We've Arrived

It's frickin' pathetic that it is not even ten local time and we are already bushed-- we are ready for bed-- but we wanted to share the bigger news that we are actually spending our first night in our home for the next three months here in sunny Las Vegas! We arrived about 5:00 tonight and are ready for a rest after all the packing, traveling, unpacking and trying to tame a two-year-old who has had no naps and six hours in a car over the last two days. Oh, and having some El Pollo Loco for dinner-- that is great stuff. I have to say that the chickens who end up on the grill at El Pollo Loco have sacrificed themselves for a noble cause.

We love our new place down here. It is at least twice the size of our apartment back in Provo-- two bedrooms, two baths, granite countertops, an oversize tub in the master bathroom... it's even better than we were expecting. It is also nice that I am sleeping in my summer PJs with the air conditioning turned on when it was snowing on us all the way to Beaver, UT.

Two things before I rack out for the night-- thanks to everyone who helped us get down here-- Jenny's mom came over yesterday and helped clean our apartment so that we could be ready to leave; my mom packed us goodie bags that provided most of our sustenance while traveling; Jenny's dad came over this morning and helped pack up the cars and got us on the road at least half an hour faster than we otherwise would have been. My dad just happened to be in Las Vegas today working with Anderson Dairy, so he came over and helped us get the cars unloaded. Thanks very much to all of you-- and to all of you who sincerely offered to help. I am sorry that we could not find enough work for everyone to do!

Second, I just had to share a quick picture with you before I go. The bed in Ian's room down here is one of those flippy-foldy-bed-slash-couch futon thingies, and he was really excited when I folded it down into a "big bed" for him. After calming him down enough that it seemed like he would actually go to sleep, I turned off the lights and closed the door, leaving him sprawled all over the middle of the "big bed." Fifteen minutes later when we went in to check on him, this is what we found:
I like that he is all curled up in the top-left quadrant of the bed. It's nice to know for sure that he is just fine in his little toddler bed back home!


P.S. I know that we have been terrible about updating the blog lately. We have a ton of pictures that we need to upload and describe-- we're hoping that now that we have finals and the move behind us that we will be able to get caught up soon. Stay tuned!