Spencer was very interested in the big truck dropping off the pods.
Here are the pods in our driveway, with everything still intact:
For those who were asking, we came to Indiana for more school, Daniel just can't seem to get enough of it :) He will be doing his PhD in Physics at Purdue, which we expect to take 4 to 5 years. He was super excited to be accepted here and it was an easy choice to come, especially with family not far away. In fact, we only applied to schools in the Midwest because we were done with the long trips to visit our families, but Purdue had the best research opportunities for his specific field so he's eager to continue in that direction. Because Daniel already graduated from BYU with his bachelor's, he didn't feel the need to stay for a graduation ceremony (and was more concerned with finishing his thesis than getting pictures in a cap and gown) so we've kind of brushed over this big step for him. But I wanted to take the chance to say how amazing he is and how hard he has worked to finish this second degree, while still managing to keep his wife happy and give lots of attention and time to Spencer and Esther. Now he's bracing himself for his third, and last, degree and we are content to stay poor a little longer while we're still used to it. We are happy in our new home and the ward and community has been very welcoming already. It's hard to believe we're really here, that our time at BYU really is over and that we made it all here in one piece. Hooray!!
That was more than a snippet, and I still feel like I left a lot out, but this is a blog and not my journal so that will have to do. Thanks to everyone for your greetings and support--it's great to still feel connected even though we're far apart. Please keep in touch!!
