Get Caught up

To catch up to speed as to what's all went on and going on, I first have to start back at May 18. Andrew came home early with an aweful look on his face. I know something was wrong and when I ask what happened he said "I got fired!"
We really don't know the reason. Everytime his boss was asked it was a different reason. We will just go with things were slowing down and Andrew was the last guy hired on so he was the first to be let go. We thought it was the end of the world. We were just a few short days away from closing on what we thought was the perfect house in the perfect location for our family!
Andrew searched and searched for a new job but their wasn't anything around Southeast Missouri for us. We started broading our search and Andrew found 5 different places that wanted him but they were all in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. We spent two weeks on the road interviewing and visiting the Conway Families out there, but it just didn't feel like anywhere we could home.
Andrew and I had always dreamed about going to Alaska. We had always said that we would go for our 10th wedding anniversay. We never imagined this is where we would call home!
Early in July Andrew applied for a job in Alaska. It wasn't 45 minutes after he applied that the place called him back and wanted to do a phone interview. After talking with the company for a bit they sent him a job offer, We was surprised at the offer! The pay was awesome plus they were going to pay for up to $10,000 of moving expenses and a $4,000 bonus.
We prayed about it and after much thought we decided that we were going to just do it. Our kids are young enought that they will adjust to the change easy. I mean we arent pulling them out of school or anything.
The month of July was so busy for us. We wanted to spend as much time with family and friends as possible yet we still had so much planning to do. We had to find a place to live, buy warmer clothes, pack up, rent a Uhaul trailer, paperwork for the guns since Andrew would be transporting them through Canada, take our dog, Happy, to the vet and so much more.
The month flew by and before we knew it was time for Andrew to head out on his 4,100 mile journey. Andrew left for Alaska on July 21st. The first couple days of the journey I was able to talk to him quite a bit, but once he got up into Canada he was in no mans land. He didn't have cell service at all. I was getting pretty worried about him, and his family was texting me asking for up dates.
After thinking it through I decided to call our bank. I called and just ask where and if any transactions were going through. The lady told me yes he just made a purchase at a gas station in a town that i now don't remember the name of. I was so happy!! I quickly ran to my dad and we pulled out the Atlas and found the little town. He was just a few miles away from Alaska. After 7 full days of driving Andrew and Happy made it to Anchorage Alaska.

On July 31st (my 25th birthday) the kids and I made our one way flight to Anchorage. We were so happy to see Andrew. This was the longest that Lance and Lexie had ever went without seeing daddy.