Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Idaho here we come!!!!

I finally have a calm quiet minute to update the blog. Things have been so crazy ever since we found out that Wayne is being transferred to Boise, ID.

A couple years ago while we were finishing up Wayne's Masters Degree we were also applying for jobs all over the country. One of the places that we were most interested in was Boise. We took a quick little trip up to visit and check things out, and we absolutely fell in love with it. We thought for sure that we would end up there. Well we took a job in Richfield and then another job in Sacramento a few months later. We were excited about the government job in Sac because we found out that it was in the same region as Boise and thought that it might be easy to transfer later on. Things were going well here and it was nice to be close to family, but we knew that we did not want to raise our kids here. Wayne found out that the boise office had some openings, so he put in for a transfer a few weeks ago. We found out last week that his transfer was accepted and that we need to be there by the end of this month.

We've been stressing over trying to find a place to live. Do we rent or do we buy? Friday afternoon we decided to pack up and take a quick weekend trip up to Boise to find a home. We spent all day Saturday looking for a place but we couldn't decide. Finally Sunday morning we were able to find a place online. We weren't able to walk through it but we are super excited about it. We put an offer in this morning and are hoping they will accept soon, so that we can be in right after Thanksgiving.

Here is a picture of the kids after our late night of driving, all ready to go house hunting. They were amazing the whole trip.

I have to tell a quick story about the kids, before I forget. So Saturday night we were able to sleep at my cousin's home. She was sweet enough to let us all have one of her boy's bedroom. Wayne and I were extremely tired since we drove through the prior night. We were laying in bed half asleep in the dark when I here Presleigh throw her sippy cup on the floor. Immediately Noah starts asking for a baba. Presleigh gets up and says "I'll give it to him." We hear Noah grab the sippy and start taking a huge drink of water. Presleigh then starts saying "Noah say thank you" while he was still drinking. She said it like three times to him and then says to me "Mommy, Noah not say thank you." I then said "Noah you need to say thank you to sissy." Then Presleigh says "Say thank you!" Right after that we hear noah gasp for air, he had just finished taking a big drink of water and was finally coming up for air. As soon as he catches his breath we then hear a very sweet "daydu (thank you)" from Noah. It was a sweet little moment after a extremely stressful day.

5 comments:

Taylors said...

Soooooooo excited for you guys! I can't wait to hear about the house... hopefully it will be accepted. oh, and love the story too cute :)

Kirsten said...

Congrats, Boise is a great place! Your kids are so adorable and growing so quickly. Miss you guys!

Peterson Family said...

Yeah!!! I am so excited for Boise for you guys! That is one of the places Travis told Target he would get transferred to...so maybe someday we can be neighbors!!! I am so happy for you...plus Boise is so much closer to Montana! Can't wait for Thanksgiving!
PS I loved Noah's Daydu....too too cute!

Sharstin said...

that is great! boise will be so much fun:) good luck on the house hunting!

Joanna said...

Maybe now you guys can finally get settled down. I'm so happy for you guys and that this has worked out for you. I'll be looking forward to seeing how you guys end up liking it there - back to the snow, and really cold temps! :)