I always told myself I would never have my own blog because I didn't know what I would really write about. I'm not one to take 100 pictures wherever we go, and I really am not very good at documenting things that are going on in our lives. But, I figured that we just made a major life decision by moving to Iowa and we will be doing a lot of new and exciting things. Well that is what we are hoping for anyway! Nate and I both love Des Moines so far. It is absolutely beautiful right now, it is so green with so many trees! Our journey to get here took a little over 20 hours total, and I'll admit it was not the funnest. We ended up renting a Budget truck and decided to tow our car on a trailer behind it. Here is a picture right as we left Idaho. 

That day we drove a little bit in Idaho and all the way across Wyoming. Let me tell you, I've made a lot of boring drives through Nevada, but I would take that any day over driving through Wyoming. The only exciting part about this part of the drive was passing this herd of sheep on the side of the road. 

Our hotel that we were staying in that night was in Ogallala, Nebraska and right before we reached Nebraska a HUGE lightning storm hit us. There was lightning for over two hours and hail the size of marbles. It was really scary, especially driving in that big truck. We were afraid our car would have dents in it, but luckily it was just fine. I wish I could have gotten better pictures of the lightning, but this was all I got. I was more focused on the fact that we were trying to stay alive! 

The next day was another day full of driving. We drove the rest of the way through Nebraska which was full of corn fields. When we finally made it to Iowa, we noticed that it started to get prettier and that there were a lot of rolling hills. When we made it to Des Moines, we were so excited! Not only because we were done driving, but because it was so pretty. We loved all the green hills and all the trees. 

We got to our apartment and started to unload all of our stuff. Nate has a friend that he went to high school with that lives in the complex next to us, and he was so nice and got about 5 other people to help us move all of our stuff into our apartment. What we thought was going to take a long time ended up being quick and painless. That is the nice thing about being Mormon, you have an instant support group wherever you go. We were so grateful for that, and we are so glad to be starting this new chapter in our lives in Des Moines!