Today Adam officially accepted a job offer...
with...
(are you ready?)
... Eli Lilly pharmaceutical company
in...
(are you really ready?)
... Indianapolis, Indiana!
It's a great job and we've heard lots of good things about living in Indy. We're really excited to move. Luckily for us, we won't have to wait long to move forward with our plans; we're going to move at the beginning of April.
Some reasons we're excited about this job:
-Adam likes the job & benefits
-The neighborhoods north of the city have good schools
-We'll be next to a major airport (hooray!)
-It's in the Midwest, which we've come to enjoy after 4 years in Champaign, Illinois.
-And we'll be close to a temple! That is, after they build it. A temple has been announced and ground purchased in Carmel (the city just north of Indy, where we're hoping to live). Wouldn't it be cool to watch a temple get built right in your own town, and then live just a couple minutes away from it? After having to drive 3+ hours to visit the temple, we're excited for a closer commute.
The only negatives we can foresee are that Adam's commute will likely be 20-25 minutes (which really isn't so bad), and, mostly, that we won't be any closer to family in the West. But I feel like good things will come of living in Indianapolis... and at least we'll be close to an airport so we can more easily visit family and friends.
Now it's time to make some moving plans!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Surprise Visit to Utah
It was 3:50pm in Provo, Utah. All seven of my siblings siblings, my dad, and my family crouched quietly in my parents' front room, awaiting my mom's return. "Here she comes!" The doorknob turned, my mom stepped in, the bucket of confetti dumped, and we all shouted, "SURPRISE!"
Last month my mom turned 50, and my dad decided to celebrate by flying me and Lori and our families out to Utah to surprise my mom. She sure was surprised! We spent the week visiting, playing games, driving up the canyon, seeing the Bean Museum, and just enjoying being together. On the weekend we had a surprise party for her at the church with her mom and siblings and my dad's parents and siblings. And at the end of the week we got to help Paul and Melissa move into their first home! It was a great visit.
Just minutes after the surprise!
We took a family drive up the canyon. Jared and Allison were in awe of the mountains.
Adam learning to ride Matthew's unicycle (Matthew can ride and juggle simultaneously!)
The kids did LOTS of fun activities with Grandma, one of which was cracking open glittering geodes that the Dicksons had unearthed on a recent excursion through Southern Utah.
Extended family party! Everyone from both my mom's and my dad's families were there, save one person! Quite the miracle! We took photos, had dinner and a program, and enjoyed talking with everyone (and the kids enjoyed running wild in the church gym).
The Dickson family--now 18 strong!
Playing games on a Sunday afternoon
Matt & Lori looking cute together (In case you didn't know, Lori is expecting and due in June--just a day before Jared's birthday!)
Mom, Nathan (12), and Amy (9)
My mom made a construction cake for Jared
...and played dress-up with Allison
Allison and Amy were quite a pair
I finally got to hold my niece Rachel! She's such a cutie.
Paul and Melissa in their brand-new house in Salem! We got to help move them in.
Steven and Kristel gave us a tour of the construction site near their home (new BYU housing complexes)
Last month my mom turned 50, and my dad decided to celebrate by flying me and Lori and our families out to Utah to surprise my mom. She sure was surprised! We spent the week visiting, playing games, driving up the canyon, seeing the Bean Museum, and just enjoying being together. On the weekend we had a surprise party for her at the church with her mom and siblings and my dad's parents and siblings. And at the end of the week we got to help Paul and Melissa move into their first home! It was a great visit.
Just minutes after the surprise!
We took a family drive up the canyon. Jared and Allison were in awe of the mountains.
Adam learning to ride Matthew's unicycle (Matthew can ride and juggle simultaneously!)
The kids did LOTS of fun activities with Grandma, one of which was cracking open glittering geodes that the Dicksons had unearthed on a recent excursion through Southern Utah.
Extended family party! Everyone from both my mom's and my dad's families were there, save one person! Quite the miracle! We took photos, had dinner and a program, and enjoyed talking with everyone (and the kids enjoyed running wild in the church gym).
The Dickson family--now 18 strong!
Playing games on a Sunday afternoon
Matt & Lori looking cute together (In case you didn't know, Lori is expecting and due in June--just a day before Jared's birthday!)
Mom, Nathan (12), and Amy (9)
My mom made a construction cake for Jared
...and played dress-up with Allison
Allison and Amy were quite a pair
I finally got to hold my niece Rachel! She's such a cutie.
Paul and Melissa in their brand-new house in Salem! We got to help move them in.
Steven and Kristel gave us a tour of the construction site near their home (new BYU housing complexes)
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