Monday, July 20, 2015

A New Adventure

** A sequel to yesterdays very lengthy post.

I feel like we've had some crazy adventures in our 10 years of marriage.  Most of them have involved moving new, and often very foreign, places.  Well, it's time for an adventure of a different sort. We're starting a business with another family from our church back in Arkansas.  

Yep...us starting a business....back in Arkansas where we know almost no one.  You read that right. Think children's play museum....that's how I've described it to people.  Not an actual museum, but an imaginative, educating play environment for kids.

We were planning on moving back to Utah.  Remember how we just bought a truck for the sole purpose of moving?  The very same day we loaded up all of our stuff a couple from our ward invited us over for dinner and presented us with the idea of this business.  To make a long story short we thought the idea over (you know all night long when we couldn't sleep), talked with them some more the next day and decided not to move our stuff home.  We unloaded everything and left the truck there to drive back to Utah for an extended visit and lots more thinking about this business. From the beginning it felt like a great idea.  Maybe it didn't seem like the smartest move in my head, but it felt good.  The more we've thought, prayed, and researched the better we've felt.  So, we're planning on moving back to Arkansas in August to get things started and open the business with this family as soon as possible.

Life is so interesting the way it works out.  There's no way in a million years we would do this on our own.  I'm the business graduate who avoided entrepreneurship classes because I had zero interest. I'm boring. I like knowing what to expect (like a steady paycheck and a 9-5 type job).  But the way our life has gone the last year that just doesn't seem to be happening and we've been looking for something else.  We feel like this is a great idea and we're really hopeful for it.  We've been doing LOTS of research and realize it will be a lot of work and lots of stress, but we're excited about it.

So...on to the new adventure!!

3 comments:

Meredith said...

Way to go! Now, we'll have a reason to visit the south. Best of luck, you guys are so smart, hardworking, and awesome. We're cheering for you.

Elise said...

Wow!!! That is so exciting! I am so excited to see how it turns out. Amazing stuff! Scary, I'm sure, but amazing!!

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