We're in Spokane!

D: But first, Everett eating spaghetti. He ate the beef chunks and left the noodles. Mostly he just yelled at it.

Also couldn't resist taking this picture. The weather in Fallon before we left? Smoky. The Yosemite fire and a fire near Tahoe combined to fill the Reno area with smoke. 

Our move went surprisingly easily. Alicia had slowly been packing things into boxes and we'd been taking those off to the storage shed that contained most of our stuff from our Utah apartment. The goal was to leave only the biggest items (bed, dressers, and rocker) at the house, load them first, then pick up everything else at the shed. We almost did it, but still had a few boxes worth of stuff we had to pack at the house. It all worked out. Daniel and Michael were a huge help, and we managed to pack the truck in about two hours.

The truck. I was so worried about driving this thing. All my fears vanished when I first sat down in it. The whole cab is a converted Ford E-350, which felt exactly like my parents' old big blue van. The buttons on the dash were even all in the same place. As I started driving it, though, I realized the mirrors were both pointed at the ground. Unable to figure out a way to adjust them while driving, I did the entire hour drive back to Fallon (we picked the truck up in Sparks) with very limited ability to see behind me. It was terrifying. We did manage to figure out the mirrors later. 

That night we celebrated Alicia's birthday. Daniel, Hanna, and the girls came over and we partied. 

We left early Friday morning. After some tearful goodbyes, we took off for our long journey northward. We figured out how to divide up the trip so each of us would be driving for about 8 hours. Jackie accompanied us, which made a world of difference in Everett having a happy trip. I spent the first four hours in the back of the car with him, and he slept most of that time. I did too. Poor Alicia. I drove the truck the rest of the trip. We pulled into Julie's (my aunt) around 9 pm. 14 hour trip? Sounds about right. We made really good time. The next morning we got to move into our apartment. Unloading the truck took 15 minutes. It was awesome. We had a good turnout of brethren from the local ward, plus family. They even helped us get our bed set up.

After a nice family get together Sunday night, Everett fell asleep in his stroller as we walked home. Speaking of home, we should probably take pictures of that for you. Soon enough! Almost done unpacking.