Moving to Saudi Arabia

Well, when Brett came home with the news, I was in shock.  We had talked about how much our lives could change if we took this offer, but I think part of me didn't think it would actually ever happen.  Of course I was proud of him!  He had been selected out of quite a few candidates for this position, and I was going to support him 100%.  We were now going to sell our home, many of our possessions, and break the news to the family.  Luckily, everyone was on board.  Well, dad had his reservations :)  Having the only grandbaby (plus Brett and I) so far away, wasn't too exciting to him.  Once we reassured him of our safety living abroad and reminded him how after these 2 years we would be his neighbor, he was good.

Brett was scheduled to arrive in the Kingdom less than a week after we celebrated the new year of 2014.  Lainey and I wouldn't see him for 3 months!  Normally most of the wives and families join the employee within 6 to 8 weeks, however, Rachel had already set the date for her wedding.  As big sister and Matron of Honor, I had some responsibilities and important events to attend to before I could leave. Our house in Dayton was on the market for about 2 weeks and we had an offer.  We scheduled everything we needed to be shipped over to our new home and the rest of our belongings were put in a Chevron storage facility.  Once Brett was settled and obtained his Iqama (work permit), he applied for our Visas.  We counted down the days, slowly, and on April 16th we were on our way.