Monday, April 13, 2009

The Decision

As many of you know, we have been waiting to hear back regarding graduate school admissions. After four months of waiting and waiting....and waiting, we have finally heard back from all the schools and we have made our final decision. We feel very blessed as we know that our frequent prayers and fasts have been answered, along with the multitude of thoughts and prayers that have been offered from friends and family. We greatly appreciate everyone's concern and consideration. One of the primary factors in our decision was funding and we were blessed to receive a very, very generous funding package and fellowship. We are excited to embark on this next adventure that will start in August; Erin is excited that it will be our most stationary location (3-5 years) in the 6 years we have been married. This will also be Nate's 5th state to call home in his first 3.5 years. Thank you Erin for having the patience with me as I dragged our family across the country. So, without further hesitation, we thought it would be fun to play "Where are the Ross's going?" based on pictures. We have posted various pictures of the city and school that we will be attending to see how well you know your U.S. cities through photos! *Hint--the University is named after the city in which it is located and it is exactly 1862.19 miles from Nampa, Idaho*

One of the most popular tourist attractions
Downtown (the University is pretty much located downtown)
Picture of Campus
The University's Library
Of course there has to be Baseball!
So give us your best guess. We'll post the answer in a couple of days.

P.S. We are going to get a bigger apartment this time around with more bedrooms so Erin can have lots of visitors. Hint, hint, wink, wink. :)

14 comments:

Justin & Allison Harmon said...

My guess....judging by the pictures...is that ya'll are going to Houston! ;)

What fun!

Celia Marie (W.) B. said...

Dang. I was beat to it. University of Houston was my guess.

Congrats!

KaraLynne and Andy said...

Houston - I guessed based off of the pictures being named things in houston. Congrats - its nice to be stationary for a while

BeCcA said...

Congrats Bob and Erin, I know that it will be nice for you to live in one place for a longer time. Maybe Nate will pick up a new accent!!! You totally need to get a bigger apartment so we can invade you and visit the awesome town you are moving to. See y'all soon:)

Lonni said...

I hope it is Houston! We lived there for a while. I loved it!There is a beautiful Temple there. Before Orion went to Kinder we had lived in 7 states so I know how you guys feel. Glad to hear you'll be there for a while. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Andrea said...

HOUSTON! How fun. We enjoyed our 6 weeks of summer work there (summer of 2007) and debated about there and D.C. The housing prices are awesome. I wish the same were true for D.C.

Cami said...

How exciting! I know the waiting is so frustrating. I've heard all good things about Houston! Yay!

Danette said...

It looked like TX to me, so I'm going to go along with everyone-- Houston! Oh, and that b-ball field is lovely! I bet you'll find some good BBQ there!

Erin said...

I'm really excited for you guys. I would love to move to Texas! Congrats!

Brooke Colvin said...

I actually got a big hint from Robert's Dad, who I talked with at church on Sunday. He said that your best offer so far had been Texas and that's where you were leaning to at that point. Anyway, congratulations! Yes, that will be nice to be a little more stable and established for a while. Some day when you guys are actually DONE with school (which probably seems like never some days) I'm sure you will look back and cherish the memories and experiences you had at each of the places you lived. Good luck with everything!!

Erin said...

Okay, so all you guys are way too good at this game. Didn't even miss a beat, did ya? Yes, we are headed to Houston. We'll be leaving in August so I still have time to make peace with another move. Thanks for all your support. We love all you guys!

Lady Macbeth said...

Congratulations!! At least you won't have any cold winters to live through. ;)

Laura said...

Congrats on the great funding! I'm so excited for all of you!

Melissa said...

Congratulations! We would love to move to Houston. How nice to know you will be able to stay in one place for a few years.