Back to the West Coast

A little over a week ago Billy noticed a voicemail on his phone from the director of the California/Nevada JATC (he was working for the South West JATC) asking him if he had gotten his letter inviting him to the climbing class and asking for a call back by the end of the day. Well that was on a Saturday and the message had been left on Friday. So needless to say all weekend we were worried that our chance to move back to California had been missed. Come Monday he was able to get ahold of him and found out the class began in a week. Thankfully Billy only had to work a few hours that day and had Tuesday off because of the rain so we were able to talk and give some serious thought to what we wanted to do. If Billy did decide to come out for the climbing class, he would have to quit the apprenticeship program he had been in for a year and a half and possible need to start all over again. There was also no guarantee that he would pass the climbing class, although we weren't too worried about that being a problem. By Monday evening we decided that if we could get everything together that we needed to on Tuesday we would go for it. There was a lot that had to go right, but everything came together! So Wednesday morning we packed up the trailer, said our last good byes and started driving west! We split the drive up into two days and arrived in Riverside, CA on Thursday night. Billy had a few things to do here in California on Friday before the class started and thankfully all went smoothly again. We spent the weekend relaxing and hanging out at the beach and he went to his first day of class on Monday. By the end of class we should get a call telling Billy where his first job is. We're praying like crazy it's close to family. In the meantime we're enjoying the beautiful weather (while Oklahoma is experiencing a deep freeze) and practicing some serious thankfulness at this wonderful turn of events!