Friday, April 16, 2010

Utah!!!

After a job search with many ups and downs and generally a lot of waiting, we finally have an answer . . . we're going to Utah!!! The offer came through about 10 days ago and we went out this week for our second visit. Jen will be an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Utah and John has some great leads on industry positions, as well as an offer to lecture at the University if nothing in industry works out immediately. During our visit, one of the professors took us sightseeing at Park City, and we got some pictures of Evan training for the bobsled team and playing in the snow.


We spent some time house hunting in Salt Lake City during our visit this week, and are in the process of buying a home. The offer has been agreed upon and we have inspection on Monday, so we're keeping our fingers crossed that all goes smoothly. This has been a crazy process because it was only two weeks ago that we found out that there was a good chance we would get the offer, and now we've accepted and are moving in just 2 months!

Thanks to all who have prayed with us through the high points and low points over the last year or so. We are very excited to see how God is planning to use us in Salt Lake City. We are also praying that Evan adjusts well to the move - if we get the home we have the offer on, Evan will have a nice big backyard to play in, so maybe that will smooth the transition.

2 comments:

Anne Spencer said...

Congratulations! Send me your new address when you can :) Are you going to be near Loren & Carrie?
I'll be praying for the move and adjustment. God bless, Shannon

Johnson Family said...

Wow! Congratulations Jen! I hope you all love living in Utah ... I can definitely see you taking full advantage of your surrounding environment (mtn biking, road biking, skiing, rock climbing, etc etc etc). What a great place for your active family to be :-) That's really exciting news and we're so happy for you. 2 months left in Boston! Wow, that is fast turn-around! Nothing like a little stress to get you moving, right? Congratulations on your new home too and a belated happy 2nd b-day to Evan! or is it still "Even"? :-)