# Chateau de la Tobler

## Thursday, December 01, 2005

### The making of "The Big Move"

OK, here we go about how it all went with the move to Arizona.
It all started back in Utah with Keryn and Brad giving us furniture. Telima drove with Caren and the boys while I drove the big moving truck. This was of course before Telima became a Smith. We used U-Haul to get to Vegas. We encountered a small snow storm, remember this was in May, and one of the windshield wippers on the truck blew off. Luckily for us we paid for the insurance on the truck. I believe LaDale, Dad, and Telima helped to unload the truck in Vegas while Mom helped Caren with the boys. LaDale was kind enough to help me return the truck the next day, if my memory serves me correct.
Caren and I took 2 trips to Arizona to find a house. The Roy's allowed us to stay at their place for the first visit and the Tobler's (David and Amy) allowed us to sleep at their place during the second trip. It was at this second trip that we first signed paper work on the new house.
Then we spent 3-4 months in Vegas while I worked for Sam's Club.
ASU started in August and so I stayed with Jenafer and Jeff while Caren and the boys stayed in Vegas. After 2 months of being apart with only 1 weekend visit during Labor Day, Caren and kids joined me starting in October. We stayed at the Roy's house for the majority of the time with a short week at David and Amy's right before Halloween.
Thanksgiving comes around and with it came pink eye for Caren. In addition to this Caren also recieved a scratch on her eye, probably from one of our kids. Caren could not drive our car to Arizona. The family to the rescue. First to load the truck. Brad and Tyler helped to load the truck in Vegas. Now to move our stuff to Arizona. Mom drove Caren and the boys to Wickenberg with Dad and LaDale following behind me. I was driving the truck. Jenafer and Jeff met us in Wickenberg and Jenafer drove Caren the rest of the way to Queen Creek. Finally the big day has arrived.
After signing our paper work we discovered a slight problem with our keys. Once it got sorted out we discovered we have 12 keys to our house. There was a switch out of one of the dead bolts and that is why I think so many copies were main. Caren and I unpacked our truck on Monday night and, with the help of Jenafer, returned the truck Tuesday morning. We arrived back at the house on Tuesday morning just in time to catch the Maytag guys delivering our washer, dryer, and fridge. (They had been once before but we convinced them to go back to our house on the same day.) Everything looked great but our phone lines needed a wire tightened before it would work. (It now works.) Our master bath had a small crack so they replaced the walls and now we can finally use it. The best of all, we are finally in our own place again. With spending over 6 months living in someone elses house I almost forgot we did not have to label our food any more.
There you have it. The long version of the move. Notice that everyone in the family had a name located in here somewhere.

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