I'm here to try this out again. We've moved. Life has certainly changed a lot in the last years since I have written. But I love to write and tell you how I feel. And even if this isn't for anyone but me, well...it will still be worth it. I really should print it out.
That was a long intro!
Let's catch up. Since the last post we added baby #3. Alyssa Mae. She is so fun. She makes us laugh daily. She talks a lot and loves her brothers. She has also given us a run for our money. I didn't know what to expect having a little girl. I think she is like me (help!) and I also think she was blessed with an extra dose of spunk and crazy (help!) and she is 2. Almost weekly here in Cincinnati, we'll be out in public and she'll reach her end point, scream, throw a tantrum and then they say something or just stare. The comments have lost their glory, but I know it won't last, so I'll just keep smiling.
Also, since my last post we bought a house and Mark and his Dad remodeled it. I'll post pictures soon. It was a great experience and we were happy with how it all turned out.
And in May of this year, we got a call from a guy that worked very briefly many years ago. They had kept in contact through franchise conferences, etc. This guy called Mark and wanted to meet with him to see if it could be a good fit. It sounded like an interesting job and offer, so Mark flew to Cincinnati to interview and check it out. Mark had been at Harris Research for roughly 10 years. I worked there with him when we were first married. It was a great place to work in Cache Valley. I could tell though that Mark was itching to do something different and move on, but I resisted the thought majorly.
When we talked about this change and upcoming interview, I had this crazy thought that kept coming that this was our next step in life and that everything was going to be okay. He interviewed, really liked it, felt great about it and flew home. This started a crazy roller coaster process for me. We prayed our guts out. We went to the LDS temple and prayed, we fasted, and again did this all over and over. I knew what the answer was, but wasn't going to accept it. Then I got really nervous, confused and upset about this. WE HAD JUST FINISHED REMODELING OUR HOUSE. Why would we leave that?! We had some amazing friends in our ward and in the valley that we loved, our family was close, we LOVE Logan! The camping, horse riding, snowmobiling, hiking, etc. Why would we leave everything we loved???? We just couldn't make sense of it. Mark talked to his boss, the upper boss and so on. They offered him more and a better position, but now it wasn't feeling right. Why was this happening to us!? (Trust me this is a good problem to have, but it was really crazy for us to navigate through) This was such a blessing, so why couldn't we stay?!
Then we made the decision to go. And we felt peace. We felt a sense of joy that Heavenly Father had our best interest at heart and that we needed to do this together. And that no matter what it was all going to work out.
I'm so glad we did. It has been a really interesting experience so far. We have been here almost 2 months and it gets better every day. We still miss home. We miss our family and friends so incredibly much. We miss Utah. BUT we love it here. I have felt over and over again a sense of joy that Heavenly Father is blessing us for doing what He wanted us to do. I'm trying to do this really hard thing the best that I can. I'm learning a TON about myself. I'm trying to better myself and I'm trying to be a better wife and mom to these little ones. It's dang hard some days. But this is what I want. This is what it's all about right?
These are our family pics taken August 2014-Two weeks before we packed up and moved...Thanks Cali!
LOVE your family pictures!
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