.::A Walk Down Memory Lane::.

Eric and I got to take a little weekend trip this weekend. We were going to a concert in Anaheim, but while we were down there, we thought we'd take a walk down memory lane. We both grew up in the LA area. I was born in Orange, and Eric was born in Norwalk. We took some time to drive past each of the houses that we spent the first few years of our lives in.



This is the house where Eric spent the first 7 years of his life.



This is where I was born



This is the house that I spent the first 6 years of my life in.

.::Golden Opportunities::.

Our family has been blessed beyond measure in the past year. So, with change comes new opportunities.
         Let me start by prefacing this: I have always wanted to move out of the Central Valley, California, etc., ever since I was old enough to think for myself. I had some great times growing up, made some awesome friends, but I had always felt that I was meant to live somewhere else. However, the older I get, the harder and harder it has been for me to think about leaving my family. My family is my world, and to think about not being a 10-15 minute drive from them is hard to deal with.

        On to the new opportunities: About a week and a half ago, we found out about a job in Livermore, California. For those who don't know where that is, it's about 190 miles northwest of Visalia, closer to the Bay Area, about 44 miles east of San Francisco. The job would have been a promotion for Eric, getting him out of the mechanics position and into the office. Eric interviewed for the position, it was offered to him, but he turned it down, because it would have involved a decrease in pay. His boss was dissapointed that he didn't take it, and implied that he really wanted him to work in Livermore, where his boss works. Because Eric turned the job down, his boss told him about a mechanics position that is going to be opening up at the Livermore shop in the coming months. The job isn't open yet, but Eric was told by his boss that he would be the first to know when it did open. From the response that he got from his boss, We think that it is a sure thing that Eric would be offered the job.

        So, our goal in letting people know this is that we want people to pray for and with us. We need prayer that:

* God would make it very apparent either if we are or are not to make this move.
* That if this is God's will, that the details would be worked out (our house sold, house for us to live there, a job for me, school for Christopher and Caiden, etc.)
* That we would be able to fix up the house here so that we can sell it.
* If it happens, that the transition with the boys would be smooth, and the boys would feel safe and  loved during this time of transition.

Nothing is set in stone yet. We don't know what the outcome will be, but we do know that we need guidance, we need prayer, and we need answers!! We are asking you all, our family, and anyone else to pray with and for us as we consider and pray for God's guidance in this decision and for His will to be apparent in this situation.

Thank you for praying with and for us, and we will definately keep praying that God's will is done in this situation.