It's kind of funny in hind sight to think about how this all came about. When I think about how we came to move to Texas and end up in this house and area I can see that it was all truly inspired as this experience with moving Boise has been. Last Summer after my brain surgery my Mom (who badgers me incessantly to move closer to family) had the gaul to leave and go back to CA. My MIL came soon after and turned around and did the same dang thing, she left and went home. This was the first time in my life that I ached to be closer to our extended family. It wasn't that I didn't miss our families before, but until that moment I felt like we had a purpose as a family for being here, but now something about that was ending. I can't really describe the shift but I felt like it was time to consider moving closer to home, which is really anywhere out West since I'm a CA girl and Cory is a UT boy. I brought it up to Cory and he threw a wall up right away. I can't blame him, he has a great job and we really love it here. I asked him to consider looking at jobs and to keep an open mind. I was in no rush by any means but wanted to keep a dialogue about it. He looked into a few jobs but staying with Raytheon wasn't a possibility in any of the areas our family live. So, like a trooper Cory put his resume out there and waited. Every couple of months we would talk briefly about it but the conversation usually concluded with Cory insisting that we stay here, and me being thankful that he had a job and not wanting to rock that boat.
In February Cory started to get excited about a a promotion he was getting and a project he was going to get to take charge of at work. He was really pumped and told me that leaving Dallas was not an option and that we were staying forever! Two days after this statement he got a call. It was the kind of call that in that moment I knew something was happening by the look in Cory's eyes. He asked me just like he had when the job here came up "Want to move to Dallas?" But this time it was "Want to move to Boise?" I didn't even know that he had put in an application for a job in Boise. He then told me that the project he had been working on that he was supposed to be taking charge of was now (as of that day) moving to Forest, MS where we used to live. That was a shock since the "never moving away" conversation had occurred only two days before. He still had a job and was still being promoted, but things at work had suddenly gone from exciting to boring, and Cory doesn't handle being bored well at all.
The call was from a contract Circuit card Manufacturer called Plexus for a Engineering Supervisor. So he interviewed, and then interviewed, and interviewed, again. In total he interviewed 4 times over the phone and through Skype until they finally, after two months, told him they wanted to make him an offer and asked him to come out to Boise to meet in person. They also brought me out to check out the area. We were grateful for the trip especially since it was the first time we had ever been away from our kids for more than 18 hours our entire marriage. They didn't make the offer while we were there but Cory really liked the Plant and everyone he met. He was super excited and assured me he would never be bored there. After negotiations and some very heart felt prayers we received an answer to those prayers. We needed to move to Boise! Along the way Cory had slowly admitted that he was inspired to apply for this very job and was inspired all along the way with the interviewing process and negotiations.
We are so excited to get to live near family!!! We will be living minutes from My Sister Angie (who feels indifferent about this whole situation; ) and her family, as well as Cory's parents and brothers. Boise is so beautiful! We got engaged in Boise and when we were first married we planned on moving to Boise after Cory was finished with his Masters. Then Raytheon put him through school and all our plans changed.
We just made our final decision a few days ago and have been busily readying our house to sell it. We put our blood, sweat, and tears into this house and will be sad to leave it. I get a pit in my stomach every time I think about leaving our friends and ward and the kids schools. Like I keep telling Alyssa, we may not know why exactly this is the plan or us but Cory and I have received such clear answers and promptings that I don't doubt for a moment that this is what we need to do.
For now we deal with logistic's and pray that this goes as smoothly as possible. Then hopefully we will be able to enjoy our last days in TX and this new adventure.
I took this Picture at Angie's house when Cory and I visited a few weeks ago.
