The House!
Starting off January of 2006, we had no idea where we were going to live. We started going through the house packing for a possible move or else to pack things away to remodel. I had flown up to Redmond for interviews with Microsoft that I had felt had gone well. I was talking to a lot of recruiters in Arizona, but hadn't found that sweet spot of a company yet. It was pretty frustrating for our little family -- the waiting game. We had no idea where were were going to live. Finally, on January 20th, we got an email from Microsoft saying they were not interesting in hiring me. So we went full-steam ahead for staying here in Arizona. Microsoft came back with another maybe that caused my poor wife some grief, but literally the same day a friend of mine put my resume in with a company that he worked for in Scottsdale, JDA Software. The ball went SO fast with their interviewing process and within 2 weeks I had a very good job offer that made it certain in our minds that Arizona was to be our home for a long, long time! We knew that when we found the place/company, Heavenly Father would make it known to us. He certainly did! I started with JDA February 20th and have been very happy!
We also immediately started a lot of aggressive work on the house. Since we knew we were going to be there for a very long time, we wanted to make it what we wanted! Thus, started one of the largest projects I have ever undertaken. I will be detailing our progress with the house on this page! I tried to do a good job keeping a photo journal of it. The pages are listed in the historical order, or you can follow the links on the bottom of each page and it will take you along our journey.
I listed the pool last in the order, however, it really paralleled the timeframe of the rest of the project. It got finished before the house by about a month.
Concrete to level with rest of house
Plumbing and Electric rough in