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Moving: Day 9 the drive to Knoxville

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DAY 9:  On Wednesday we set off for Knoxville. 11.4.09 Nicole and Grandma Bunny (1) It was a long crowded ride in my mother’s  Tribeca, but the kids behaved well and the trip was uneventful.  We stopped for lunch at Wendy’s and Nicole enjoyed dancing to the music and making faces with my mother.  She was in such a funny happy mood that I was glad I had my camera handy to capture a few moments. 

The only other noteworthy thing was the few times that Isaac announced that he needed to use the bathroom right away and we frantically exited as soon as we could only to find out that his need was not nearly as urgent as he had claimed. 

When we arrived at our new place, the movers were still unloading the truck and a neighbor from the ward had provided a hot meal for the family.

The rest of our moving experience is not blogworthy as it consists of me unpacking and organizing our things into our new house, but I think 9 days of moving details really should be enough detail for the few readers we get to our humble little blog.

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Moving, part 1

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I think almost everyone who reads this blog already knows about our upcoming move,  but there may be a few who we we don’t see often and don’t use facebook so for those few, here’s our official announcement:  We’re moving from Orem, UT to Knoxville, TN.

When Zach first suggested taking a job out of state,TN I was VERY opposed to the idea.  I thought we would probably spend the rest of our lives here in Utah, perhaps even in this house.  Of all the things I’ve come to love about Utah, living so close to my in-laws has been the absolute best and I will sorely miss living so close to them. 

As the job interviews started to come, I couldn’t help but feel blessed at the number of good opportunities that Zach had available to him.  We had been praying for months for a way to increase our income and improve our financial situation.  I expected the answer to our prayers to keep us here, but at one point, Zach was in various stages of the interview process with 7 different companies in 6 different states and not one of them was in Utah.  It took a couple of weeks for me to be ok with the idea of moving, but before long I found that my mind had been changed and I knew that a move was inevitable and I somehow found myself ok with the idea. 

The next step was selecting the best job opportunity and though the process only took a month or two, it seemed to take forever.  I was pleased when the decision was finally made that he would work for Jewelry TV in Knoxville, TN.  Of all the cities that he interviewed in, Knoxville was my top choice.  I have fond memories of Knoxville because it’s where my grandmother lived.  I spent every Christmas there and a week out of each summer there for my entire childhood.  It’s within driving distance of my parents and I have some extended family in the area as well.

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