We made it!

So obviously we made it.  The move happened a little differently than expected.  The movers decided they could do everything in one day (Monday) so that meant we could leave a day early.  It was very chaotic, but everything came together.  We stayed with Caren Monday nigh and then Chris took all the stuff (wood, paint, household chemicals) to the dump on Tuesday morning  The car guy showed up mid morning to load Chris’ car (they were moving his car while we drove mine), then Chris got back just in time to do the checkout with the landlord.

We got on the road about 1 pm just in time for the kids’ naps.  While driving I called the hotel to change our reservations (then Caren called and told us we forgot our toiletries, but she sent them to us, so that worked out in the end).  The road trip went really, really well.  The kids did great, slept well, and hardly fussed at all.  They seemed to like the adventure, but especially liked watching Wall-E and Nemo non-stop.  A few funny stories:

We stopped in Vegas for gas, water and bathroom breaks.  The kids were wandering around on the grass near where we were parked.  They would wander into the sun and say ‘hot, hot’.  Then they would go over to the car and blow on it to try to cool it off.

We stopped in St George and stayed overnight at Towne Place Suites.  It was basically a 2 bedroom apartment that was super nice.  We got the kids settled in one room with Cooper in the bed with bedrails and Charlotte in a portable crib from the hotel.  I logged onto the computer while Chris started watching TV in our room.  He commented that it was an awful small king bed.  I told him it was just because we were used to our cal king.  I went to bed about 15 min later and realized we were sleeping a queen with the dog while Cooper had the only king all to himself.  We considered moving the kids, but just sucked it up.  Next time we will be sure to check the bed sizes in all rooms before putting the kids to bed.

We stopped in Salina, Utah to eat Subway for lunch.  The kids were a little stir crazy and while ordering our food they kept putting their faces over the vents in the floor so the air would blow on them.  Then we went outside to eat and sat in a booth.  Cooper crawled from his side under the table and pops up on my side saying ‘ta-da!’.  When we got back in the car the bucket of dog food fell out of the back of the car and spilled on the ground.  Suddenly there were a million seagulls!!  Apparently lamb and rice dog food is a popular treat for birds.