No pictures. Sorry but we still haven't moved into a place and so I'm on my parents computer. I have a moment to breathe and so I thought I would really quickly give an explanation for my absence on the blog and facebook. I promise once things settle down (meaning we are in a place of our own) I will get pictures up from our summer.
We should probably start in the beginning of May. I decided that being pregnant and everything that I didn't want to work anymore. At least not at a school for a while. I am still going to do private lessons. I told Tyson and he said ok. We went to the temple to make sure that's what we were supposed to do. As we were walking out of the temple Tyson looked at me and said we are moving to Oregon. I said "really? ok." How do you respond to that? Of course I want to go back to Oregon. So the following two weeks Tyson and I talked and he quit his job too. I knew it was right and so did he but it was still scary. The following week Tysons brother Keenan called and told him of a job on the Oregon coast in Yachats. Tyson looked at the job and said, "Elise, this is the job. This is where we are going." So we planned as if we were moving there. We had one last trip to Yellowstone with our good friends Temala and Mark and their kids. It was a gorgeous perfect day to go. I did take 2 months of voice lessons from the best teacher in the world. and just got ready to start moving. We hadn't heard from the job yet and it was the end of June. Tyson applied the beginning of May. We knew it was going to take a while just because it's a government job. That week I struggled. I was so worried that we had made the wrong decision even though in my heart I knew we were doing the right thing. The Sunday before that week the bishop called me Elsie. Something that doesn't bother me because no on ever says my name right. After church he came up to apologize and I started balling. I'm sure he thought it was because he had offended me. Luckily I got to explain that I was just worried about this job thing and he looked at me and said Tyson is going to get the interview just be patient. He related it to Joseph Smiths praying in the sacred grove. When Joseph thought he couldn't hold on any longer that's when Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father appeared. We don't know how long Joseph had to battle satan. It could have been minutes, hours, all day. Who knows. That gave me a little more strength to survive the week at least. On thursday of that last week in June we went to my doctors appointment to find out we were having a girl. We got home and Tyson started talking about the job and how he was worried about not getting an interview. Not five minutes later I picked up his phone because it was ringing and I saw and Oregon area code. I yelled, "Tyson, Tyson it's them!" He got off the phone and said he had an interview on Monday at 10 on the phone. Our prayers were answered. Tyson had the interview and then the waiting game continued again. In the meantime we put our house up for rent for the beginning of September and it rented out immediately so we loaded everything up and moved it to Tysons parents. Remember we still hadn't heard about the job. We were going into this blindly. Tyson kept on promising that we would be on the coast by the end of September. I was becomming a nervous wreck. While we were at his parents I got a horrible bladder infection that was turning into a kidney infection. I was super dehydrated on top of that so I ended up in the hospital with and IV and antibiotics. That was a Tuesday. Wednesday I felt ten times better because of a blessing from my brother in law and Tyson and I'm sure prayers.Wednesday Janie took me to go get batting for Natalias comforter so I could finish it. Tyson came with us. While we were checking out in the line at Joann's Tyson got a phone call. He walked out of the store, which for me isn't a huge deal. It's very normal but it always makes my heart start to race these days waiting for a job. We walk out and he is just hanging up. He looks at me and said something but I wasn't sure what he meant and so I asked if he had the job. He said he got the job! Our prayers were answered. I can not tell you how many prayers were said and by how many people. I just know that the day we left the temple and Tyson said we were moving to Oregon he knew something. I don't have as good of faith as Tyson but I did survive it. We have had so many miracles, blessings, and experiences through this. Tyson decided to have me come to Oregon before him by a week so I could maybe find a place. I didn't find one and still haven't which is a struggle for me but I'm surviving. As Dori would say "just keep swimming". In the meantime Tyson has stayed in Boise waiting for them to call to do his drug test and load the truck to come here. We were really hoping his drug test would come by Friday but of course it didn't. Tyson had the truck scheduled to be picked up Monday evening so he could leave Tuesday evening and drop it off at another budget place on Thursday. We have learned that there is something in store for us and we aren't sure. Monday came and went without a drug test response. This morning, Tuesday, the day Tyson is going to leave he got an email saying he had 48 hours to go get his drug test done in Nampa at a certain location. (now you see why he couldn't leave). So once again our prayers were answered and there's nothing like last minute. Tyson is now on his way to Springfield and will be here in the morning just in time for us to go to the coast tomorrow to go look for places again. I'm sure there's a reason we haven't found a place yet and it will all work out. The journey isn't over and the prayers haven't stopped. I am getting there. I promise there will be more to come. I can tell you though Heavenly Father answers prayers and it's not always when it's convenient. Tyson, Jaden, Natalia, and I have learned a lot about each other and many other things in this journey. Our Heavenly Father wants us to be happy and he will take all the time in the world to make sure we are. Don't second guess him or question him. Do I still struggle at times? Of course I do. I'm worried about where I will be when I go into labor but I know it's going to work out even if I am worried :) There will be more to come I promise.
