Backtracking - Announcing the move to the kids

October 24, 2007
We dropped a bomb on the kids last night while eating Oberweis Icecream.

John has accepted a new job in Littleton Colorado. He will be signing the agreement today. Normal drug test (not worried about that) and then he will drop the "bomb" on his current employer. He also has to get a top secret security clearance...that will happen over the next several months.

He will be working for Lockheed Martin. He will be a Senior Electrical Engineer, staff (Manager of a group). It is an exciting new change for him...something he has been looking for for quite some time. He feels kind of "stuck" in his current job.

The kids are ok. I am mainly worried about Julia. The girls were all crying at Oberweis (I thought it wise to do this in public as they could kind of be aware of the level of wailing...and figured most people would think that the icecream was so good that it brought them to tears). While crying Jenna said, "We look ridiculous" which led Julia and Jenna into a laughing fit. When we got home Jenna was still quite upset. She stopped and thought and asked me if I was going to miss anything. I said I will but I am more concerned about them. She thought again and then said that maybe she shouldn't be so worried about herself. She is very thoughtful.

It will be an exciting change. Please keep the kids in your prayers though. It will be a bumpy emotional ride for them.

PS... A company in UT (SLC) wanted John back in August but they had budget cutbacks and wouldn't be able to revisit staffing the new group they were forming (John was going to manage a portion of it) until next summer. Hey, Denver, Littleton is only 8 or 9 hours away from Provo/Orem.

* Click on the image to see the full size scrapbook page of the kids' reactions of finding a For Sale sign in our yard.