We're finally homeowners!

We found out a couple of hours ago that the title was recorded on our new house, and will be moving in tonight! It was a long struggle to get closed, including changing lenders and living in a La Quinta for ten days, but we will be staying in the new house tonight, and can't wait to get officially moved in. Once we get the computer hooked up, you will see new pictures of our trip here as well as the house, and we can't wait for our first visitors!

On the road...

We are on our way to Las Vegas, and after 1700 miles so far, it feels like we're never going to get there. The movers came and packed up the truck on Monday, and headed for Las Vegas with everything except a few suitcases, the cats, and the flamingo that the Lincoln Park Youth Group dropped off for us as a going-away gift. I sold my CRV (just under the wire) on Monday morning, and we left Reading on Tuesday morning.

We spent our first night in South Bend, Indiana, and had a great time getting to see Notre Dame the next morning. We drove to Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, and made a few stops along the way that day. One of the stops we made was at the Middle East Memorial in Marseilles, Illinois, and we were truly moved by the display of the lives lost. We stopped at every state border along the way for a quick photo - a little dangerous in Illinois on the side of the highway with almost no shoulder - but we had a lot of fun doing it.

We drove through Nebraska(lots of corn, and a VERY long state) into Denver last night, and are going to make a short stop in Dillon, Colorado today to see some family friends, and then we'll spend tonight in Utah. We should be in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon at some point, and after we close on our house, we'll make our next post. Photos will be coming to this post soon, too.