I have been meaning to write on the blog for some time now. I have so much to catch you up on. The first is pictures of the house. We are so happy here, we have 1 1/2 acres to play on. The landlord is very nice and is going to let us raise some chickens. The boys are very excited about it. Aaron and I both agree we love it out here and we will not willingly live back in town anytime soon. Unpacking is proving to be a chore but as I do it I am getting rid of things that we no longer need. We were shocked at how much stuff had collected in the 5 years we lived at the other house.
This house is big and spacious and I think if the Lord is willing we can be quite comfortable here for many many years. It has 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, a large loft area that we are using as an office, a nice kitchen/dining and Living room area. The laundry is inside and the garage is large enough to park the car in and have space for all the tools we acquired doing construction. The Master is big and the bathroom nice with a large walk in closet. Aaron and I both miss our shower at the other house but this one has a jetted tub. So it kind of equals out. The boys are upstairs in two of the bedrooms and there is a guest room that has it's own bathroom that is just waiting for you to come and visit. It has a beautiful wrap around porch that goes almost all the way around the house. The one downfall to the house is that it has NO landscaping, the weeds have taken over. There is also an irrigation creek that runs right in the back of the house.
There are many different critters that live around here. If you look out the front you will see cows, if you look to the side the neighbor has horses, and at times when you look out the back there is a heard of Elk that graze in the neighbors fields. We have also seen fox, birds of all sorts, some really UGLY spiders, geese, tons of crickets, a frog or two. It is said that there are dear, bears, rattle snakes and even a mountain lion around here but we have not seen them.
The boys are adjusting well, they love their new school. The bus picks them up and drops them off right in front of the house. Dallin is pretty sure that is the best part of the day. They go to a little country school and I LOVE it. Jared is the 18th student in his 4th grade class and Dallin the 22nd in his 1st grade class. They study music and art and science and are loving it. They have field trips planned to go to the Rocky Mountain National park. They are loving it and we are happy.
Mr. Darcy is loving his new home, he rolls in the dirt and runs around chasing anything that moves. He is very interested in the neighbors dogs and horses. We hope he will be good with the chickens. And hope to someday soon get him a girlfriend, then we will have puppies running around.
As soon as I get the house organized and the boxes unpacked I will take pictures of the inside of the house for you. For now that is what I have to offer. I hope it is enough. :o)
Mostly thru all that has happened in the last few months I have a greater faith that the Lord has his own timing and plans for us. And as long as we do what we have promised then he will open windows that we didn't even see. I know that he loves me and my family and that he is blessing us even when we don't understand.
We love you all!
The Pickers
