Well, technically I didn’t build anything, but they came anyway.  They being my in-laws.  Noah’s eldest brother, Joe and his family (wife, kids, dog & cat — which got lost and found in the Rockies) officially became residents of Colorado yesterday and in the same town we live in no less!  I Googled the distance between our homes earlier today and it’s 2.3 miles.   Just about twice the distance we lived apart in California.  In both places we were almost due north of Joe et al and while living in California, never saw each other.  Interesting…

Since we moved out here two years ago, and since I’m originally a Jones, I can say they are trying to keep up with the Joneses.  Heh.  It sounds better than keeping up with the Baileys, no one has ever heard of that phrase.  I think Noah is secretively/subtly trying to convince more members of his family to move to Colorado.  But then again, I have been urging friends and my immediate family to move here too.  It’s just so much nicer than California…cheaper too!

Anyway I digress…the in-laws got into town yesterday along with Noah’s parents, another brother (Jake), and Jake’s friend.   The original plan was for them to arrive over the holiday weekend, but they decided to push everything back a day, which essentially reduced any unpacking help from Noah and myself down to next to nothing.  Shucks.  We did go over to their home after work yesterday.  Noah helped unload the trailer, I sat in the Noah’s truck as I was more in the way than actually able to help.  Then, when the womenfolk arrived I helped set-up the kitchen.  Unfortunately I came across a bottle of maple syrup that leaked all over a bunch of spices and later last night  Joe found a container of Pillsbury biscuits that didn’t quite make it over the mountain passes.

I imagine if there is anything left to do this weekend we will be able to help out then.  Maybe tomorrow night if we skip softball, same goes for Thursday but with Life Group.