Goin' out West

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have an announcement. This Roberts family is officially high-tailin' it out of the mid-west, and heading straight for the northwest. Seattle, Washington to be exact. I know what you are all thinking "is she serious?" "Didn't they just move?" "Why?" "What about the cows?" Well, there are many reasons, the first being that job opportunities are just not readily available here in Rolla. Jon has had a rough run searching out steady employment here. So he started searching nationwide. He literally looked everywhere. Then he called a land-surveying company in Seattle. They were so excited to hear from him, they asked him to fly out as soon as he could for a face to face interview. He was nervous and excited when he flew out Sunday morning. He had a stack of other surveying jobs, just in case, and another pile rent-to-owns to check out. He was offered the job on the spot, and then set out to find us a place to live. After finding a great ranch-style home, he thought, "I can't believe how easy this was to get all of this taken care of. I found us a home and a job in one day."

While in Seattle he also visited Sarah, Iris and Charlie. He had a great time, and thought they were such a cute little family.

So Wednesday came, and Jon was ready to fly home. Once at the airport, he learned that the Chicago airport (where he had a layover) had stopped all traffic due to a lightning storm. The Chicago airport is the second largest in the country and has an airplane landing and taking off every 30 seconds. The airport was shut down for two hours, so you do the math. He left Seattle not knowing what was ahead of him. When his airplane got to Chicago is flew around and around waiting to land. Then it ran low on gas, so they flew to Indianapolis to re-fuel. They were on the runway waiting for fuel for three hours. When he got to Chicago, he had missed his flight to St Louis of course. All flights were cancelled, and so he was stuck in Chicago. After waiting in line a million hours, he finally went to the smaller second airport in Chicago, and caught a flight leaving at 7am. We met him at Lambert International at 8am. The boys and I went up to the big city for a quick-pick-up-dad-and-get-home trip, and ended up staying the night at his sister Susan's house. They were great to us, and we really had a fun time. Zion woke up around 2am, so I brought him into my bed, and what a nightmare. Gosh that kid doesn't even slow down to sleep!

Anyways, we are finally home here in Rolla. Well, it's our home until the last of March. I have been packing, and sorting. I am a pro packer, and should look into it as a career! I am excited to move back out west. I am also sad to leave this area that we have been in so long. I know the boys will miss their grandparents extremely. I suppose the most consistant thing in life is change. So here's to another big change in our life.

PS I hope I am still sane after the drive. Anyone want to go on a tour de freeways?