THE MOVE!

A week before Thanksgiving, Chad had to pick up a car from CO. He was going to fly early in the morning on a Friday and drive the car home. His original plan was to leave Thursday but he changed his mind. So Thursday eve he calls a guy he had met just a few times who lives in Denver to ask about a car service to get him from the airport to the place where he was picking up the car. From this conversation a job opening was brought up and this guy asked Chad if he was interested. 40 minutes later Chad had an interview scheduled the next day at 11. Around 8 that night Chad was at the mall trying to find clothes to wear! :) We didnt go to bed until super late that night because Chad also needed to update his resume! We were pretty frantic, nervous, excited and just thought that the timing was pretty crazy!


Chad had the interview and said it was the best one he had ever been on! We told both of our parents about the possibility a few days later! We couldn't hold it in. Part of us was so excited at the possibility of a good job for one but also the thought of moving to CO! We were working really hard to not get our hopes up! They offered him the job almost two weeks after the interview. He filled out the paperwork and background check stuff and found out on Fri December 10th that they would like him to start Mon the 13th. AAGH! His job for two weeks was to find us a place to live and 'work' of course! I went and stayed with my parents for the two weeks so I could concentrate on packing up our recently unpacked and organized house! Yeah not fun for me!



The first few days were rough! Chad was not happy being without us and wondered if we were making a big mistake moving from where both of us have lived our whole lives and where both our families are! He also wasnt having any luck finding a place to live. Everything that looked remotely decent was not when he walked through it. Most of the places were too big and expensive or too small and old/dirty! So he took his Dad's advice on Wed and called a Bishop of an area where he thought looked nice! Thank goodness for the internet!! There were three Bishops listed and of course he chose Bishop Reed due to my maiden name! :) Turns out there was a guy in the ward that had a second house for rent. He was going to list it the next day!! Chad met him at a scouting event at the church that night and they went and looked at the house! He was sold! :) We both were so relieved. (mostly him....he was very stressed about finding us a place!) I couldnt wait to see it! I trusted him completely but it was still hard not being involved!



So here we are! We had a great Christmas at home in Mesa and spent lots of time with both families! It was sure hard to say goodbye but we have already been back for a quick weekend visit. My dad came to visit us (bring up most of my junk that has been in my old bedroom since before we were married!) Then my Mom and Sister Ally came to visit a couple of weekends ago! We already have a trip planned again in June! My niece is getting baptized!! YAY!! Chad said he would never visit AZ in the months of June,July,Aug but this is an exception! I will be coming for a week. Chad for just the weekend! :)



We have been so happy here! The ward is great! The weather is awesome! The neighborhood and area are beautiful! Who knows what the future holds?? Throughout this process there was no doubt in both of our minds that we were being led by our Heavenly Father! Everything worked out too perfectly to be coincidence and we feel so blessed! Never in our minds did we think that we would have such a great opportunity! We hope to one day return to AZ but if we stay here we won't complain! :)