When we started looking at houses in early 2018, we knew wherever we moved, it needed to have a pool to replace the amazing pool and spa we got used to at Stone Oaks in Chander. We have been planning…
The First Ten Weeks: Wild Things and Tech Fun
The last few months have been a blur. Chandler and living in the Stone Oaks apartments feels like a million years ago with how action packed the last 10 weeks have been. We have finally fully unpacked. About half of…
We’ve Finally Moved In!
Apologies for the massive gap between posts. Moving is busy work. More than that, moving into a new house is hardly something that happens in a day or even a week. We’ve been in Estrella for just over two months…
Goodbye, Chandler!
Today is our last day living in Chandler. We are excited to move on, but it has been a great place. In particular, Stone Oaks by Mark Taylor, was a wonderful introduction to life in the Phoenix Valley. Big shout…
Citizen Chris
Last week Chris became a naturalized American citizen. We went into Phoenix to the district course house for the ceremony. The court house is absolutely huge and felt a bit like an airport: The actual ceremony wasn’t very long, but…
December House Update
We haven’t updated in a while. This was due in part to disappointment. We were initially told that the house would be ready in late November or early December. We were not actually updated on this change until late November…
Jess Learns to Drive
Part of the reason that our blogs have been released so infrequently in the last few months is because I had a significant extra item on my plate: learning how to drive. I’m sure many readers assumed I could already…
Timber!
Apologies for how long it’s been yet again. Things have been absolutely manic in the last few months. This is a house update from the week they put the wood up. This was about half way through in early October:…
Cementing Our Future
A big hello from HiJenx! We apologize for the massive gap in videos. We have been very busy with our real jobs 🙂 At the end of August, we headed up to Estrella in the wee hours of the morning…
A Mad Week of International Visitors and Picking the Contents of an Entire House at the Same Time
It happened that the week we found the right builder, plot and house design was the very same week Chris’s parents were visiting from England. The market moves fast out here, so we didn’t feel we could wait until after…