Moving On

After 28 applications, a third resulting in interviews and about as many offers, we have made a decision. Tyson will be joining...

as their 6pm Producer in the beautiful city of

 

Salt Lake City!

It was not easy. Tyson got a bunch of offers, but none of them felt right - he would have to work on Sundays, or work the graveyard shift, or the pay was less than what he was currently making. He got a couple of better offers, but they just didn't feel right so we turned them down in faith that the "right" job was still out there. Then, with 2 weeks left on his Sioux Falls contract and sweat breaking out on our foreheads, ABC4 in Salt Lake called and said, "We want you now!" It's exciting to be making such a big jump in market size and to be going back closer to family, places, things, and people we've missed so much!

Unexpected Staycation

This is what your living room looks like when mold is discovered in the bedroom (you ought to see the kitchen with the rest of our belongings).

This is what your bedroom wall looks like when the mold is located in the drywall.

I am SO grateful that this is not our home. That we are only renting. That said, we have suffered quite the August because of it. For quite some time we have noticed a portion of our bedroom carpet getting wet whenever it rains. When it started to smell, then our landlord took us seriously.

This became our home for a week. It was quite a nice hotel with free breakfast and dinner, a swimming pool, HGTV (for Carrie) and the Cooking Channel (for Tyson). And little Tyler made a bajillion friends with the hotel staff (I took him down to the desk with me to negotiate the room rate and he charmed them right into knocking a 1/3 off the price). Despite the hassle, it would have been a fun little staycation - had we not all been so sick (except for Tyler). We don't know if it was from the mold or just a regular get sick kind of thing, but it was rough for Tyson, Lydia, and me. Once again our wonderful ward stepped in and helped out by taking Tyler so we could recuperate and then clean our mold infested belongings.

Once we were feeling better, we tried to make the best of things. Here's Tyler's getting a huge ice cream sundae at the fair.

It sure was nice to get home! Things still aren't back to normal here, but we're leaving soon anyway (stay tuned for this announcement).