Helloooo Milwaukee

Well we've arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We had a good trip and made it here Tuesday at 3pm. We checked into our apartment and found it in pretty good shape, especially since we never got to see it before we signed the lease. Our ABF trailer then got here this morning and we had some LDS guys who work at Kohl's come over and help us unload it this evening. So now we sit surrounded by boxes fighting over our one comfortable chair (since we haven't bought couches yet), watching one of the four channels we get on TV (since our cable isn't getting hooked up until Saturday).

We took the drive in three days, the first day traveling 10 hours from Bountiful to Kearney, the second traveling 4 1/2 hours to Des Moines, and the third day traveling 6 hours to Milwaukee. The weather worked out pretty well once we got through some light snow in the mountains.

Here are some of the "not so fun" highlights of our trip:
1. Avery throwing up five minutes after we get into the car the first day.
2. Avery throwing up again one hour after we arrive in our hotel the first day (Luckily it wasn't in the car again!).
3. Merrick getting pulled over in Nebraska and getting a nice $120 ticket. Yuck.
4. Watching the Ohio State Buckeyes lose Monday night in Des Moines with Vanessa's brother-in-law, an OSU alumni.
5. Breaking the glass on our prized Christ picture that we brought with us so it would be safe and not get broken.

But you know, the car worked great, Avery was generally a good traveler, and we made it here so we can't complain too much. It's definitely a different place here in Wisconsin. We've got a lot of changes to get used to now. We'll miss Utah and all our friends and family for sure because everything here is so unknown and foreign to us. But I'm sure we'll figure everything out quickly. Hope all is well with all you.