Moving to Cali!

So we recently did a big move. Doug got a Job in California teaching the surgical tech program at the same collage he went to. It was such a relief for him to find a good job. I can't even begin to describe what we have been through the last month. I am sure you remember a few of the freak out blog posts I did over the past few months.

Doug's hours were getting cut more and more. In the whole month of June he only worked 3 days total. And the whole month of July he worked only 5 days. It was SO awful not knowing what to do. It was so frustrating because we kinda thought we were in a "recession proof" industry. We thought that with him working in the medical field that he would always have work. Well we sure had a wake up call! I guess a lot of surgeries these days are elective, and with all the people out of work, no one is getting surgery till it is an emergency. So a huge slow down in the O.R. Well, we looked and looked for another job in Boise. We really loved our neighborhood and didn't want to uproot the kids again, but then I realised that we needed to make a decision to move anywhere there was a job. It is so weird how it all worked out actually.

Doug applied for jobs in Ohio, Utah, Colorado, Virginia, etc... Well nothing was working out and I really didn't want to move to Detroit Michigan which is what it was starting to look like! Then we came across this job for an instructor at the same college Doug went to for his Surgical Tech program. We had a really strong feeling that this is where we were suppose to go. It is so weird how it all worked out. Doug has just earned his bachelors degree and he needed a bunch of filler classes to get it. It just turned out that he took a whole bunch of upper division teaching classes. We kept thinking that it was funny to have teacher classes when he did surgery, but it helped him get his degree. Well those teaching classes helped land him this job. There was a lot of competition for this job and he had everything he needed to give him an edge. Then we were kind of worried about how we were going to afford the housing, so we called the Bishop from when we lived here 3 years ago and asked him if he knew of anyone that was renting a house. He said that he was actually fixing up a house and he would rent it to us right in our price range. Anyway, this is turning out to be a lot longer than I had wanted so I will wrap it up.

All I know is that this has been such a hard move and I was really worried about the outcome but it has all worked out so well. I actually SEE my husband now, he gets weekends and holidays off, he only works 32 hours a week and is home by 4:30 everyday, he get paid salary so we don't have to worry about his hours getting cut, his job totally paid for our whole move, we live close to Doug's Auntie Lisa, we already know our way around and have old friends here, and there is so much stuff to do here. We don't have a whole lot of money at all, but I am grateful for what we do have. At least we have something we can count on. We had to downgrade our house a lot but I have learned that is doesn't matter AT ALL where you live. I feel more at home in this tiny old house then I ever did in that big pretty house we moved from. I am so so so proud of my husband for providing for his family. I am also so proud of him for land a job in this tough market. He is my forever hero and I love him so much. I feel as though I have seen him in a whole new light. He would and has walked through fire for our family.I have a best friend for life and I will follow him anywhere because I guess it all comes down to what the papa Brady from the Brady Bunch says, "where ever you go, there you are" :) Thank you to all of you who gave me such encouraging words during this whole thing. I love you all so much and am grateful for such amazing friends and family.





This is what I looked at for 18 hours straight! I was so scared that car would come flying off the back of that stupid yellow truck! I love the color yellow but I sure wouldn't mind not seeing it for a few weeks!
I looked at the car thermometer and was shocked at what it said!

It got hotter....

This is what London did for only about 1 hour of the whole trip. The rest of the time she was either singing or screaming. And at times it was hard to tell which one it was...

And this is what Hammy did most of the time. He was either sleeping of pooping. And at times it was hard to tell which one it was......

And hotter.......

Here we are FINALLY getting to Fresno

And HOT HOT HOTTER.

It was so nice to finally get to Auntie's house and cool off in her pool

And this is Garrett just being Garrett.

Here is our cozy new little house that I love so much.

Garrett's cool Transformer room

London's Princess room

Our Dining room. The kitchen isn't done being remodeled so I will post that one later.

Our cozy living room

My room