More Landscape

These are more pictures we took today from the corner of our street. As if we can't rub it in more, it is 85+ everyday and we don't think we have seen a cloud since last weekend. The weather is heavenly.

Friendly Animals

Here are some pictures of our dogs....and the new additions to our backyard....lots of little lizards. They like to sit on the warm walls that surround people's backyards.

Interviews

Tiffany and I ready for interviews...yippee!

Fun on Mill Ave

Here are some pictures of Tiffany and I at Mill Ave on Saturday. The Mill Ave district is close to Arizona State University, about 10 minutes from our house. Lots of shopping, bars, and restaurants. Like High Street at Ohio State, but a little nicer.

The Views

Here are some of the views from around our house. We live in a great location that has some nice views of the city and mountains close by. The picture below is the corner of our backyard with the South Foothills in the background. These hills separate downtown and the part of Phoenix that we are in.


This is the landscape of our front yard:


This is another view out of the backyard looking at the trees and skyline of the other homes on the street:


This is taken from when I went shopping at Target. This is the typical landscaping around our neighborhood. Lots of palm trees and cacti. It makes you feel like you are on permanent vacation. Once we started driving around we really knew we moved to the right place. It is amazing. It took 2 days of being here for Erin to start looking for jobs and rental apts. It is that nice. Well, the weather helps too. We arrived late Friday night. Saturday was sunny and warm. Today was sunny and hot. The forecast for this entire week is about 85 degrees and sunny.

Our New Home

Here are some pictures of the new house now that some things have been unloaded. The house is pretty nice and in a perfect location. We have absolutely everything we could want within 5-10 minutes. We will be renting this home for 6 months before buying.

The Long Drive

These are some pictures of the drive out to Phoenix. The drive was not the most pleasant. Let's just say that Craig and I got to know each other real well seeing as how we had no CD player, no tape deck, etc. Just the loud roar of the rental truck along with some backache. Tiffany and Erin had to ride with 3 pets which was not fun either. After 17 hours of driving on day 1 and 16 more on day 2, we immediately unpacked the truck. We unloaded everything in about an hour. It was nice to see the country, but doing that much driving in a moving truck and with the pets was not something we will want to do again. Here are some pictures of Arizona from the drive. We did not have much power left in the camera, so there aren't too many.

Going Away Parties

Here are some pictures from our going away parties. Thank you all for such a wonderful time. We miss you lots!!!