Thursday, August 16, 2007



Well we have finally decided to stay in Rexburg for a few more years. Mike is going to commute to Master's school...first to Idaho Falls starting in January and then to Missoula MT... a 4 hour drive. but it is only 1 day week on Monday's and it is only 10 months long. We decided to stay in Rexburg because Mike (Shane) can get a job at his intership that qualifies for the Rural Grant program that will pay off your student loan up to $50,000 (including bachelor degrees) so that pretty much made up our minds. I always said that I wouldn't live in Rexburg because it is so expensive and there are no jobs but I am now eating my words because we made an offer on a townhouse and it was excepted. It isn't even built yet. It is scheduled to be done in January 08, but we made the offer already because we can lock in the price now. The builder has told us that they will be worth $6,000 more in January. That means they are appreciating about $1,000 a month which is actually really common in Rexburg. There is a picture (as you can see) of the kitchen in the future and also how the front of the townhouses will look.

5 comments:

JLMartin said...

Funny that you saw our blog because I actually looked at yours the other day after seeing your name on Rachel's blog. We love Vegas but I really miss Rexburg. Maybe we'll be back for a visit one day.... Lacey is a great name...I can't believe she's already 1. I think you were pregnant last time I saw you....

Rachel Holloway said...

What a BEAUTIFUL new home! How fun! I bet you are SO excited to move in!! Keep us posted on all the developments.

Hamblin Family said...

Congratulations on your house. It is such an exciting time. Good luck to Mike with his Master's.

Michelle said...

thanks for the comments everyone. We are really excited to finally live in a nice place for once.

The Whitaker Family said...

Congrats on the brand spankin' new place you're getting, guys!!! You're awesome!!! Its really, really nice looking-- you ought to invite us up sometime, you know? (Hint, hint! Or maybe we'll just invite ourselves sometime--family can do that, right?)

Anyways, you guys have done things the right way financially so I think you're AWESOME!

xoxo