Cross Country Trip

I've always wanted to do a cross country trip and the moment has finally arrived! Of course, it would be fun to do this on my motorcycle, but we'll have to save that for a future time.

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As you can see, we'll be stopping at a few places along the way to visit family and friends. We'll head through Tifton to visit the Grandparents and the rest of the extended family for a day, then head up to Athens to visit Dave and Eileen. After spending the night with them, it's on to Nashville (so Lindsea can indulge her Country insanity) and Louisville to see my friend Christa and her husband. We'll hang out with them for an hour or so then head to the Volle Clan homestead for a couple days. We'll enjoy some fun times hanging out there and then head West! We may stop in Independence and Liberty to see some Church history sites but will be hitting the road hard until we hit Casper Wyoming to spend some time with my Aunt Carol and Uncle Joe. After Casper its on to Rexburg to see my brother Michael at BYU-Idaho. Finally, the last push up to Manson.
Long trip!
The reason for this super long trip is that our time here in Orlando and Disney has come to an end. After 2 years in leadership at Disney, I've decided to quit playing the waiting game to get statused as a full time leader. While I don't feel I've wasted my time here at Disney by any means, I also feel that to continue to stay and wait would be a waste of my time. I've learned a lot, gained a lot of experience, and leave with a set of skills gained and honed at one of the best companies in the world to work for. I've worked at 4 hotels, at 2,3 and 4 Diamond levels with housekeeping and duty manager experience. And, honestly, it was getting really annoying to see people with less experience and skill than me get statused. I don't say that in a bitter way, because each of them brought something to the table and the teams they joined, it's just annoying to be told there was a job out there for me and never having that realized. Additionally, I got tired of living my life posted schedule to posted schedule. It's not very easy to plan for the future of having kids in such a life.
Lindsea has only been here for me and has always desired to return to her roots in Washington. Recognizing that desire, but also recognizing that our Heavenly Father's plan for us doesn't always go where we'd like, we decided to take our plans for the future to the Lord in the temple. We discussed what we'd like to happen, what our plans were for if the answer was to stay in Orlando, or to move. In the end, we left it up to the Lord to let us know what He wanted, in His way. So when I got the call from my leader that he had tried but was unable to extend my temporary role, that was our answer. And from that point on, we've seen Heavenly Father working to make the move happen. We were able to get out of our lease almost 2 months early and without paying to break the contract, just for the time we actually stay in the apartment. We've been able to plan for the trip, and thanks to the help of Lindsea's parents, get our things shipped out to WA. Finally, we've been given hope that one of our plans, a dream of ours, may actually happen. IF and when that happens, I imagine there will be another blog about it :). But for now, I'll just say
that IF it happens, we'll be able to take care of our family as it grows and satisfy a lot of hopes, fears, and dreams.
So the next couple weeks will be a fun time for the Volle's as we move forward into the future and colder weather...


Yeah for cold weather!!!!!!!!!