Let me just tell you about my amazing husband.
After we got married in 2008, Leigh and I lived in Provo for 4 months so I could graduate from BYU. We moved back to Eugene so Leigh could pursue his undergrad degree at University of Oregon. He was going going to the community college there and then transferring to Oregon. After moving to Eugene Leigh decided he wanted to do Business and we joked around how it was too bad we hadn't stayed in Provo. We were walking to an Oregon baseball game in the Spring of 2010 and we seriously talked about Leigh transferring to BYU and us moving to Provo again. We decided to do it. We spent hours researching about being a transfer student, how many credits would transfer, and how much longer he would have before graduating. The funny thing is that we found out he would graduate sooner if we moved to Provo than if we stayed in Eugene AND save money on tuition. Leigh applied and got in, which is no small feat. BYU is a difficult school to get in to, especially as a transfer student from a random community college in Oregon. He not only got in to BYU as a transfer student, but after one semester as a full time student he applied to the Marriott Business School and also got in (we found this great news out shortly after the girls were born). BYU's Business School is #5 in the nation and #1 in placement. Very competitive to get in and provides an exceptional education.
In September 2011, Leigh went to the BYU Career Fair in hopes of getting some leads on summer internships. I helped him by making a list of potential companies to talk to that were going to be there. He talked to Union Pacific (you know the Railroad company, which by the way is a Fortune 150 company), but sadly they did not have summer internships for finance students. Leigh was bummed because he really enjoyed talking to the recruiters and loved the company. I remember him coming home and telling me all about it. He left them with his resume and hoped he would have a chance to apply for a job there the following year.
This past July one of the recruiters contacted Leigh and had held onto his resume. Leigh was so excited and his desire to get a job there grew. He kept in contact with the recruiter, went to the information sessions, and got a first interview. His first interview was the day the girls and I went to visit my parents in Iowa. My parents were very excited about the potential opportunity at UP because the job would be in Omaha and they had just moved back to Iowa. His first interview went really well and he was invited to a dinner that night--which meant he was one of the top candidates for second interviews. Leigh got the call the following week that he would be flying out to Omaha for a second interview (1 of 3 people that were given this offer). On November 5 Leigh flew to Omaha and was treated with a yummy dinner. He went to bed that night and realized he was sick--and losing his voice. He woke up the next morning with almost no voice and he was devastated. His interviews were all day, 8 hours, with 15 different people. 15 interviews!! He made it through all of them and did his best, but he didn't think he would get an offer. Leigh REALLY wanted this job, I have rarely seen him as excited as he was when talking about working there. On November 13 Leigh got a call while he was at school and was offered not one, but two jobs to choose from at UP. He was SO excited. We all were. He accepted the financial analyst job and will be starting work on June 3, 2013.We will be moving in May after Leigh graduates to Omaha, Nebraska. We will be about 45 minutes from my grandma, aunt, and cousins. And we will be about 2 1/2 hours from my parents. We are excited to live in Omaha--which a lot of people might not be, but we think it will be a fabulous place to raise our children and live.
I'm so proud of the hard work my husband has put into his schooling. We have both sacrificed a lot to have him finish school here at BYU. He has been able to balance school, a wife, and two babies, now toddlers. He was going to school when the girls were born and was able to hold it together while studying, taking tests, trying to understand a hormonal wife, and having two tiny daughters in the NICU. How amazing is that? If he had not made the decision to apply to BYU we would not be going to Omaha, Leigh would actually still be in school. We are so excited to start this new chapter in our lives and know that it is going to be a great one.
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