Eleven states and 1780 miles

Wow it has been a whirlwind of events these last few months! I always had a ready excuse for not posting on the blog, but now that we are moved and FINALLY have Internet, I am out of excuses.
Our family has, as Bentli puts it, "been on an adventure." Jared got into Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine (located in Philadelphia). We are excited to embark on this stage of our lives as we enter back into the poor student category. It was hard to move from San Antonio and all the wonderful friends/family we have there! Texas has a way of working itself into your heart. So, after many tears, we packed up the Uhaul and made the "adventure-journey" to the east coast.
We drove through eleven states (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey) granted a couple states we were in for only a few miles, totalling 1780 miles. My mom helped us make the drive and stayed for a week to help us get settled in, it was wonderful having her with us. The drive was long and Tate learned a new word- "moooooov" which is movie, he really drags out the "o" sound. He also learned "stop" for when Bentli was annoying him. It was pretty funny, when Bentli would mimic his yells he would point at her and yell "stop, stop, stop!" They did really well in the car, thanks to Grandma and the fun games and surprises that she brought.
Although Jared goes to school in Philly, we are living in Lindenwold, New Jersey. After living in the vast state of Texas it is weird to live in a place where Jared crosses the state line daily. He is able to take the train into school so it isn't to bad of a commute. We are renting a townhouse and the kids are loving the extra space. After a couple days, we went and bought a GPS, it is great to have! And I don't think I will complain about Utah drivers again, people here drive crazy!
I will try to get some pics from everything up on Sunday. We are missing everyone and are ready for any visitors!!