Were Back in Town, Again

We're officially back in the glorious, wet state of Washington (hence the new background). Time to break out the sweaters and the rain boots and pack away the shorts and swim suits.
We've moved in with Cameron's parents for a short while (very grown up of us, huh?) to save up some money and buy a house/condo (this is a far fetched dream of mine, has been for years, but maybe it's not so far fetched anymore). So for the next, who knows how long, Camano Island is our new home.
We have been really blessed so far with work. Cam has a job as a flight instructor at Snohomish Flying Service that started out not looking too promising but in the last week he's actually picked up a couple students, one being the owner's son. He also go offered a job at Blockbuster as a part-time shift manager. This is perfect because he can still fit his students into his schedule. He goes in this Friday to finish all the paperwork and start some training. Our goals for the near future are these: Kenmore Air is suppose to be hiring come this February for either a dock hand (someone to help dock the sea planes as they come in) or a flight instructor for sea planes. Kenmore is his dream job. Around January Cam will try and get the rest of the hours he needs to be an sea plane instructor, with Kenmore, and maybe that will give him the in he needs. All these things are kind of a long shot because we don't know for sure if they'll be hiring, what the pay will be and if we'll be able to afford to get him another 15 hours on floats. In the meantime he's finishing the application for a WA State Park Ranger. This will take a couple months to get processed.
We're happy to be back with our families, even though it means we have to give up our sunshine. The girls are having a blast spending time with their cousins, aunts and uncles and the grandparents. I probably won't post as often anymore because I did all this mostly for our families while we were away. I'll keep everyone else posted of things that are going on every few weeks, if there's anything to post.

On the Road Again (in a week)

Well, things have finally come together and all these "trials" that have happened have made us see what we think we're suppose to do. This job here in Cali served it purpose. It got Cameron to almost 800 hours, 500 hours dual given, over 200 multi engine and a lot of experience in office work. It wasn't very fun or enjoyable but it was necessary. That has all come to an end as we pack up our belongings (once again) and head to Camano Island, WA on the 25th of this month. We'll be staying there until a job comes, which hopefully won't take too long since he's already filled out 2 applications and we haven't even left yet. He's still going to do the aviation thing but at a slower pace. We need a more normal family life, or a family life at all. The more we think about this move the more things fall into place. If the world was combining against us last week, well it's finally righted itself this week. It's really nice all the support we're getting from family and friends. I just want those of you who we will be leaving in a week to know that California really hasn't grown on me but you sure have. I'm going to miss all of you who I got to know over the last year. I really got comfortable with you even though I knew that we would leave eventually. If I could take you all with me some how I would. I plan to stay in touch through Facebook, blogging and text messages. I'm not good with actually calling people on the phone, sorry.
Our life is crazy, but I think it might be slowing up a bit. I feel like we're almost where we belong.

Bigger and Better Things

No go on the Sierra West job. By the time his background check got in they had already hired someone else. So ridiculous! Anyway, that happened and then a couple of days later he finds out that he has lost his medical because the FAA didn't get all the info they wanted and all the letters they've been sending go to his parents and blah blah, they didn't get to us on time. So he can't fly until they review his case and mail him another one. He called his boss in JAX and was pretty nervous about what they would say, maybe something like "you're fired" but the only thing he said was "alright. let me know when you get it straightened out." That was a relief to hear until we found out why he had been so nice. They stopped his pay as of the day he called. Now mind you, he can't fly but he still runs the whole office and has been doing ground lessons and proctoring exams. So that's crappy. To add to the mess and frustration our car needed some costly repairs, our camera is broken to never be fixed again, out DVD player crapped out and my cell phone has decided that it doesn't want to charge itself anymore, ever. Is the world combining against us? Why yes, yes I think it is.