From Provo to OKC!

It's official - we have moved to Oklahoma City! Blaine's parents flew out from Montana to help us pack up and make the 17 hour drive. Blaine drove one car in the lead with the GPS, then Dave drove the 17 foot long U-Haul, and then the ladies (me and Charlotte) brought up the rear. Luckily we had each other and a bunch of CDs, but Blaine and Dave were so bored since they were all alone and most the time had no radio as we crossed the plains.

Wednesday morning, June 5, 2013, we drove from Provo, Utah to Denver, Colorado. We spent the night in Denver and explored some sites from Blaine's mission since his parents had never seen it. Blaine and I spent a couple days in a couple of his old areas last November and that was fun to see, but this was a quick trip. So the next night, we slept at my aunt and uncle's house in Goodland, Kansas. We watched the NBA Finals and had a nice visit with Scott and Shelly, and Blaine even got some free clothes that were too big for my cousin Nick. Friday morning we enjoyed a free McDonalds breakfast (since Scott and Shelly own the one in Goodland) and then we were back on the road for the final day... well, after some teenagers unlocked our car to get the keys out of it ;)

Friday we got to Oklahoma City around 6pm and were greeted by Blaine's friend Bryan from BYU, who brought a couple other guys from our new ward. We got everything moved inside pretty quick and then spent the next couple of days unpacking and decorating. We LOVE our new place. It is bigger, newer, and has an extra bathroom from our last apartment. We enjoyed our time at 369 East and it was a great first home for us as newlyweds, but this is a pretty sweet set up--so get your tickets and come check out our new guest sweet, complete with walk in closets, ceiling fans, and a private full bath. (We love HGTV... does it sound like it?)

Speaking of our house, we have a nice little balcony and outdoor storage closet as well. We've got our barbecue and camping chairs set up on our balcony and we face the west-- we get a view of a grassy knoll with a little path. One night we took a walk down that path (in tennis shoes to avoid chiggers!!) at sunset and saw the freeway about 1000 yards away and the city skyline beyond that. We've also used our BBQ twice in the week that we have lived here. And our second night here, we were able to sit outside and watch our first lightening and rain storm with Charlotte.

Sunday we went to church in Edmond, a suburb just north of us, and the ward was very nice. It had lots of other dental couples, but it looked like we were pretty much the only ones without a baby or 2, so we'll have to work on that. And then Tuesday night we had 2 of Blaine's friends from BYU over for elk burgers and the NBA Finals. Those guys are really nice and we all had a good time - except for the fact that the Heat got blown out of the water. Oh, and we all ate 3 red velvet heat cupcakes each :)

We're excited to see what Oklahoma and this stage in life have in store for us. It is extremely hot here, but we like it. Blaine even said he's getting used to it a little bit each day. I wear lots of skirts to let a breeze cool me off and Blaine always says that he's jealous of that. So he's been wearing his new OU basketball shorts everyday so he can have a breeze as well.