~Dave started school at Midwestern...he is doing great and loving it...He is enjoying his classes. It is definitely a challenge with a TON of information in a very small amount of time but he is managing his time very well and Mandi is thrilled to get to have dinner together every night!
~Mandi started her new job at the surgical center...Loves it! Awesome hours, Adorable patients, and Wonderful coworkers. Plus she gets the holidays off so we'll see you all in Utah for Thanksgiving! Yay!!
~ We got our house (see pics below)!!! We absolutely love it! It was a super quick move-in with LOTS of help from great family, friends and new ward members (We LOVE our new ward!!!)! The home and neighborhood are even better than we realized before we moved in.
~Mandi's mom and dad came down for a weekend and helped get us settled, it was a HUGE help and a lot of fun having them here. Everyone has been so kind and welcoming and our home is beautiful. We feel very very blessed!!
~Both Dave and Mandi have had lots of exposure to the Arizona wildlife: coyote spottings, a gecko living in one of the bathrooms, and TONS of cute little jackrabbits all over the neighborhood...fortunately no signs of scorpions or snakes.
And the not so good stuff:
~There was no power in the new house for the first weekend (long story), of course temperatures were well above 100 degrees...needless to say at about 1:00am the night before Dave's first test we ended up outside on the grass to keep from dying of a heat stroke (He did great despite the crazy night).
~Mandi's car has broken down...3 or 4 (or more) times. The mechanic explained that it has "cancer" and we are pretty sure we can not afford the chemo. Needless to say Mandi has achieved what seemed to be the impossible for her, and learned to drive a stick shift so she can get to and from work, fortunately Dave's school is very close to our new house.
So there you have the past six weeks (more or less).
Here are some pics of our house:
The Front...taken while we were still just looking. The grass is much greener now that it is getting water and it is no longer 120 degrees.
The Dinning/Living room...still empty...probably will be for another 4 years.
The kitchen. We love our kitchen.
The Family Room.
The family looking into the kitchen.
The Guest Bedroom (a.k.a. the Cindy Suite)
Guest Bathroom (Where the gecko lives.)
In case you missed the sign, this is the laundry room.
Dave's office (a.k.a. the cave).
Master Bath
Awesome walk-in closet...we barely take up about a third.
The Master Bedroom
