Moving Trip

So once we decided to move back to Utah, it was very chaotic trying to everything ready to go in 2 weeks! Luckily, we got it all packed and we had amazing youth who were willing to help us clean the inside and get the outside ready too. We started packing the truck Friday morning around 9:30 or 10, and we didn't actually close the doors to the clean house until 6:30pm. Long day! All of us, Spencer, Steve, Danielle, and I were so tired, hot, sweaty and ready to be done. But this was only the beginning!
We have some amazing friends, the Witbecks, who let us spend the night Friday night. They fed us dinner and had showers ready for all of us. The next morning we were better rested, but still tired and we got on the road around 10 or so. We got as far as Memphis, TN before we encountered our first obstacle.
The transmission on the U-haul truck went out. So we had to wait for someone to come look at the truck and confirm our guess. It was 97+ degrees and don't forget humidity!

look how hot Tate's face looks

 The kids would sit in the car for awhile hoping to cool off, but that wasn't much cooler than being outside.

It was finally decided that we would have to unload from the broken down truck into a different one. Oh how fun. So I took the kids to Target to get a drink and walk around an air-conditioned place for a while. And Steve and Spencer stayed with the truck. After about a 6 hour delay, we were able to get back on the road. But we could only make it 2 hrs up the road, to Arkansas because all hotels were booked due to the Memorial day weekend.
Because of the delay Saturday, we had to make up for that on Sunday. We drove 15 hours from Arkansas to Denver, CO. It was such a long drive and everyone was so exhausted by the end of it. We were able to break up the day a little bit by stopping in Kansas to see some friends.
Our trip on Monday was actually pretty good. Spencer and his dad took the truck and left ahead of Danielle and I. We figured since they needed to be here in Eagle Mountain to meet everyone who was going to help unload, that it was ok for them to go ahead and the rest of us could take our time and not rush. Everything went fine until Spencer got to 123rd South on I-15 when the trailer came unhitched from the truck! The only thing holding the trailer in place was the emergency chains, otherwise it would have gone all over. As it was, it was swerving pretty badly and it took a lot of effort for Spencer to keep the truck under control. I only heard about this on the phone as I'm was an hour behind them. To make a long story a little shorter, they finally got everything hooked back up and got to the house. The whole neighborhood was outside our house! It was a great homecoming. We had family, friends, neighbors all to welcome us back and help unload the truck. With all the help we had, the truck was unloaded in about 30-40 minutes!