Where the deer and the antelope roam

Last week, Wednesday night, Aaron couldn't sleep because he couldn't stop thinking about the job opportunity in Dugway Utah.
Thursday morning we decided to take a trip down to check it out. Friday we left for Saratoga Springs Utah, (near Lehi) to stay with some of my family.
Monday we drove the hour and 20 minutes to the middle of the desert where the Dugway army post is, seeing deer and antelope on the way. We talked to an uncle of mine who works there, and he showed us around English Village, the part of Dugway that people live and where Aaron would be working. We learned that there is a complete housing freeze there for an undetermined amount of time. Sad. So we drove the 45 minutes to Tooele to look for housing there. We were only looking at rentals because we would still own the home here in Caldwell. But Tooele has NOTHING! The place is big enough, bigger than Caldwell, but nothing is for rent! All the apartment buildings are restricted income so we wouldn't be allowed to live in them. We called property management places, looked in the newspaper, drove around neighborhoods, but still couldn't find a single house fit to live in. And we weren't being picky. So, a little dejected, we drove back to Saratoga Springs.
We talked to my uncle with whom we were staying and he told us that we could pretty much have our pick of house in his neighborhood for $1000-$1200 a month. He lives in a brand new neighborhood with beautiful and big houses up on a little hill over looking a lake. Sounded good to us. So we drove around their neighborhood. These houses had been built with no one to live in them, and now the builders and owners were in a tight spot. The rent was actually closer to $1500, but for the houses, it was amazing.
On Monday Aaron also met with the owner of the company that he'd be working for. She gave him an offer letter, and Aaron accepted.
Tuesday we looked for a place to live some more and Aaron got fingerprinted for the beginning of an extensive background check they are doing on him. Top secret clearance is necessary.
Wednesday we placed a deposit and signed papers, then drove home. It was our anniversary.

This is the house that we were inches away from renting. It's huge and so cute, and way too big for us, but we wanted to live there anyway. We looked at a lot of houses, but this was probably my favorite. $1500.
This is the townhouse that we ended up settling for. I say settling, but that is only because it is smaller and less extravagant than all the other houses we looked at. It's still cute, has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and an unfinished basement. It will only be temporary though. We are still going to try to move to Dugway when the housing freeze is over.

So, we will be moving between the 1st and 15th of April. There isn't an official start date yet. Yikes. We have lots to do.