New Surroundings

The Move
This week we moved into our new home in State College, Pennsylvania.  Dane drove for several days with the cats and arrived Sunday evening so he could sign all the paperwork Monday morning.  While Dane was driving and listening to our cat Azure meowing every hour "are we there yet", Tara and the kids were having fun playing in Utah.  Here's the crew at Liberty Park.

However, the fun eventually ended and Tara and the kids headed out to State College. They were scheduled to have a 6 hour flight on Wednesday that took them from Salt Lake City to State College (including just one layover in Detroit). However, the weather in central Pennsylvania was so stormy, that all the connecting flights into State College and the surrounding areas were canceled, so Tara and the kids got stuck in Detroit overnight.  Since her bags were not available, Tara had no clothes, food, or diapers for the kids.  Fortunately, a nice man named Gary Taylor, who worked at the hotel where she was staying drove 3 miles away to the closest grocery store and picked some diapers and wipes up, along with gummy bears for the kids. We are so grateful for his kindness.  Fortunately, she and the kids were able to fly out the next day and arrived in State College.

That same storm also caused trouble for Dane with unloading.  Originally the moving truck was supposed to arrive Tuesday, but it didn't show up until Wednesday.  Wednesday evening, when help from the ward was scheduled to arrive, it began pouring so hard, that the unloading was called off and rescheduled for Thursday.

New House
Our new place in a beautiful forested area, with lots of wild life.  In our yard we've seen rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, cardinals, a ground hog, and lots of fireflies. None of us have ever seen fireflies before, so this has been a real treat.  Here's a pic of the fam hanging out on the porch swing at our new place.

And here are a few of our new woodsy friends:

The groundhog who lives under our deck

Mr. Toad

Mr. Rabbit

New Car
Because of how difficult it is for us to get all 3 carseats into the backseat of our Ford Focus, we decided we needed to get a bigger car. We picked up a Dodge Caravan, which has fold down seats that make it so easy to get into and out of the car.

Ryzen
Ryzen is now ~6 weeks old.  Since we've been so busy with the packing, moving, and unpacking, we haven't taken as many photos of him as I would like.  So here are a few more of the little guy.  He sleeps well at night, although he loves to be held during the day.  He's now beginning to develop Mommy Attachment Disorder (MAD).  This means Dad is not good enough.  Mom is clearly the one he prefers to hold him.