Over the past few weeks we have had great opportunities of teaching our girls about what the Holy Ghost is and how it makes you feel. My cousin was leaving for a mission and we had a special FHE at my Grandpa’s house where each of the RM’s had an opportunity to share a special experience about our missions of which I’m sure the girls gleaned some knowledge about the characteristics of what the Holy Ghost is and does. Additionally through family scripture study and primary they know about the Holy Ghost.

Last night Kayli got a pretty high fever and was really hot, and waking up this morning she was still pretty warm. As I was getting ready to go to Regional Conference she felt her head while laying in bed and said “I’m hot because of the Holy Ghost Daddy.” I giggled a bit and told her that the Holy Ghost does make us warm, but usually in our hearts. What a cutey our little Kayli bug is!

To be or not to be, that is the question! Actually, the question a few months ago was “Should I stay or should I go now”? I had been employed for almost 8 years, had some good progression as far as work experience and promotions go. I began working as a call rep, moved to Call Center Mgr after a few months, then moved on to the ranks of Customer Service Manager, Account Manager and then into a position that I like to call the QuadraFecta. In title it was a Director, Project Management position, however in practive the position was a culmination of a Project Manager, Product Manager, Business Analyst and QA/Testing all mixed into one person. Experience wise, this was great, but sanity wise and stress level wise, it was I think off the charts. Thus began the inner thought process of trying to identify where I should go next.

Coupled with the thought of exploring different employee opportunies and the fact that there were a few things mentioned in my patriarchal blessing that I couldn’t see occurring at MCN I decided to put a line in the water and see what fish would bite. I wanted to stay in the same realm as far as job type goes, but was looking for a decent pay increase, good solid company in the health care industry with a technology focus, one that I could advance in to upper management positions and a matching 401k.

During the application process I did veer from this initial plan slightly in trying to apply for some companies that didn’t math this criteria. I applied at Zions Bank - first application they said “no thanks”, the second application for the SAME JOB they invited me for an interview. This of course being after I’d already accepted a job offer at my new place of employment . I also applied at a few other places as well as Ingenix.

I went through a few rounds of interviews for a Sr. Business Analyst position and was offered a job at the West Valley, UT office which I accepted. It was a HARD decision as MediConnect had been my home for so long and I love the people I worked with. I definitely prayed about making this change and in my prayer I just asked that I get a pretty solid answer since this was a pretty huge life changing event. While on a day off I received a handful of calls all of the sudden asking me about the job and providing support and encouragement; I even received a call from my future boss asking if I needed help with anything or any questions I had.

I have completed one week at my new job and went through some pretty big emotional swings this week being at a new job. Human nature is always such that you want to be in a place that you feel loved, wanted, comfortable etc. Changing jobs I think throws your body into “comfort zone” tail spin. This coupled with my desire to just want to hit the ground running and provide input etc. was a little challenging firt week. About Thursday/Friday this week I started to get a feeling for things, learn stuff, start to feel a little more comfortable etc. Things are going to be OK! I love the job, enjoy the people I work with and already found some XBox buddies to play online with.

All in all, a difficult decision. Long term though, I’m definite that this was the correct decisioon.

They say that getting married, buying a house are all difficult and challenging decisions to make. Well, it turns out that selecting a new job is also one of those top ‘hard to make’ decisions.

The last few months I’ve been struggling with the thought of looking for new employment for a variety of reasons. I enjoy working where I’m working, but I kept on having the feeling that it might be time for me to move on. This last Tuesday I was offered a position at Ingenix as a Senior Business Analyst. I asked them if I could have a few days to think it over and they agreed.

I prayed diligently on Tuesday and Wednesday for direction in making a choice. We went to Lagoon on Wednesday and towards the end of the day I started getting all of these phone calls about the job expressing their support, encouragement and answering any questions I had about any reservations in making a career change(from my future boss, friends). On Thursday morning I looked back to these phone calls as really being an answer to my prayers. After much prayer, research and time I accepted an offer to work at Ingenix this last week and will start there on 7/28.

MediConnect has been so wonderful to me, very understanding of me making this decision and helpful in my career and personal growth over the last 8 years. I have enjoyed working there thoroughly and enjoyed working with all of the great people.

I’m excited to begin a new chapter in my career life and hope that I can continue to grow personally and professionaly while at Ingenix.