Sunday, April 10, 2011

Moving to Phoenix! Advice needed.

Exciting news! We are a little late in announcing this, but we will be moving to Phoenix in June! Justin matched at the Phoenix Children's Hospital for his Pediatric residency. We are excited to trade in our coats and umbrellas for year round sandals and shorts for the next three years.




Here's us on Match Day/St. Patrick's Day! It was a fun-filled and exciting day.

It has been a crazy last few weeks as we try to find a new place to live, figure out the logistics of a cross country move, and decide how to wrap up our life here in Ohio. We will be very sad to leave our great ward, friends and wonderful area that we have called home for the last four years. Justin and I got married weeks before the start of medical school, so for us Columbus is the only home we have ever known as a couple. We love new adventures, but it always hard to change.

Now that we have started looking for a place to live, we have realized how little we know about Phoenix. Despite having lived in Mesa all through high school, I've surprisingly spent very little time in Phoenix proper. So here is our official appeal for advice. We would love any and all tips about nice neighborhoods, apartments and wards to live in. We are not going to be able to see the place before we move, so we definitely need good recommendations. We would like to live as close as we can to the Phoenix Children's Hospital. It is located off the 51 just north of I-10 near downtown Phoenix.

For all you friends living or that have lived in the Valley of the Sun, or have connections living in Phoenix, please shower us with your insider information! And for everyone else, you are more than welcome to come pay us a visit when the clouds, cold, and snow descend next winter!