Changing Seasons

Happy Halloween to everyone tomorrow! Hope everyone does something fun :)

The update on us is that I have been working in Taylorsville for 2 weeks now, things are going well, the commute takes a lot of time, but I have borrowed a few books on tape from the library to keep me from falling asleep on the way home. (Thanks Heather for the recommendation) Bryce has also interviewed with a company that is only 8 minutes north of where I work. They have told him that they just need to do a background check and then he has the job. So I guess we are supposed to end up in this area eventually. The only problem is our house, we have it listed but our listing expires tomorrow and we will probably just try to sell it our selves and lower the price a bit. We are praying that it sells soon so we don't both have to commute that far every day.

I must have been a bit naive/dumb, but I thought that the days of instability and change were over when I got married. I figured that I wouldn't be moving so often and changing jobs, but I am at that crossroads yet again in my life. The thing I am grateful for is that things always seem to work out somehow. We will try to have the faith to be patient until our house sells.

My aunt Emily has a blog and she likes to write something that she is grateful for in every entry, I think I will try to follow that example from here on out.

I am grateful for the knowledge that Heavenly Father cares about me and my family and what is going on in our lives.

What do I know?

The economy is scary right now, there are so many uncertainties, doubt, fears, etc. I have noticed that the real estate market isn't what it used to be a year and a half ago when I was asked to work with my dad and my uncle. Because of this, I started looking for another job, hoping I could find something that would keep me busy and that I didn't feel guilty being paid what I am with what little work and little hours I actually work.

In my job search I accidentally applied for a job in Taylorsville which is about an hour away from where we live right now. If I had seen where it was located I never would have looked at it twice. Long story short, two interviews later they offered me the job. It was last Friday and I asked them if I could take the weekend to think about it. Over the weekend I decided that I was going to accept, but then for some reason on Sunday night, I was thinking "what am I doing?!". Why am I giving up a job that pays great, has amazing flexibility and is way closer to home? So Monday morning I called the HR guy back and left him a voice mail saying thank you for the offer but I don't feel 100% right about it.

Thank heaven's for my mother, I called her and told her and she reacted differently than I thought she would. She actually told me she was disappointed which took me by huge surprise! When we got off the phone she said a prayer for me that I would either feel at peace with my decision or I would have a strong feeling and have the courage to act on it, and that is exactly what happened. I felt like I was going to throw up for the next hour and I started searching for another job and just felt hopeless. So somehow I got up the courage to call the HR guy back and luckily leave another message. I told him that I thought it was just nerves and that I really did want the position. How embarrassing! I felt like a complete idiot.

I waited all day for a phone call and it never came. I thought for sure he had already given the job to someone else, but then this morning he called and spent a lot of time with me going over all of the benefits and the great things about the job. I accepted and will be starting on the 16th.

I am so grateful to have a mother that is in tune enough to pray for me and I am so grateful for that sick to my stomach feeling I received from the Holy Ghost. I guess his still small whisper wasn't enough to get through my thick skull this time ;).

This job decision may not make sense now, (Bryce works in Brigham City, or town-home hasn't sold yet and the market is aweful) but I know for sure that it is right. I know Heavenly Father is looking out for us and guiding us in the right direction. Change is in the air, I can feel it.

I loved listening to conference this weekend. I felt hope and optimism. Things may not always make sense to me but what do I know? :)

Bryce's first race

On Saturday September 27th Bryce ran his very first race. It was a 5k in Centerville and the proceeds went to benefit kids with down syndrome. Our goal was to run the whole thing without walking and we did it! I am so proud of him. He did awesome and made huge progress in the little time that he had to train for the race. My cute parents also came out to show their support. Gotta love em! In the future the races we run will only be on The Run Bug, but I had to put this one on here because it was important.

As is tradition, Carrie drove up from SLC to join us.

We are in there somewhere! This race was actually a little kid's Eagle Scout project. I thought that was a creative idea. There wasn't a huge turn out, most of them were speed lightning high school boys that kicked our trash, but yes, we did beat the two tiny girls :)

This is us towards the end of the race. Bryce got a huge grin on his face and started running faster when he saw my mom taking pictures.