college grads, the #2, and Texas

The last month has kept as all busy and on our toes. Lets start with College grad.
Alesha graduated from BYU Dec. 10th. She is a cougar for life. For these accomplishments we are very proud of her. It has been a very long, hard road for her. This did not come easy or with out alot of extra work.
That kind of moves us into #2. Alesha's least favorite #. She has applied for lots of Teaching jobs in Utah, and has had a lot of interviews. So many, she doesn't even get nervous anymore. Of those many have resulted in call back interviews. And you guessed it. She always comes in #2. To someone with more experience. She even had one she came in #1. But, some people thought she is young and might leave in the middle of a year to get married or something. So they went with their #2. An older lady with kids in High school. I have been really excited for her, as most of these jobs have 40+ applicants. But, that doesn't pay the bills. She did get a 3 month long term sub job in a 4th grade class. This will give her the experience she needs and alittle better pay than a reg. sub. She starts Jan. 4th, so has spent alot of the break getting ready for her class.
Now on to Texas. As most people know Jesse and Tressa have lived here for 2 yrs. He is getting close to finishing his masters. So looking for another job and moving are two things they are starting to prepare for. A job for a controller in Plainsview TX opened up. They thought...very very long shot, but, lets get the resume update and ready for the spring. So he applied. Over time and interviews, even being flow to TX, Jesse was finally offered the job. We had been stressing and getting excited. trying to fiqure out how many airplane tickets a year we could afford. In the end the pay was not good. Not could for a controller in Cenex, not good for a controller in Plansview TX. So he said no. We felt a bit of disappointment for them as this could have been quite the adventure. Yet thrilled to have our little boys (Peyton and Brady) still close.