day 1: made it to peoria!

first, we just have to say that we are so, so overwhelmed by how generous and sweet and encouraging everyone has been this week. we had great quality time with friends and family and felt so loved and supported and couldn't be more thankful.


today started off early with a 630am alarm, early morning eggs and donuts with the family, and lots of goodbyes. we had a difficult time leaving everyone and there were tears. there's a strange thing about the mix of emotions in something like this: sadness, excitement and thrill and a twinge of it still just feeling surreal enough that you don't quite believe it.

but with the car packed to the brim (thanks to jimmy's great packing skills) we made it to peoria and spent the evening with our close friends patrick and holly.

tomorrow will be our longest day - peoria to cheyenne, wyoming. and the olympics finish tomorrow night AND shark week begins! what a day.