The Salter's: July 2009

New Home

Well, we went down to Rexburg this weekend to find a new home and we did. It seems there was just old stuff and new stuff, nothing really in the middle. So we found a three bedroom apartment that is brand new, we are the first tenants and we got a deal on it, about 100 dollars less than what they wanted. It has two bathrooms which we don't really need but is nice and a washer and dryer included which is good because we sold ours with the house. We only have to pay gas, electricity and phone. Our internet is free and there is A/C. It is a nice place we just have to get used to textured walls and shag carpet which is the norm down there.

The clubhouse has a fitness room, theatre room, kitchen and dining area, pool table ping pong table and outside a playground for the girls and a pool in summer that is a hottub in winter.(no extra cost for this) It should be really nice. We had a garage sale this weekend and got rid of a bunch of stuff but we will downsize even more before we move. There is splash park really close which will be fun, we can see the temple from where we live and the school is close too so that Geoff can ride his bike there. It should be fun!!

SOLD

We are happy to say that our house is SOLD. We have waited for almost a year for our house to sell so that we can move down to Rexburg, Idaho so that Geoff can attend BYUI. He is going to study for a teacher of French and Spanish and he starts on September 10th. The possession date is August 14th and so hopefully everything will be ready by then. We are going down to Idaho this weekend to find a place to live. We are on the waiting list for student housing but there is nothing available until winter. We feel so blessed to have our house sold and with enough money left over to live and attend school for the next four years without having to go into debt. Thanks again to both of our parents who helped to build our house and make this possible for us. Without them none of this would be happening.

New Bikes and No More Chickens

Kaylee's friend Cameron gave us his old bike and Kaylee is having fun riding it up and done the road. She is becoming a pro biker on training wheels!!

last weekend we helped Grandma and Grandpa Salter to butcher chickens for our third year. Kaylee was a big help. She helped fill the pool and put the chickens in it. She helped clean the chickens with me. Grandpa gave her a biology lesson on chicken hearts, livers and lungs. She helped daddy round them up into the chicken coop and consoled them after they had their heads chopped off. She is totally fine with everything that happened and she knows that they are now sunday dinner. Fortunately Ariane had a nap through the whole thing.