It doesn't get much better than this...

We are loving our new house and all of the space we now have! We are out of town but not too far, only about 3 miles, so it's nice and quiet where we're at. We have 7.4 acres and the kids LOVE to explore. We haven't explored the West side of our property yet because it's mostly just sagebrush - but we sure have fun discovering new things, so we'll check it out soon! These pictures were taken literally at the edge of our property - the girls love naming all of the trees and rock formations. We have Eagle Rock, Surfboard Rock, Pirate Ship Tree, Tree In Rock, and so much more, including Trampoline Valley, but I'll explain that one at a later time.

Trysten likes exploring the North side...

And here are a few places just beyond our property...

Our closest people neighbors are about 1/4 mile away - but these are the neighbors we share a yard with. We also hear coyotes at night but haven't seen any yet.

Yes, this guy was right in our front yard - maybe 20 yards from our front door.

The pictures aren't very good because I didn't want to scare him off by opening the door, so they are taken through the window screen.

Deer are not uncommon around here - if you go into town you are almost guaranteed to see at least a dozen deer, mostly does, fawns, and really young bucks. In fact, they consider it a deer problem in town - we enjoy it, they don't bother us so far! We'll have to build a tall deer fence to protect our garden, that's for sure! When I take the girls to the bus stop in the morning we usually see a few bucks, there was one morning we counted almost 10 bucks and that was just in the mile drive to the bus stop! There is one pretty big one that we usually see about halfway down our road, but I haven't been able to catch a picture of him yet. There are also 5 small bucks that we usually see in the same area close to the bus stop. I look forward to all the other wildlife we're going to see around here! Here are 3 of the 5 young bucks - we see them most often...

And these neighbors are just across the street - Kaylee is hoping to have one of our own someday - that's my girl!

These ones are down the street - everytime we pass them, the kids say "Hi Donkey Neighbors!"

I love the scenery, rock formations, and other fun and unique 'landscaping' around our place and see lots of future photo shoots!

Thanks for visiting my neck of the woods - I hope you enjoyed our view as much as we do!