Sunday, July 20, 2008

What's been going on.....

OK, the kids are playing and I have a few minutes.....
Last night we went to the Delaware State Fair, which is only about 20 minutes from the house. We took 2 cars and Austin's friend JD, so I could take the girls home and Don could stay and ride the rides with the boys (till 1 AM!!!).
Bell went on the BIG Ferris Wheel with Dad and the boys - she LOVED it!! She seems like she is going to be one who loves rides. She also went on all the kiddie rides. This morning I asked her which was her "favorite" ride and she said... "I liked the BIG wheel (with hand gestures), the cars, the train, the boats, the otehr cars that Lina went on (with mom), the hot air balloons, and the horses, goats,pigs, lambs and the BIG cows."
OK, I guess she did not have a favorite, as she listed all the animals we saw as well! She had a great time!!

Job update:
I wish we had more to update......
Don was in Ohio last week for an interview. He thought it went really well, and he should hear on it this week. The salary is good and the benefits are better than what we have now - the medical is MUCH less expensive and there is a GREAT bonus structure, so..... We shall wait and see. He spent a day with a realtor while up there, they paid to fly him in, so we figured why not look around. He loved some of the areas and a few of the houses were what we would be looking for (both price and size). And I have been doing a ton of research online, even contacting the local moms groups for insight in to towns and schools. The areas West and Southwest of Cleveland actually look very promising, great demographics and schools. They would pay for 2 house hunting trips (and to move us), so we could get up there to get a better feel.
On Tuesday he also has a second in person interview in Wilmington, DE. Much closer to home, so hopefully he will get two offers at the same time and will have the option. He might need to be further north in DE to meet the response time they would need for emergencies at that job, so it would probably mean moving anyway, and we are not truley thrilled with moving to northern DE.
I feel like we have thrown our whole lives up in the air and are waiting for it to come back down, to see where it will land (and hopefully not hit us on the head!). But really, we have passed it up to God and we have faith that he will put us in the place that is best for our family at this point in our lives. As long as we are together, we can be happy anywhere!
My biggest concern right now is school for Austin. I still have no idea where the heck he is starting school in 5 weeks! Yikes!
Well, gotta go, be back soon......

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