Adventures in Moving Part 2

The Day Our Stuff Came

After the cross country adventure we were so glad to be home.  However, the adventure was not over!  As it was Christmas Eve, we were expected in Salt Lake for Todd's mom's celebration.  Everyone was so excited to see the family and celebrate the holiday.  We began getting everyone showered and into clean clothes.  We were all still in the clothes we had worn the day before and slept in!  Yuck!  Of course, it began to snow and snow hard.  We really wanted to go and see the family but the roads were getting worse and worse and we really didn't want to risk driving over the mountain.  We made the decision to stay put for the night.  Shoot!

We put up the Christmas tree and enjoyed our traditional sloppy joe by candle light meal.  This tradition was started by Gretchen's family while she was growing up.  Crazy tradition but really fun!  We actually found some candles in the basement that we had used for the family reunion earlier in the summer!

After the good meal the kids opened their new jammies.

Then off to bed for the night.  The girls had beds in their room that were left over in the house.  Ethan had to sleep on the floor in his room.  It was really cold but the kids snuggled under as many blankets as we could find.  

Santa found us that night and we had a fun morning.  We were able to make it down to Salt Lake on Christmas day and see some of the family.

The moving truck with our stuff came a few days later.  We were so glad to see our stuff but what a crazy day of unloading!!  I really had NO IDEA how crazy it would be!

Todd was really glad to see his truck.  I know, funny that a truck carried his truck across the country!

Can you see Todd's truck on the truck?

Our home in Nebraska was a 5 bedroom with tons of closets and storage.  Our new house in Utah is only a 3 bedroom with NO STORAGE!  The bedrooms have no closets.  Really, no kidding!  The movers stacked  boxes from floor to ceiling, filled the carport, and quickly ran out of places to put things!

Here's the baby's room.  Um, I don't think that looks like a very safe place to sleep!!  Don't worry, we moved some things before we put him to bed!

The kids were real troopers through it all.  When it was time for lunch we had nowhere to sit so the youngest daughter wiggled her way into the high chair.

The baby decided it was more fun to sit in the high chair backwards!

Notice he's still in his jammies at lunch time!

Nap time was right around the corner and he actually slept through it all!  Can you find the baby in this picture?

Even the dog was having a stressful day and decided to take a snooze!  Doesn't he look comfy!?

What an adventure!  In the end, we made it!  What's an adventure without a few bumps along the way, right?!