We're here in Ft. Collins!

We left at exactly 10am Saturday like we wanted. It was a tearful farewell as all our family came to see us off and say one last big family prayer.

{Chris is a master genius at packing}

{notice the lantern and RICHARDS sign?}

{Last photo as a fam in front of our Mesa house}

Me, my mom, lil' sis Jenny, 3 kids, and 2 dogs were in the van.
Olen drove the scion.
Chris and Ammon were in the big movin' truck.
We all followed Chris to Flagstaff and it was slow going and at this rate the kids weren't going to last. So I drove at normal speed so that I could stop at our next meeting place and the kids would have all the time they need to run around. Great plan except I had the dogs which meant my mom and sister had to wrangle the three cabin crazy kids by themselves and I walked the dogs around. It took us 9 hours to get to Albuquerque and the boys arrives close to an hour after us. Chris's mom put together a treasure box for the kids to pick out toys or movies from during the long drive. BEST FREAKING I IDEA EVER! It only caused a couple fights but it didn't take much to start those when two little girls are sitting right next to each other all day.

As we were entering the city the girls went CRAZY over the lights of Albuquerque (which I finally just spelled right all by myself for the first time!) which made me feel good cause some are mocked for being excited about little things. But for those who have entered Albuquerque at night know the coolness of coming down the hill and seeing the beautiful lights.

I had a head cold so when we met at the hotel in the Big A I told Chris I couldn't handle dogs and kids. The dogs were great it was just taking all methods of persuasion to keep the kids under control. They LOVED staying the night in the hotel, running everywhere, jumping on beds it was a party house.

The boys decided they better leave super early 5am (4 am AZ time) to get a head start. Uber smart! They got to Ft. Collins by 4:30 and all the way unloaded at 6pm. Me and my mom took our time leaving the hotel (10:30am) and stopped in at Garden of the Gods in Co. Springs and made it home at 6:30pm.


So far there have been a few casualties. A mug, a glass, a pot we bought in Mexico and Asher's crib. We're still scratching our head about the crib cause it was on of top of everything in the truck. Oh well. Looks like he's going to be sleeping in his big boy bed. Eek! And there's not a move without trying to figure out where the heck some things are. Like the power cord to my printer, or my mouse.

Awesome things about this house I didn't notice before. 2 sinks in the master bath! A sweet awesome HUGE dishwasher that gets everything clean. 3 LAZYSUSANS! What is a girl to do with 3 lazysusans!? I have my washer and dryer inside, right next to each other!! (my house in Mesa washer was inside and dryer out. No Good.) I HAVE A JET TUB and it's huge and so wonderfully relaxing!

The not so awesome, the fridge is TINY. And only one of the side shelves on the door are left allowing us to shelf 4 items there. We have a piddly shower head and with curley hair that's a bad thing. My washer is leaking and I can't get my clothes to dry because the hose thing is too cramped. (easy to figure out I hope) Waking up in the morning my room is so bright I might as well be asleep on a tramp in the backyard. For my I want it to be like I wake up in a cave. So I sleep with my blanket wrapped around my head, so now when I wake up I'm like a big sweaty mummy.

Well, this is it for now. I'll be posting pictures of rooms as I finish them. Today was Chris's first day of work and we'll be busy tonight hanging curtains and other fun house things.

Coming soon, interviews from the kids and a home tour video style.