It is time for a very overdue blog update regarding the status of our family!
WE ARE MOVING TO DALLAS, TEXAS!
We have been exploring this option for years now, and on July 7th Greg interviewed with the Dallas branch of his company for a new position out there. Early the next week they offered him a position, and we accepted.
He'll be working as the Sales Manager at the Hilton in Grapevine, Texas- a suburb just North of Dallas. He is excited for some new challenge in his career, and we know he's going to do GREAT!
So now it's time to get our family out there!
We threw the kids in some boxes and we're ready to go.
OK, seriously.
We don't yet know when we are going for sure. The Dallas people wanted Greg to start in 30 days, but his LA boss isn't promising anything before 60 days. He wants time to find Greg's replacement and get him trained before Greg goes. All we know is that we are going sometime between 30 and 60 days.
We don't yet know where we will be living when we get there. We will be renting, but can't really get a rental yet until we know when we are arriving.... so.... we're packing what we can live without for a few months, and trying to be ready to move fast when we get word.
In the meantime, we are set to enjoy all we love about Southern California while we have the chance. We made a "bucket list" that looks like this:
-time with friends
-time with friends
-Summerfest at church (every summer Sunday night after service we have food and fellowship on the lawn)
-Disneyland (we haven't gone since Addie was little!)
-the beach & Andria's- for great fish and chips
-Santa Barbara & a favorite romantic restaurant there- Stella Mare's (planned for my birthday next week!)
-the Getty (where we got engaged)
-Pinks in Hollywood for hot dogs
-Porto's in Glendale
-Pasadena with my cousin Heather and her husband Matt
-the Hollywood Bowl (we bought tickets to see Harry Connick Jr. in a few weeks)
-local eateries: Stonefire Grill and Daphne's for cheap yummy Greek food
-Santa Monica Pier
-Our favorite thrift store off Lankershim. (*sigh*, I will really miss that place)
-Descanso gardens (Addie requested this one)
Between packing and planning and living it up, we barely have a spare moment! I think that will help us though, since leaving here will be one of the hardest things we will ever do. There are so many things we love about Southern California and so many wonderful, wonderful friends. We have great memories here, but a great future ahead of us there too. I never thought that when I came here to go to college, I'd stay here for the next 15 years! It's hard to believe it's been that long!
Stay tuned for some blog posts showing all the fun we're going to have in the next few weeks!
3 comments:
Dude. 15 years? Really? You are so old. (sorry, couldn't help myself)
I am not sure how I have lived and survived so far away from you for so very long. Praise the Lord we still like each other! =) And, that you are moving within *driving* distance! I am so excited for you guys, I hope this move is a blessing, despite leaving the wonderful life you've established in SoCal.
But we live in Houston...
Harry Connick Jr. is still my all time favorite concert. outdoors (Chateau St. Michelle) with the hot air balloons flying behind him and the dinner train interupting the concert. I've seen him about 6 times and that one is still my all time favorite. I remember him stopping in the middle of the song and saying to his band and all of us. "take a second and take this in, this is stunning" he was right and it was fantastic! have fun!
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