Photos of the house in Anthem

Our house in Anthem:

Our living room is actually the part of the house commonly called a great room.  Here is our sofa area just before the sliding glass door leading out to the back yard.  Notice the sewing machine....it is a loaner from the church - a brand spankin new Huskvarna.  I have already put it to good use mending some missionary slacks.  

This is our dining area and the kitchen beyond from the vantage point of the sofa area.

This is the computer alcove that can be seen while sitting on the larger couch.  This also serves as our entertainment area since we have no television

This music/library alcove is just next to the dining room table.

Here is how the living area looks from the kitchen viewpoint


And here is closer view of the kitchen.  Still have a gas stove/oven which I LOVE!  The kitchen faucet is also awesome - much better than the finicky one in Surprise.



I have to show you the "high-end" mixer we have.  This was in the mission storage!  In case you can't read the brand - it is a Cuisinart.



Here is our utility room and the way to the garage

The actual living room is where seminary will be held.  Here is a view looking at the front door.  

And a view looking from the front door

These are the two bedrooms that will be used by the seminary - an office on the right and student storage on the left.  Now, seminary has not started here yet, even though school already has.  Currently, the students are bussed to the church meetinghouse about 4 miles away.  You can see how many tables are set up - I don't believe that is a permanent set up.  I think they will just sit on chairs.  

Here is a bedroom that we get to use.  That is a twin comforter trying to act as a full size bedspread!  I have the matching sheets and my Labor Day project is to make this bigger.  I will take a photo.  

All the furniture / furnishings are mission-owned.  Some came from the mission storage unit and some were purchased for this house with mission funds (the couches, washer/dryer, our beds)

Speaking of....here is our bedroom.  The bed is actually two twin beds put together to make a king size bed.  The headboard and mattresses (Serta) are brandnew but the box springs are not - and you can see that one is a bit longer than the other.  No bedspread yet.  Hopefully, I will be able to sew a lightweight quilt in the next few weeks and it will cover up this little box spring flaw

This is looking from our bed.  My "armoir" is actually an entertainment center but, hey, it has shelves that can hold clothes and the bottom holds two tubs  that also hold clothing.  

Our bathroom is nowhere near the size of the one in Surprise but we still have two sinks

and a walk-in closet that is just as big.

This is the second full bathroom with "Jack and Jill" entrances - meaning there are two doors.  This will not be a regular bathroom for seminary student use.

So, there you have a tour of the inside of the Anthem house.  It took forever (two weeks) to get trash carts.  Happily, there are two - one for trash and one for recycling.  We still do not have mail keys and, even if we did, we have no idea which mailbox is ours!  (the neighborhood has two neighborhood mail areas - they look like post office boxes) .  And, while we have internet, we do not have WiFi.  We will once they start using this house for seminary but, who knows when that will begin?????   It is not nearly as big and luxurous as the house in Surprise but I actually love this one better.  First of all, the blinds are white instead of dark wood so, even with them closed, there is more light in the house.  Second, there is more privacy so we can actually open the blinds and not look at our neighbor's patio (our fence is at least 7 feet tall and it goes almost all the length of the house).  Third, it is "cooler" up here in Anthem.  We are at a slightly higher elevation making our temperatures consistently four to five degrees cooler.  Finally, the commute into the mission office is better.  From Surprise, we took surface streets and, although it was actually less miles, it took longer.  From Anthem, we are mostly on freeway.