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Who would have thought that after 15 months in Big Water that we'd be moving to Mantua? Of course we had to update our blog address and instead of just going with a generic one we thought we'd stick with the theme and change it to our life in Mantua.

Our new blog address is ourlifeinmantua.blogspot.com or you can click here.

Moving Day

Thursday was packing day and with the help of our parents and a few of our friends in Big Water we were able to get everything loaded in the Uhaul and the other trailers that were returning to Salt Lake. It's amazing how much stuff we really have.

We said goodbye to Big Water on Friday around 10:30 a.m. and made it to the Wasatch front about eight hours later. With the Uhaul, two trucks, a suburban, two trailers and a boat it was quite the caravan driving up I-15.

hooking up the boat getting ready to leave

Quent is checking out the pool table behind the Uhaul

Driving the Uhaul was easier than I thought!

Final Days

Quent and I have packed up just about everything including most of the kitchen. We have resorted to some creative cooking the last couple of nights and I think we'll be eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to finish out the week.

My dad and Bill & Joyce will be down tomorrow afternoon to help us finish everything up. We have a crew scheduled to come Thursday morning to load the uhaul and will be driving north Thursday afternoon or Friday morning.

Back in Big Water

Quent and I returned to Big Water today after flying back to Salt Lake on Saturday. We have four days left to finish packing up the house and pick up the Uhaul. Our plan is to head north on Friday.

We had a great time in Peoria with the Frager's and Quent's parents last week. It was nice to take a break and relax for a few days before finalizing the move.

Visiting Peoria

Quent and I left Monday for Peoria, Illinois to visit his sister and her family and to participate in r Mitchell's confirmation into the Catholic Church.

On Monday we were able to go to the Caterpillar proving grounds where the work on all the big equipment. It was really interesting to see all of the different areas of the proving grounds. Dave, Nancy's husband even let us drive a 40-ton dump truck. It was really cool to drive, not sure I'm cut out to drive one for a living but for the 10 minutes I was behind the wheel it was really cool. It's hard to describe how large the dump truck really is but each tire was 7-8 feet tall. Due to restrictions at the site we were unable to take pictures of us driving the trucks.

Today we went and walked around downtown Peoria and will go to the confirmation tonight.

Halloween in Salt Lake

Quent and I spent Halloween in Salt Lake with my family. Quent made his first trip to IKEA where we picked up a couple of things for the house in Mantua, I don't think he'll be going back anytime soon.

Following our shopping extravaganza we went to Riverton High School's playoff game, they were playing Davis High, unfortunately Riverton's season came to an end after losing the game. It was fun to be in the valley to watch my brothers coach the last game of the season.

Friday night we spent at my parent's house it was fun to see all the kids in the Halloween costumes and Quent had a great time handing out candy at my mom and dad's. It's been a long time since Quent's had any real trick-or-treaters.

As soon as I locate the camera, I'll post pictures from Halloween.