Brief History: Pre-Dallas Arrival

Hello Everyone,

Calgary at Night

Dallas at Night

Here is a brief history on our long wait to finally arrive in Dallas.

• November 2009 - Kevin was approached by his company regarding a transfer to Dallas for a 2-3 year work term.  Hmm... very interesting...  So, we gave it some thought and Kevin accepted the deal.  The US visa paper work was started and then the fun began!!!
• February 2010 - We were supposed to move to Dallas as Kevin had accepted a 2-3 year work term.  We encountered many complications and decided not to move to Dallas.
• June 2010 - As Dallas was off the table, Kevin's company had a position in Australia which we were seriously considering.
• July 2010 -  Just as we started the Australia Visa paperwork, Kevin's US Visa paperwork showed up in the mail.  His preference was always Dallas and his company really wanted him to take up the Dallas position as it was still available.  So, we were declining Australia and back on track to move to Dallas!!!  (Holy roller-coaster!!!)
• September 9, 2010 - After many stumbling blocks, arrangements were finalized and we had 9 days to plan our move here.
• September 18, 2010 - Our wonderful sons, Aaron & Brandon, drove us to the Calgary airport for an afternoon flight.  (Maybe they were excited to get rid of us... party, party, party...)
• We waited in the Customs and Immigration office for review/approval of the work visa for 3 long hours which made us miss our flights.
• All of our luggage (4 suit cases and our carry-ons) were piled back in the Jeep after we called Brandon to come back to the airport to pick us up.
• We spent a few hours at home making further arrangements to catch another flight to Dallas and managed to get on a flight.
• September 19, 2010 - Of course, we were up at 3:00 a.m., out the door by 4:15 a.m., arrived at the Calgary airport at 5:00 a.m. to catch a flight leaving at 7:00 a.m.  We still can't believe we were actually on the plane and ready for take-off!!!

As we were flying, we were still in disbelief that we were actually moving to Dallas!!!

Look out Dallas,

the "Rath's" are about to arrive!!!