Over 1000 miles later here we are...

After three days and two nights of travel we are so excited to be here in Arizona. It was a very long drive, but it had its highlights.
Day 1: Friday morning we wanted to leave by 8:00...that didn't happen by a long shot. But the Lord had a reason for us to be leaving late. We didn't actually end up leaving until 10:30. Thankfully so because Larry Elliot dropped by to pray for us around 10:00. On top of that as Paul and his dad were trying to hitch up our Subaru this random guy who works for U-haul was there to help. If he hadn't been there I don't know if our car would have made it to AZ in one piece. So after all of this excitement we hit the road. Approximately 12 hours later we made it to Reno Nevada. Going over the pass was a breeze. No snow or ice on the roads at all! Praise God. Friday night we stayed at Paul's sisters house in Reno. We hadn't seen Nichole (Paul's sister) since our wedding 2.5 years ago. She got to meet Ivan for the first time and we got to meet her boyfriend Vern and there crazy dog Tucker. After visiting for awhile we all hit the sack.
Day 2: We woke up and ate a yummy breakfast that Nichole and Vern prepared for us. We hit the road around 9. About an hour later we stopped in Fallon Nevada. This is the town that Paul grew up in. We met up with his best friend Daniel and hung out for about an hour. Paul really enjoyed seeing Daniel. We also hadn't seen him since our wedding. In fact Daniel wrote and played the song I walked down the isle to. Around 8 we stopped in Las Vegas for the night. We ordered room service for dinner. I would not recommend that to anyone. We were in the process of calling in our order and literally everything we chose off the menu they didn't serve anymore! Update you menu! An hour later our food finally got there and it was okay...
Day 3: We hit the road around 8. We stopped a couple times. We were all pretty anxious to get home so we made the trip as short as possible. We got to our new home around 4. Nothing to exciting happened on day three.

In the end it was a good drive. Ivan did well. One of us was always sitting in the back with him to feed him or play with him. He really didn't fuss much at all. He did learn a new word though...He has learned how to say NO back to us when we discipline him. Can you believe it? Now we have to figure out how to make a 10 month old stop talking back.
Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us. We are getting all settled in to our new home. Today we worked on unpacking all day. I will be posting pictures of our drive on facebook sometime tomorrow.
We love and miss everyone!!