A Really Big Move--Part III--Oh the Places They'd Go

A view from my favorite place on earth:  BYU campus.  No way we could leave the West without saying good bye (or "so long") to our alma matter. 

Here is the BYU music building where Jazz and I lived while getting our degrees in music.  The Harris Fine Arts Center.  It's so funny to think of how when we lived in this building, we were single students.  Now look!  We never envisioned bringing 4 kids back with us to visit this building someday.  It gives me warm fuzzies inside to think of how far we've come since the HFAC days.

This is the spot where Jazz and I met, on the stair case in the HFAC.  That was about 14 years ago!  I think we might look just a few days older than we did then, maybe...

I regret not putting myself in this photo, since it's always better to have people in the pictures you're taking of special places.  But anyway, I wanted a shot of this other favorite BYU locale of mine (and its related sister-copy centers, including the one at the MTC which is going to be torn down--boo!)--where I worked for almost 5 years.  It was a super fun place to work, and I can still un-jam a copy machine like nobody's business. 

This was a really fun hike we took with some Lovell cousins, up to a little waterfall in Salt Lake.  Our kids complained the whole way up (which I think took all of 10 or 15 minutes...could have had something to do with the thousands of feet of difference in elevation than what we're used to), but had the time of their lives once we got to the falls. I just love the magic of waterfalls. 

Yes, I know this picture is foggy.  That's the beauty of it.  It was so incredibly humid when we stepped out of our van for this little pit stop by the Mississippi River that my camera lens fogged up, and it took me several minutes to get it un-fogged. 

In front of the Mississippi River.  Speaking of which, here's a funny quote from last week...I was telling Goldie who her teacher is going to be this year, after getting a call from the school.  Then Tootie piped up, "I know who my teacher is going to be!  Mrs. Sippi!"  Get it?  Mississippi?  He he he : )

Jazz with our wheels at the Mississippi.

awwww : )!   Back on the road again...

Chicago Temple

Chicago Temple

Chicago Temple

Kirtland, OH Temple

Kirtland, OH Temple

Inside the Whitney Store, in Kirtland.  This was a really neat tour.  It was a special place for historical events for the prophet Joseph Smith, and we really enjoyed feeling the Spirit there. 

(look how long Didi's hair is!)

Next stop--Harrisburg PA, for one night.  I missed the "Welcome to Pennsylvania" sign, but I figured this one would do just as well.  Welcome to toll roads, yippee.

We drove through Hershey on the way to our new home; it's only about a half an hour from us.  What a fun place!  What could be better than a chocolate city?

Don't you love the street lights in Hershey?

I got these cool shirts at Hershey's Chocolate World, one for everyone in our family so we can wear them to Disneyland next year! Aren't they perfect? They are tie dyed (like Eugene), and have Kisses on them (representing PA), so I have both of our homes all "wrapped" into one in these shirts. I couldn't pass them up. Don't ask me how much they cost, 'cause I already got in trouble for that!

Didi is eager for a real cow-milking experience someday--this one didn't quite cut it.  This is in Intercourse, PA, part of the area where the Amish people live.  We spent a fun few hours there as tourists, after we got moved into our home and before our Lovell family members left. 

We're slowly learning the differences between Amish and Mennonite, which seem very similar.  There are a lot of Mennonite people here, even in our town.  They're most noticeable by the simple old-fashioned clothes that they wear, the bonnets that the women wear, the long beards that the men have (with no mustaches), and the horse-and-buggies that they drive.  It's sure fascinating to share the roads with them! 

Isn't this a beautiful building?  I'm really impressed with Jazz's new campus (this isn't the music building where he'll work, but I thought this was a nice representation of the campus). 

Jazz's new office!

And last but not least, here's one more teaser for the upcoming post about our home.  These units look kind of close together, but inside it feels very roomy to us.  It's so nice to come home to this place!  More later...