It was Definitely from Heavenly Father!

We went to the Arizona Best Fest yesterday and today. It was a lot of fun! On the way there tonight, Cody told me about the Paralegal who referred him to Alex. Her name is Barb. He ran into her the other day, and thanked her for referring him. She told him that she didn't know why, but she had a "feeling" to call Alex. -aka- prompting from the Holy Ghost... tonight I got to meet Alex and his wife Maureen. I was talking to Maureen, and thanked her for giving Cody a chance. She told me that Alex had her come to the office when Cody had his interview because he had some other attorneys in the past that weren't good choices. She told me that she had such a good "feeling" about Cody and "knew" that Cody was the one for Alex to hire...aka... Holy Ghost. Both of these women aren't members of the church, however, I had been telling Cody all the while that it wasn't up to Alex. Heavenly Father would prompt (through the Holy Ghost) if he was supposed to hire him or not. We knew that we were supposed to be somewhere specific, with a specific job, and living in a specific ward. Right now we are so close to all three. I don't know where we are going to buy, but I know that it's in the Prescott/Prescott Valley area!

We've been so guided in our lives. We were guided to Orlando for law school-we knew it was for the Oviedo Ward and to be near my family... we knew we were supposed to come back to Arizona after Cody was done with school (I actually fought the promptings for a month and didn't tell Cody-but that was because I wanted to be near my family for Valerie...and this was prior to knowing my family was moving to Utah! However we did tell them before they even knew they were moving)... We didn't know where in Arizona we were supposed to be. Both of us thought it was in the Phoenix Metro-specifically Gilbert. We didn't know until May that it was supposed to be the Prescott Area. We were guided to the Vakula Law Firm, and everything just fell into our laps with the apartments we're in (they just happened to have one open up that day that we could move into-the people who were going to rent the apartment decided to move back the move-in date). I am a true believer in the Lord's timing, His want for our happiness and success, and His love for us. I know that He loves us, and He knows us and what is best for us. I know it. And although there might seem like trials along the way... while we wait for everything to fall into place, He blesses us even then. He never deserts us when we follow Him. He has blessed us so much. We were able to live with my in-laws -how grateful I am for that! I love them so much, and am so grateful for their love and sacrifice for us. He blessed us with a temporary job for Cody at the University of Phoenix, where he was blessed with a manager who was so excited for him to get this job in Prescott. They even bought him a cake for his last day (it said "Not Guilty") :) ... the list goes on and on. I never really thought of our trials as "trials". I considered them blessings, for we learned SO much during the time we were waiting for the Lord's time.

All in all... Heavenly Father has truly blessed my family. And we are where we are SUPPOSED to be :) and I know that we will LOVE raising our family here!

**This is a view from Cody's work... we sat on the porch and watched the fireworks