We survived our first week. Although, technically it was our second week, but our first week of real life. Sunday was our first Sunday at church. Everyone seemed really nice and the kids liked their classes. Lilly and Ryan both went to class fairly well. We talked to a lot of people and it seemed … [Read more…]
Before we left AZ I knew I wanted to get family pictures done in the desert! We have a family friend that takes great pictures so I contacted her and had her do them! The day before we left we were starting to have major car troubles with our van, I wasn’t sure if we … [Read more…]
As I’ve mentioned my parents drove all our stuff up for us. They also helped us load and unload everything. I am glad they were here to work and make sure we were settled, but I really wanted to do some fun things with them as well. Luckily we did squeeze in some time to … [Read more…]
We have been in our new home for over a week now. Thanks to my parents we were able to go through all our boxes and unload everything. For the first time in several months I have access to all my stuff! It feels good to be settled. This house is quite a bit different … [Read more…]
Ryan hated last summer in Chandler. He hated sweating, he hated getting into a super hot car. He hated being outside. When I first told him we were thinking about moving, he wasn’t that happy about it. He didn’t want to be away from his grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins and friends. He … [Read more…]
We had a lot to do our first full day in Seattle. My parents were going to get to the house about noon so we figured we’d get up early and try to get some errands done. As I’ve said earlier we had car trouble the week before and ended up buying a new car … [Read more…]
When we were looking at houses in Magnolia everyone told us we had to go to Discovery Park. We decided to check it out and I fell in love! Since moving here we have driven around several times. Today we actually got out and walked around. It was a pretty sunny day, but it was … [Read more…]
When we accepted a job with Zillow part of our negotiations with them was the relocation package. Instead of having them pay a company to move us, we decided to take it as a cash bonus. We were hoping that we could do it cheaper and pocket the left overs. (We haven’t added it up … [Read more…]
Moving is stressful. Car problems are also stressful. Having car problems before moving is extremely stressful. A week and a half before our move my dad came over to Chandler to help us with our yard and other house stuff. Chris was busy helping him so I decided to take kids to run errands and … [Read more…]
After we found our house in Magnolia we knew the next step would be to find a preschool for Ryan and hopefully get Lillian enrolled as well. We signed the contract on Tuesday and were flying out of Bellingham Thursday morning. Since Bellingham is a few hours away we decided that we would stay the … [Read more…]
When we went to Seattle we had a week to find a place to live. This was super stressful for me. I didn’t want to have to make another trip up to look for a place to live and I really wanted to leave knowing we had a place to come to. I also wanted … [Read more…]
Chris and I recently got back from looking for housing in Seattle. It was Chris’ fourth time there (he had only been for job interviews.) and my first time. I was super nervous I would get there and hate it, and then think, “Great, I have to live here now.” But I didn’t! I actually … [Read more…]
Chris has grown up loving hiking, back packing, and hunting, all sports really. I grew up not athletic but my family loved to go and do things. Four wheeler or rail rides. Going out shooting. Going to the Lake. Going to the mountains. Just going. When I lived in Duncan I loved it! All my … [Read more…]
Chris and I are both Arizona natives. We grew up here. We actually really love it here. Our family is here. Chris even has a really great job here. In fact even a year ago we both said we would never leave Arizona. Our families both live about 2 1/2 hours from us. We always … [Read more…]
