Oh Man!

So Nora and I found out today why there are so many dang landscaping companies here in Arizona. It is because you should never, never, never do it yourself. Dirt here is totally different than dirt in Utah. It does not turn to mudd when wet, it turns to clay and clay and flip flops don't mix. We planted rye seeds in the backyard because apparently that's what you do here and hopefully soon we will have grass in part of the yard. We also planted a palm tree and 4 bougenvilla bushes. It just about killed me but Nora thought it was great. I wish I could have taken pictures at the same time but we were covered in clay, head to toe. Nora finally layed down and rolled in the clay. I took off her diaper and sprayed her down with the hose when we were all done. Normally this would not be a nice thing at the end of October, however here in AZ the hose water is luke warm and it is still in the high 80's. I keep forgetting that it is fall. I should have taken before and after pictures of the yard because hopefully it will be awesome. It will take a miracle because I can't grow a dang thing!

Well, even though we only live 20 miles from Matt's work, it still takes some time to get there and a lot of gas in the van that he was driving. Last weekend we went looking at cars and bikes and here is what we ended up buying. It is the first brand new transportation that we have purchased and I have not even been on it yet! It is a 2008 Suzuki Burgman 400. It only had 4 miles on it when we bought it! I think it's pretty cool and I plan on doing some riding as soon as things settle down here. I will admit I am still a little nervous that he is riding it but a lot of drivers here are driving these. There are more scooters and motorcycles on the road here than cars!

We're here!

We are in our new home for three days and counting and we are loving it! We are sleeping on air mattresses for now and we are living out of our suit cases but we are so happy to be here. There is just so much space. You would not know it however because the children, especially Nora insist on being in the same room with us all the time. I imagine it will be that way until they get used to living in a new house. It doesn't help that I set off the security alarm twice and they had no idea what it was. It scared them so bad. Claire started telling people that she hates this house because it's loud. What she fails to mention is that I ended up being the hero of that story by breaking into the master box and figuring out the code to turn it off. On another note, I met one of the neighbors before we moved in and she and her husband have 5 children. They have one for each of our children's age. Today we walked down and introduced ourselves and the kids are so excited to play tomorrow. My mom comes on Friday and we are so excited! We are counting down the days. We miss home very much but all is well.

There's a light...

There's a light at the end of the tunnel and contrary to the usual for us, it is not a train! We signed the papers on our house today. The seller signed his as well and so the money is being wired first thing in the morning. It will record tomorrow as well which means that tomorrow night we will be in our new home. We will be camping out but we are soooo excited!

Final Walk-Through!

Tomorrow is the final walk-through on our new house! It looks like we will be signing the papers tomorrow as well and we could potentially be in by tomorrow night! If we are not in by tomorrow it will be Thursday. I am so excited. Our movers are not coming until Nov. 1 so we are without everything! We went to IKEA and bought some dishes and other necessities but we are going to have to go buy some air mattresses to sleep on. WHO CARES!!! We are so excited! I am trying to get internet up and going as soon as possible at the house so that I can keep in contact with the outside world! Cross your fingers for us!

One day down and counting...

So this morning was an especially hard morning with the kids but we had some good news. It looks like we are going to be able to sign documents for the house on the 22nd and they are going to table fund so we can be in the house by Wednesday night or Thursday. I am so excited but I realized one thing in my excitement. Although I knew that the movers are not going to be coming until Nov. 1st I did not realize that my washer and dryer were going to be with them...I sure hope there is a laundry mat in Queen Creek and if not then I am glad that our underwear is the only thing we don't have a month's supply of. People laughed at me when I packed our whole closets to bring with us to the hotel but I just felt like I should. Well, now I know why. This afternoon was much easier because we spent a few hours at "the snake park" as my kids call it. It is a huge park that has statues of huge snakes and other creepy things that apparently spit water in the summer. It's their favorite place to go and despite the 90 + weather we went. Nora fell off of the very top of the big kids playground and all I can say is thank goodness for sand. If it hadn't been sand below her we could have had a real problem on our hands.
We are beginning our official count down until we get into the house. Worst case senario we get in on the 30th, best case senario we get in on Wednesday...let the counting begin.

More Pictures of Our New Home

We were able to spend a couple of hours in the house last week while we had the inspection. The kids were thrilled to have so much space to run around in. We were so glad to be there and did not want to leave. I even offered to pay the inspector to inpect it a second time so we could stay another couple of hours. Well, here are the pics from our time in the house.