help, even though they had babies and babies on the way.  Cory's brothers and my sister made it down from Salt Lake and helped so much.  We had friends and family come from all over! It was so nice of everyone. We really felt the love, which actually made it harder for us to leave. :(  

Last night at our first home together :(

The week before we had some lovely goodbye parties with family and friends.  We couldn't have asked for more.  There was a slip-n-slide, cookies, sprinklers, pictures, and good memories.  Thank you to everyone who made it such special goodbye.  We miss everyone immensely, but we are so excited to be out here together.  We are currently in a Red Roof Inn about 20 miles east of Ann Arbor while we try to figure out our living situations.  We fit all of our stuff into a teeny tiny storage unit down the road.  It's an exciting adventure and we'll be sure to keep everyone updated.   Can't wait :)

This was a cute little diner in Nebraska and the menu said "Ham & Eggs: A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig." We liked that. :)

Our first night on the road was a camping spot in North Platte, Nebraska. 

We found the real Mater in Iowa