Saturday, November 22, 2008












oly Cow! I still can't believe it but we bought a house! After looking online for the last year and walking through places for the past month and having two other houses taken from under us, we have finally put in an offer that was accepted. We just have the inspection and closing left. The house is a cute 1935 house in the historical part of Payson. It is right across the street from the old Payson Park witch is awsome! The park is where all of the Payson Onion Days festivities take place and the Payson Scottish Festival. Every sunday night in the summer they have free band concerts and the big Payson parade goes right in front of our house. Erin and my favorite restaurant is just a couple of blocks away. It's this really cool little Thai resaurant where the people don't speak English. The house itself is so amazing. It has a lot of character. Lots of custom built-ins, a cool fireplace, 4 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, a great backyard with mature trees which are perfect for a slackline. The Kitchen is a good size which excites Erin. The house is in good repair but outdated. We are going to be taking down wallpaper and pulling up carpet, which is covering beautiful wood floors. It will be a lot of work but we are so excited.

The front of the house.



Some of the custom built-ins

Some other exciting news is that Erin passed her LPN boards and started working as a nurse 2 weeks ago. The expectation of this is what solidified our descision to buy a house. Anyway, thats our news.

10 comments:

Amber said...

How exciting for you guys! Congrats! We were looking into condos, but decided we won't be here long enough to warrant buying a house. You'll have to throw a party when you get all settled in ;)

And congrats, Erin! That's way exciting for you!

Leslie said...

Holy cow!! I can't believe you guys bought a house! Clay and I are so excited for you- and shocked!! So much happens when we go away! You two deserve it- the house sounds brilliant! We're coming over.

Samuel R said...

Congratulations! That's so great.

Peach said...

Congrats on the new house and congrats on the new job! The house looks like something I'd love.

Cali said...

Whoa - you guys are really adults now. That is great! We're excited to spend Thanksgiving with your family - sorry you can't be there too!

Unknown said...

Ya for home ownership! That's so great. And congrats Er on passing your test. I'm so proud of you and all you've accomplished. You amaze me! Let's get together soon.

Love you guys!

Dana said...

Congrats!! First homes are so exciting. It looks awesome, can't wait to see it...sometime!:)

Meg said...

Wow Erin! You guys are so grown up, you are homeowners! Congratulations!!!!!

Joy and Ted said...

Congrats, congrats, congrats on the house! That is awesome! Sorry it has taken me so long to send my congrats. When do you move it? I hope we can come see you! Love ya!

Tammy Engebretsen said...

Can't wait to come see your cute new house. Jim and I are really good at painting, so put us to work! See you soon. oxoxox