The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Things have really started to come together for us within the last couple of weeks and we couldn't be more grateful/excited/happy/relieved. Long story short, we're moving back to Rexburg on Friday so Ty can finish his LAST semester of school, and then coming back to Boise where he will be working as the Media and Public Relations Coordinator for the Idaho Stampede!

This last move has been such a good experience for us. I feel like I have learned so much about myself and Ty and just life in general, and have grown up quite a bit. The past few months have been full of ups and downs, trials and blessings and lots of tears (on my end). I seriously cried pretty much everyday for the first couple of months we were in Boise. I don't know why. I think it had a lot to do with the uncertainty of our situation and that so many aspects of our life changed at once. Moving to a new city where you don't know a soul is scary, not having a job when you get there is scary, (not being home for the holidays is just sad, so I feel like those tears were justified) things not going the way you planned is scary. Everything was just up in the air, so I cried. Thank goodness Ty is so patient and kind. I'm sure it was not fun for him to be going through all those same things and deal with a hysterical wife at the same time, but he would just hold me and tell me that everything would be fine. And that made me feel so much better.

After a while I started to feel comfortable and happy at my job (I work at a Montessori school. I love it) and Ty was working full time for the basketball team. Things were going well and we were making plans for the future. We prayed and fasted and went to the temple and really felt like we were making the right decisions for our family. Ty was interviewing for an internship with ESPN and we both felt really good about moving out there, and his interviews were going very well. Then Ty got a call and was told that they had decided to go with someone else for the internship. We were both sad and disappointed, and just confused because we had felt so good about it. I was frustrated that we went through so much effort to make plans and try to organize our future, and then not have things work out the way we had planned. But then a few weeks later, a position opened up with the Stampede. Ty interviewed for it and was offered the job. He is now the Media and Public Relations Coordinator for the team and couldn't be happier. This is exactly what we wanted without even knowing it. Ty is now able to go back to Rexburg and finish school with the assurance that he has a job waiting for him when he graduates, and it's a job that can only lead to bigger and better things (i.e. the NBA...!!). Plus, my sister will be in Rexburg this semester too, which will be so fun! And I will also be able to come back to my school in the fall, which is a huge blessing!

This whole experience has been such a huge reminder to me that the Lord knows us and is so aware of us and our needs. His plans for us are so much better than anything we can plan for ourselves. I'm thankful for trials and opportunities to put our faith in God.

We are so excited to be finishing up our time in Rexburg, and can't wait to see what the next chapter of our life brings!