Sarah's Blog

The last 6 weeks have been crazy...

Bill got 2 interviews with Apple before Christmas, and then we waited. After 4 weeks, we received the hard copy of the offer, and we accepted it. With only 3 weeks to work out all the details before his Feb 15 start date, we planned a last minute house finding trip last week.

Bill called his mom and gave her 25 minutes notice before she had to leave for the airport! We all knew this trip was coming, we just didn't know when we could do it, so she was surprised, but not shocked. Bill and I left later that same evening and we all passed each other on I-70. The kids had a great time and we were able to find a rental house in the Silicon Valley.

We got home around 9:30 Friday night, visited with Bill's mom for an hour, and then went to bed. We had to leave by 6:30 am to get Bill's mom back for her return flight to TX, and we had other plans in Denver that day, so we packed up the family and headed to DIA. We worked at our Parker house for a couple of hours getting it ready to go on the market tomorrow, and then spent the rest of the day with friends who just moved to Castle Rock. We made it home by 8 and immediately in bed for a good nights rest. We are exhausted, but glad we found a house, which is much more difficult than in other parts of the country due to our large family size.

In that area of California, a "mansion" is over 2500 sq ft... we have lived in 1800 sq ft for almost 7 years and we would like a bit more elbow room for our now teenagers. The house we found is 3100 sq ft and has a huge yard with lots of fruit trees, a very large deck, covered patios, pool and hot tub. It is almost 40 years old, but it is well kept. The house faces open space hills with walking paths and is close to lots of parks and a lake. The area is beautiful, and the family is excited for a new adventure.

Now we just have to sell 2 houses, before we can make the full transition to California...