Back In Utah

Sorry it's been so long, we've had a rough move back. We left the 24th and had trouble the whole way. The rental truck had no AC and had issues 4 times on the way home causing us to take an extra day. The trailer didn't want to stay hitched, we almost had the front tire on the truck blow out, once that was fixed the trailer tire did blow out, followed by the e-brake coming on and sucking down 30 gallons of gas in 40 miles. Just when we thought we'd seen it all, the drive shaft broke (on a hill with a 30 foot drop at the end). Thank goodness the wimpy guardrail was just barely strong enough to hold the truck until I could block the tires. I thought for sure all of our stuff was going to plummet down the small cliff with our car on the back. We finally made it to Utah late Saturday and were able to spend some time with family up from Texas, Panama, Vegas and Monticello. It's been nothing but driving back and forth since we got back but we've had a good time. Little Makena has been a trooper through the whole thing and we are so blessed that she's such a wonderful baby. We are still homeless but I've been able to get paid for studying here at the unit and they will also put me on AT orders for a few weeks since I just barely missed ours. I have also been hired as a contracted security guard for working at the National Guard Headquarters in Draper. Doesn't pay much but at least it's a job and I didn't have to really look for it. We've been blessed to meet back up with friends we made down in Rucker. We've seen the Tarbets, Taylors, Jenkins and Larsens so far. It is nice being back and we've loved seeing mountains and snow.

Once again we would like to thank all the great people we met down in Alabama and the great kindness that was shown to us. You are all wonderful people. Thanks to the elder's quorum and all that helped us move. You were life savers!!!!! Sorry I wasn't quite prepared but thank you sooooo much. And thank you to the sisters who helped clean, you don't know how much it helped. Thank you!!!! We have been blessed to meet all of you and wish to say thanks. You are welcome with us anytime.

Sorry we haven't put any pics up either. Once we finally get a place to live, we can unpack the computer and upload some for you (I'll spare you the horror of any that have me in them, Makena is much more fun to look at). Goodbye for now and God bless you all. Good luck to those still in Rucker and congrats to those that have moved on.