Who was taking bets at how long the Leadbetters could stay put?? 3 years?? Maybe. We do have some awesome crazy suburbia going on. We have taken taken full advantage of the super proximity of the gym/restaraunts/grocery stores. Not to mention an awesome family of friends in walking distance. They have truly helped me and the boys enjoy these young years.
The crazy thing is--In January Chris's job got REALLY far away. Try Alexandria.... A 1 hour drive if there is no traffic (rare) and $8s in tolls (each way) no tolls is probably a 2 hour drive and mega stress...
With the kids young and Chris being such an awesome dad--this kind of set up was crummy for our family.
We saw this coming back in September. At that point it was time to make a decision, should he research and get another job? (To his credit, he did and received an awesome job opportunity with amazon. It would keep us here in ashburn--but is that even what he wanted??).
Nope
Over the passed years-Chris has experienced a significant amount of government contracting--good and bad leadership (sadly mostly the latter). Lots of time in big companies. He has had time to really appreciate and understand his own strengths. One of the biggest was creating and maintaining relationships and being able to get such different companies to work to mission completion. He quickly picked up knowledge in the IT world of bids, proposals and installation. Time to apply all of this an be more closely rewarded on a different scale for your efforts and talents.
So we are moving--to a very exciting career endeavor. Chris will be the first project manager and soon co-owner of C & H Fire sprinklers. His new boss and future business partner with over 30 years of success in the fire suppression field--Leslie Carlson.
We entertained these thoughts back in 2009--however the job offer from MC Dean to Germany forced entrepreneurship to take a back seat for a few years. Looking back you never know what really influences your decisions nor can you fully appreciate why-but I can now say the last 6 years brought Chris and our family so many lessons and experiences and friends! That we are forever thankful for that path.
Now-as we begin to switch gears--It's been so exciting to watch Chris and my father plan, set goals, have meetings. Things aren't complete yet-we plan to move to CT this summer (yes--that does mean spring break was a house hunting/business trip). We are hoping to live in Canton or Granby CT and will grab a house in due time.
In the meantime we are trying to check the blocks where we can, enjoy the days here that we have and do our best to plan and prepare for something rather unknown for the family of 5.
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