We have a new house!!

After months of wrestling with the bank, mortgage officer, and anyone else that wanted a piece of the action....we finally own a new house. We now live in the Southwest Valley and are extremely excited to move in, especially with a pool in the back yard.

We officially moved in last weekend, and it was a long experience that I would not want anyone to experience. Now that we are moved in, Todd is 20 minutes from work, I am 23 minutes and Kerri is just under 30. Todd has a much shorter commute but Kerri and I added about 5 - 7 minutes each.

We are very excited to go from a $2700 month mortgage to $800/month, we had to put $26k down, but have a 30 year fixed rate of 4.25%. I will have Todd post some pictures of the new house...2600 sq ft with a pool built in 2006. We are in a very diverse area (meaning we are in an Hispanic area and being white is most certainly the minority, but it is a cool experience). My new neighbor mentioned that a couple of the people on the block even speak English... It will really help my Spanish. I hope all is well and look forward to more post and information.

The Phoenix Smiths