Joyce and Jed: Elijah's Tour of Our Temporary Digs

We're finally in Utah! We've been settling in since Saturday night when we got here. Elijah was so excited to come to Utah. On our drive here, anytime we asked if he wanted to eat or needed to use the potty he would just say "I'm going to do it in Utah". The drive wasn't too bad, especially in our brand new van, but it was still long just because the kids got really ansty staying in the car all day long so we took a few pit stops. It was really funny though, because when we finally got to Jed's parent's house, Elijah didn't believe we were in Utah and kept asking us to go to Utah. Elijah was so happy to see his grandparents and uncle. He talked about them all the time for the weeks before we moved. Now that he's in Utah he talks about all of his grandparents and uncles and aunts he left in California. Elijah is also having a blast getting to play with his cousins (who are right around his age).

Right now we're staying with Jed's parents until he gets out of OTS at the end of October. Their house is being remodeled right now and our stuff is all over the place. Hopefully in the next few weeks we'll have our space all cleaned up again and put away. Please excuse the mess right now. The kids love exploring all of the rooms (this house is huge!) and love playing in the unfinished rooms. They also really love being able to play outside. They were able to play in my mom's yard while we stayed with her for a few weeks, but for all of their lives they've been cooped into tiny little decks off of our apartments so having a yard to play in is a lot of fun and a nice change for everyone.

Here's a small tour of a few of Elijah's favorite places of the house