Maybe you've had enough of the beach pictures, but I haven't. It really was too nice of a day to leave it to one post.
I suppose a lot of you are wondering how my actual life is going. I know a lot of relatives read this blog who may not know what we are up to. I will tell you.
Ethan has started training at Pacific Capital Resource Group to be a financial advisor. He's had to do a lot of studying for it and the three tests that are required to become certified. He's taken two of the tests and passed them with flying colors. Just one more test to go as well as three months of training, which he started this week.
If you didn't already know, we've moved in with Ethan's parents to ease our finances as Ethan jumps into a new career. If you think of us, please pray that our house in Utah will sell quickly. That will help quite a bit. Ethan's parents have been very good to us, patient and helpful. They make us feel very welcome here.
The kids are having a blast living with Grandma and Grandpa Nuttall and Elise (Ethan's sister), although they miss their grandparents and ten cousins in Utah greatly.
We miss all the snow that's been getting dumped on our old home (though we don't miss the inversion), but we do appreciate the warmer temperatures here. The kids get out everyday to play in the yard. It was 50 degrees and sunny a lot of the day yesterday. That feels pretty warm to us!
The kids are adjusting to our new ward fairly well. There's a lot more primary kids in this ward than in our old ward. The kids who had an easy time going to their new classes were not the kids I thought would have an easy time. We've had a bit of a struggle getting one particular child to go to class but I don't think that will last much longer.
As for me, I definitely miss the friends I had in our church in Utah. It takes me a long time to get to know people and I'd finally got to know some really awesome people there. I miss them. But I know well enough to understand that there are many awesome people here too, I just need to find them.
This move has been quite a strange thing for me. I miss my home a lot. I miss my family a lot. You may not know this, but I was within a half hour of my parents and each of my four siblings where I used to live. I miss the beautiful valley I lived in. I miss seeing those big, rocky mountains everyday when I look out the window. I miss my house. But, I know, without a doubt that this move is the right thing for our family.
Knowing it's right, though, doesn't necessarily make it easy, does it? Although, I do feel Heavenly Father has been helping me, and all of us really, to make this big, huge, adjustment as easy as possible.
So now we are waiting and praying. Waiting for Ethan to finish his training so he can start making money. Praying that we can pay the bills in the meantime. Waiting for someone to think our house in Utah is awesome and worth the effort to fix it up. Praying that it won't take too long. Waiting for the time we can have our own home again. Praying that I can be patient while I wait.
