Thursday, September 18, 2008

Nebraska here we come








So we've moved. Friday August 22, we packed up our house into 1 1/2 26 foot Penske trucks. Saturday we went over to my parents house and loaded the rest of the 26 foot truck. Then...we ran out of room! We had to go and rent a 14 foot U-haul for the rest of the stuff. So off we were, Mike leading with one Penske truck and trailer for our Fit, my dad in the middle with a U-haul and a trailer for my Mom's Corolla, and me following in the other Penske truck. We stopped in Vegas for the night. The next day we drove through Utah and stayed there. The next day we drove to Colorado, we visited and stayed with his Uncle Paul. Then the next day we made it to the west of Nebraska and entered Corn Country! I have never seen so much corn in my whole life!!! We stayed in North Platte for the night. Finally Wednesday we made it to Lincoln, Nebraska! Yeah!!! We live in "The Highlands." The neighborhood is very nice. All the homes are beautiful and well kept. The streets are all concrete and are very narrow. We have already met neighbors and gone to a small get together. Everyone is very friendly. It seems very family oriented here. When you look at the backyard, you can see all your neighbors backyards and more than half of the block has playsets and toys. In the evenings you'll see the block filled with children riding bikes, playing ball with Mom or Dad, having lemonade sales or just going for walks. There is a ton of things to do here with the kids. There seems to be a park on every corner, and libraries everywhere. We have gone to the state fair, two parks, the mall play area, and the children's museum. The weather has been perfect. The day we got here it was a bit humid. It stayed like that til Monday, then Monday it rained!!! Can you believe it??? Rain in August! After that, the weather changed. It has been probably in the high 60's low 70's and just lovely. I can totally handle this! Lets hope this lasts....from what I hear it won't, but hey a girl can dream right???

6 comments:

Heidi said...

awww... the life outside of CA. Its so nice right? we are loving Colorado, and I dont think we will ever move back to CA. Hope things are well with you guys!

Anonymous said...

When we moved from UT back to CA, we ran out of room in our truck, too. Jared totally underestimated how much stuff we had!

melissa gargalis said...

You sound happy! I'm glad you're liking it there. I will call you for sure. Sorry we keep playing phone tag. I've actually been busy, who knew?

Meghan said...

I have been waiting for your blog about your new place! You sound so good! I am happy to see that you love it! The kids miss the girls!!!

Kim said...

I'm so glad you guys are here in Nebraska...I'm also so glad I get to know you now. I had to laugh when I read how you were so happy about the lovely weather and you can dream that it won't change...ha ha ha ha ha....just you wait sister....LOL. I'm glad to have another blogging friend and one who lives so close..yay!

Margaret Graham said...

GREAT UPDATE BRENDA!!!!
We sure miss the girls!!
It looks like you are all doing great, and that's wonderful!!!!
Keep in touch!!!
I love hearing from you guys!
Give the girls a big squeeze from me!!!!