Home Away from Home

 After moving our "to be moved" stuff into the graciously donated shed we discovered that clearly 1/3 of what was left belonged to Jessica so we invited her over for a purging.  We had a good time going through things, donating a lot and taking some others to her apartment in Salt Lake to make it more homey for her.

Once we had loaded Taylor's things into the "to go" shed we were finally ready for the movers.  They came first to the storage shed, and then to mom and dad's where all of the things we'd had in AL had been delivered.  We were lucky that in all our moves we got great guys who seemed to do a good job of loading, had terrific attitudes and were fun to have around.  We took a break mid-move and treated them to Jimmy John's sandwiches ("anything but pizza" they pleaded) then they were on their way.

 Once we had that major part of the move off of our plate we started checking off other things.....plenty of errands that Floyd sometimes got to tag along with, more apartment hunting for Nicholas,

Yearly exams and dental check ups for all

Helping dad fix a toilet

Trying out a new homemade ice cream recipe.  Burnt almond fudge....mmmmm so yummy!  We were invited over to Jeff's (he lives about 7 minutes from mom & dad) for dinner so Tom brought the homemade ice cream.  Shay had made it for the last family party so she took it as gauntlet thrown for WHO can make the most awesome ice cream.  We decided it's a toss up!

The grill master

Jen and Ryan

Jace & Kristen

BB Nixon & great grandma

Other awesome ice cream maker

 My marinade.  Well, not really....it's teriyaki but Jeff has loved the stuff since he served his mission in Hawaii.  When Tom and I were there a couple of years ago we drove all over the island trying to find just the perfect sauce to bring back to him!

Taylor kicking back inside

They guys enjoying the hilarity of crazy Utah drivers in the snow (who should know better) on Jeff's iPad

        Have had a hurting hip since before we left AL so running was a no go but mom and I took an hour walk most mornings.  And quiet evenings were spent relaxing on the patio looking out over their beautiful backyard.