Changes and Sacrifices....

Well the last couple of days have been a whirlwind of emotions.... And there are a lot of changes coming for us.

On Monday Jonathon got a call from his boss in Elko. His boss told him that they wouldn't need him to come back to work, because they were laying off a few guys. Jonathon was out working doing Pest Control stuff at the time and he called me and told me. At first I was pretty upset.. just because you never want to lose a job or your main source of income... who would? But to be honest I hated Jonathon working over there. It was hard having him gone a whole week and then when he was here he was busy with the Pest Control, so we didn't see him much. So anyways after the initial shock of finding out, we went into planning mode. For anyone that knows Jonathon, his brain never stops going. He is always thinking of the next thing we can do to get the businesses going well enough that he never has to work for someone EVER again. He HATES having a boss. Jonathon's main thing is that he hates knowing that by working for someone else.. they have complete power over whether or not you get a pay check next week. In the last few years Jonathon has been laid off 3 times. Yes 3 times. So by now we are kind of used to it... and we always get stuff figured out. Well this time we are doing things a little different. Neither Jonathon or I want him to go back to Nevada and try and get on with another mine. He will if he absolutely has to.. but he is pretty much done being away from his family for a week at a time. SO it was decision making time.. and by that I mean some tough decisions. Jonathon and Chad started the Pest Control company about a month or month and half ago. So far it is actually doing very well. We didn't expect to do much this year.. because we started late. Usually companies start selling in April or May. So they were just wanting to kind of get it going and see what happened. But they are actually getting sells pretty steadily. So that for all of us has been pretty exciting. However neither Jonathon or Chad have been able to fully concentrate on the business because they were both working over in Elko. Anyways after Jonathon and I spent a few hours discussing all of our options.. we came up with a plan. We've decided to make some pretty big sacrifices so that he can concentrate and fully devote himself to his businesses... we've chosen to do this because we figure it is better to make sacrifices now so that we can be successful later. Jonathon knows that he can go out and find a job doing whatever.. but then he won't have time to do the business. So we decided that while he is up here working his little bum off to get the Pest Control going strong that Alexis and I will be staying in Monticello with my parents for a little while. Alexis and I will still be up here a lot because Jonathon will spend a lot of time up here and we won't want to be away from him too much. I think that we are both just at the point of being willing to do everything we possibly can to make sure we can put every effort in being successful so that we don't have to depend on a boss anymore. I told Jonathon that I could go back to work while he does the Pest Control stuff, but he straight up said "NO." He said that he thinks I will have a lot of fun with my mom and I can just kick back and relax. He is probably right because there isn't a lot of places that I feel completely relaxed other than my parent's house. I'm excited to spend some time with them.. not so excited to be in Monticello though. But we are grateful for parents that are willing to let us come stay for a while.

On the UP side of things... On June 13th we found out the we are expecting :) We didn't really want to say anything.. just in case I had another miscarriage. But I am a little over 9 weeks today, and we went in to the doctors this morning and heard what sounded like a good, strong heartbeat! We are completely thrilled of course! Due date is Feb. 15th :)