Colorado... Nebraska... Iowa!

On Saturday, we drove all day from Colorado and ended up in Ankeny, Iowa.  On the way, we experienced Runza, a Nebraska "favorite" with Erica, a friend of Rachel's from college.

(Wiley family, it tastes like Mom's krautburgers... but Mom's are better.)

We arrived (late at night) on the college campus we are staying at for the next couple weeks and realized that we had no idea which building we were staying in. Oops... A nice security guy helped us locate our fun little apartment.

Home sweet home, for now. :-)

So long, Farewell

This past week was full of bittersweet goodbyes. Josh's science team took us out for Italian (his favorite!).

 Rachel's office threw us a party, complete with cake, stories, laughter, and a few tears.

 We have loved being at these jobs over the past several years, and have worked with some amazing people!

Introducing the late Mr. Snowman

Welcome to our blog! (Our first blog, actually.)

Sadly, Mr. Snowman is now a pile of stones and a couple of scattered sticks, but he stuck around long enough to help us get settled in at our new home!

Well, it's our friends' new house, but we're excited to live here with them for the next year.

Check back in with us over the next several weeks, as we leave Mr. Snowman's remains behind and take a road trip across the United States!