Our South African Treasure!!!!

This is Lance, the maintenance man, and has quickly become are "go-to-guy". He is pretty much over everyday doing us random favors and putting things together. He is from South Africa and loves us. These are pictures of him putting a peep hole in our door (his idea). I don't know what we would do without him!!!!

Scottsdale....Week 2

This is the picture of the outside of our condo. Cute, right? It will be really cute once we get it painted. Which is happening as we speak. More pictures to come once its completed!! Monsoon season is in full swing in Arizona right now and we have been getting a lot more rain than I expected to see the whole year we plan being here.

Here are some things I've learned about Scottsdale, now being here almost 2 weeks:
1-About 3/4 of Scottsdale's population is made up strictly of gay men.
2-Ashley is going to be an awesome teacher and her classroom looks AMAZING....thanks to my incredible stapling skills.
3-Boob jobs are not as cool as I thought they were, since I now see them everytime I turn the corner.
4-Pita Jungle is the best restaurant I've ever been to (you will all see what I'm talking about when you come visit us).

The cute kitchen with Laura

ashley is sort of like a man. Strong and bold. Check out our sick couch!

Who needs men?

We bought some furniture at IKEA and little did we know that "assembly is required". We are pretty much amazing though, and this is the little contraption we built.

Moving to Scottsdale week!!!

So, we thought this would be fun to keep everyone updated on what is going on in our lives here in Scottsdale, Arizona for the next year. I think that everyone should start their own blog, that way we can all see what is going on in each others lives complete with pictures! We are aware that we sound like a newlywed couple, but just humor us. We will take pictures of us with boys to prove that we are not really "life partners".

Ashley and I have been in Scottsdale for one week! It has gone by pretty fast and we are getting settled into our new condo. We have been exploring the area and melting in the heat! Apparently we moved during the "monsoon season" so it has been pretty rainy and windy. We have met some cool new people and are hoping to have some life changing experiences over the next year.

Ashley is getting set up to teach high school sophomores and seniors at Mountain View High School in Mesa. It is weird to think that she is old enough to be teaching high school, but her first day is August 13th! She is getting a lot of...."don't mess around with your student" jokes. It is really getting annoying to her, so I wouldn't mention it anymore :)

I, on the other hand.....am doing nothing. I will let you know when I start to do "something". No, seriously though, it has been nice to do some thinking about what my next move will be and REALLY nice to be in a different city doing different things.