When life gives you lemons - Make lemonade...


Well last Monday Mike was in a meeting and it was announced that they were going to be doing some layoffs. By 2:30 that day Mike was calling me letting me know that he indeed got laid off. He has until June to find a new job and we are very grateful for the 8 months.


So after my initial shock wore off, I of course started to worry about what our future may hold. But there was a tugging at my heart it just let it go. But I had a hard time with that. I knew God needed me to let go and I would but then I would take it back minutes later. Well on top of that I had agreed to go on a Woman's Retreat with my friend Emily. I really did not want to go but I had made a commitment and didn't want to let my friend down.


So I spent the weekend in the mountains, getting close to God and meeting new friends. I took the weekend to really work on letting go of this situation and work on some other issues in my heart. The Lord spoke to me and kept telling me we would indeed be okay and this was his plan. To have that put on my heart throughout the weekend really did free me. I feel so much better about the situation and now I can finally get excited about what is to come.


The move back to Boise fell into our lap and everything worked out so well that I know this is where we are suppose to be and I take comfort in that. Even with the purchase of our new house God's amazing timing was perfect. Two weeks before we were going to have to make double house payments we sold our house in Texas. I can't express the freedom I feel in that and knowing I can just have peace of mind knowing God is in control and he only wants the best for us.


So now we are on to Phase 2 of our life back in Idaho. I will keep y'all updated on what happens next in Mike's career. By the way - Mike is doing well the news - he handles things so well. It always seems to take me longer to get where he is at. Thanks honey for being so calm and putting up with my Type A personality, you are amazing.

Halloween 2007...

Well we have had a busy week this last week with a few life changes to say the least - I will explain in a different blog when I have more time.

In the mean time I wanted to post our Halloween pictures. Mike brought the girls to HP and they were able to go from cubicle to cubicle to trick or treat. Not every employee participates so the girls had to look for orange balloons to indicant who had the candy! Mikayla would shout out in this normally quiet work environment "there's a balloon"!! The girls got a ton of candy and we only went to three floors! It was fun to see so many kids there and introduce my wonderful family to my new co-workers.

After we left HP we went to visit my Grandma who loved seeing the girls and then we went to dinner with Bob, Irene and my step dad Bob W. (Mom was already in Arizona getting the house opened up for the winter) After dinner we hurried home to get Cowboy dressed in his Halloween costume and we took him trick or treating in the neighborhood. Caitlin went as Super Girl with her Super dog by her side and they were out to save the Princess Ballerina (Mikayla).