The Big Move

At the beginning of March we moved to Pocatello, ID! Jared got a job with the Pocatello Fire Department as a Paramedic/Firefighter. I am so proud of him and his accomplishments and how hard he works to support our family. We had to make many trips back and forth from Cedar City to Pocatello while he was going through the interview process. He first had to come and take a written exam which started out with 250 applicants. They then ranked them according to where they scored in the group. Then we had to come again for him to have an oral interview. After that they offered him the position contingent on him passing a doctor's physical exam and then a combat challenge the next day. The physical and combat challenge were on a Monday and Tuesday and then after he passed he had to start week that following Monday. With us not knowing if it was a definite thing until he passed these tests we had to find a place to live and move very quickly. It was a crazy hectic week.

Driving through Arby's on our way out of Cedar City.

It is a 6 hour drive from Cedar City to Pocatello so we spent a lot of time in the car, Daija and Jazelle did so good while we did all this traveling.

It was Daija and Jazelle's first time staying in a hotel when we came for testing and interviews and they did pretty good at behaving while we were there.

Jared studying hard for the written exam, and Daija and Jazelle being good little girls while daddy is studying.

The day we moved there was a huge snow storm and the roads were terrible. Jared was driving the moving truck and the heater didn't work in it so he was freezing the whole way to Idaho, and I was driving our little car that was just sliding all over the road. It was quite the adventure but we made it safely and the fire department was at our house to help us unload the truck and had everything out in less than an hour. They were amazing! We put our house in Cedar City up for sale and exactly one week after is was on the market it SOLD! I got a job at the hospital here on the Same Dy Surgery floor. Everything just came together for us so well and we are so blessed for everything going on in our lives right now.