Leaving Microsoft to join Roku meant a move (again) from Redmond, WA to San Jose, CA.
In the collection of images below, the marjority are a pictorial walk-through of our Redmond house once we had it ready to sell. Perusing the pictures, you may notice that a majority of the house, or rooms anyway, belonged to Darius! He ruled the place 
The other thing you may notice is the size of our Redmond house… yeah, it was pretty large, which made it all the harder moving into our next home at half the size (but no cheaper). However, our CA home comes with a lot more sunshine, so while it may be a smaller indoors we hope to spend more time outdoors.
We didn’t move from one home straight into another. After selling the WA house and buying the CA house, we stayed in an extended stay hotel for 2 months while our CA house underwent major interior remodeling. But that’s a story unto itself.
Front of our Redmond house
Our beautiful house and home of 5 years.
Our cul-de-sac
Nestled in a cul-de-sac against 100 feet pines!
Barn-red back deck
Our back deck facing a protected natural area
Living room
Thru the front door to our living room
Dining room
Rarely used except during holidays
Family room
The most comfortable room in the house
Family room (again)
Family room open to the Kitchen
Kitchen
The hub of our home and all activities
Home office
1st floor work room for me and Steph
Master bedroom
Large enough to dwarf our CA King bed
Master bathroom
Complete with a walk-in closet
Darius’ classroom
Complete with homemade whiteboard
Darius’ bedroom
Yep, he was into Star Wars
Darius’ bathroom
Shared with guests, but designed for him
Darius’ play room
Darius had the largest room
Guest room
We had a few overnight guests
Laundry room
Sure was nice having this dedicated space
All packed up
Took us a few weeks to prep, then 2 days of packing and loading the moving truck
CA Home
Built around 1970, many parts showed it's age
POOL!
But, it has a jacuzzi and pool with a lava-rock waterfall