Our House

Here's video of our house here in Surprise, AZ. We looked at several different houses and like I said in a previous post, the deciding factor was the grass in the backyard. We're pretty "bare bones" right now since our household goods won't get here until sometime in August. (Bryce is enjoying the empty space to run around in.) I'll be sending out a change of address to everyone so you can update your address books with our new address.

Greetings from Arizona!

We all made it to Arizona and boy have we been busy from the minute we stepped off the airplane. First, I want to thank my parents for being such a big help to us! They met us at the airport and helped watch Bryce while Wayne & I picked up the Jeep, looked at houses and ran around. We picked up our Jeep last Thursday and drove it off the lot with only 4 miles on it, with all the running around we’ve done this past week, it already has 500 miles on it! So far, we’ve been to Mesa, Tempe, Phoenix, Glendale (saw the Superbowl Stadium) and finally, Surprise where we’re going to live. After looking at 5 houses, we found the house that we’re going to live in. The deciding factor was the grass in the backyard for Cody & Bryce. (We move into the house on Friday so I’ll post pics as soon as I can.) It is hot here and most everybody stays inside until around 7 or 8 at night. To beat the heat, we’ve gone to the splash park for Bryce to play at a few evenings…

Goodbye Okinawa!

Well, our bags are packed and in less than 24 hours, we’ll be leaving the place that we’ve had the opportunity to call “home” for the past 6 years. While we’re excited to be coming back to the states and starting a new adventure, we’re sad to be leaving Okinawa. This is such a beautiful place with wonderful people. We’ve had so many amazing experiences during our time here. Some of our favorites are: whale watching, seeing the Cherry Blossom trees each year, tangerine picking, Eisa Festivals, going to the fish market, exploring tunnels from WWII, visiting many different castle ruins, and visiting all the different tourist spots around the island. When I asked Wayne what his most memorable experience here was, he said the annual Eisa/Orion Beer festival. We did have a good time seeing all the dancers and interacting with the Japanese locals during the beer festival (and of course we can’t forget about the beer). My most memorable experience would have to be going to mainland Japan and climbing Mt. Fuji. That was the most challenging thing that we’ve ever done (it took us 6 hours to get to the top of the mountain and then 4 to get back down). I think if Bryce were able to say what his favorite thing here was, he would say going to the beach and playing in the water. So, if you have about 4 minutes, please watch the video of some of our favorite things from Okinawa…

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Last walk at the seawall

We took our last walk down at the seawall last night. It was a nice evening and the tide was out so we were able to play in the tidepools. Bryce enjoyed picking up the hermit crabs. By the time we left, he was soaking wet. As we were walking, I was soaking up the sound of the waves rolling in and the scenery because in just 2 short days, we'll be looking at nothing but desert.