Okay all, don't fall over... I am compelled to finally write again. It has been so long. Those of you who know me well and live close to me know that I have been a little crazy this past year. Worked at ton as a dental assistant, ClOSED the print shop due to major financial strain, and have decided to move the family to Gilbert, Arizona. Ever since October of 2007, Chad has not held a steady job. We have tried a few of our own ventures.. the Travel COZY and the print shop to name a few... but none have seemed to make the cut on feeding 7 mouths and clothing 7 bodies. He landed a job at the SL Airport in October of 2009 peddling credit cards to grumpy travelers. He loved the social interaction with people from all over the world and he met some great business contacts there. But we knew that he was only there on a temporary basis. In January he met a man from Texas who works for a company called Hangar, that makes prosthetic limbs. He was fascinated with this man and all that they do and represent. He submitted his resume and waited to see what would come of it. In the meantime, we began to discuss the possibility of looking out-of-state for a new job. He had been submitting resumes all over Utah, but to no avail, and hardly any interviews. Once we finally made a consession that we needed to do this, he began shooting his resume all over the country. He received several responses right away and the phone interviews began. He was looking at a job in Boston, Mass. as well as two different ones in Texas. One of which was for the company I spoke of earlier. He had always wanted to get into the medical sales world and had decided that it was now or never! In early March, we had a wedding in Arizona of Chad's niece, Tycee. We went without our kids and stayed with one of Chad's brothers Seth. It was a nice trip... great to see his family again. It had been several years since we had been back. After we got back, Seth approached Chad about coming to consult with him on the projects he was involved with in his company. Originally it was just supposed to be in the interim while Chad was waiting to hear back from these other companies. Then within a week Seth had talked to his partner and they decided to offer Chad a full-time position. We were excited but a little hesitant because of the nature of the company and Chad wanting to break into another field. This company was doing a lot of what he had been doing.. ie internet sales, importing, search engine optimization etc. They had offered kind of a VP/General Manager position. We stewed and stewed about what to do. It was craziness for us to think about leaving all that we knew here to just move onto somewhere else. The Boston job got eliminated when they split the territory between two existing reps and then we found out that we might not get a moving/relocation package from the other two jobs we were waiting on. That really put a clinch into everything because we were pretty much broke at the time. The job at the airport had run dry in early March. We had also received a public notice of default on our home and had 60 days until foreclosure! So we pretty much were running out of options. We sat down and went through all of the pros and cons of the 3 jobs. We narrowed it down to the one in AZ and one of the ones in TX. This was the week leading up to Conference. The previous Sunday we had asked our children to fast with us to know the Lord's will for our family. We asked that if we were to move somewhere, then He needed to provide a way for us to do so. On Thursday of that week Chad received a check for $5300 in the mail from University of Phoenix for an overage of a student loan! We were completely floored! As we watched the Saturday session of conference, we just kept hearing "trust the Lord, have faith, you are entitled to personal revelation", etc. We had also spoken with several family members there in Gilbert about the prospect of coming there. They were all so positive and excited to have us be down there. As the weekend wore on, it became more and more apparent that Arizona was the direction we should head. We asked both sides of the family to participate in a special fast for us on that Monday. By noon of that day we knew what the answer was. I called a friend who was a specialist in "short sale" real estate. She came over that evening and we had our home on the MLS by 9:30 that evening! It was crazy. I showed it 20 times that week and by 8 am on Friday morning, we had an offer. It made our heads spin but we knew it was right. Chad got on a plane that Thursday morning the 8th of April and headed to Arizona to begin working. He has only been back one time since then and we have been down there once. We found a home the weekend I was there, with a pool and yard and 5 bedrooms in a great area close to family. It has all fallen right into place. The only misery is the grief and sadness that sits in my throat everyday of my life right now. I am muddling through the de-junking and packing by myself while Chad sits there in AZ working his tail off and playing on the weekend. Luckily he will be coming home every weekend from here on out. So the official moving-out date is June 12th and we drive away on June 13th. It's hard to believe that my 10-year record for the longest place I have ever lived is soon ending! I have so loved living in this home and neighborhood. This area is so blessed and there are more incredible people than I can name. Thanks to you all who have supported, taken care of, loved, honored befriended us here in Draper. Let the good times roll.... The Lord is in the details of our lives and there is NO denying it. Believe and be satisfied that He is real. :-)