I've been wanting to post pictures of our new house since we moved but things have been kind of crazy around here! We have kept our old home and we are renting it out to some good friends of ours. They were very anxious to move in since about October when we thought we would be moving! Thankfully they were very patient and waited for us to finalize everything and didn't back out. But when we signed those final papers they were ready to go! The problem was we really wanted to get a lot done at the new house before we moved in. So we moved out of our home and into a hotel for a week. Sounded fun, like an adventure! No cooking, no cleaning! That lasted for about one day. A family of six is not meant to live in one room for an extended period of time. Thanks on part to my father-in-law and a wonderful contractor who came all the way from Utah to help us out we were able to get A LOT done in one week. There is still a lot to do so I thought I'd just post some pictures of our backyard. The yard is the real reason we bought this home. We LOVE it! It is almost an acre and a half and full of possibilities!
This is the view of the back yard from the french doors in the living room. The backyard is split into two main areas. The front part has a fence around it and has a pool, a big grassy area, a lot of trees and a bird aviary!
This is the view from my bedroom window. I love looking out to that every morning, especially when our neighbors ducks are wandering up the little hill between our yards!
There is a fire pit next to the pool that we have already used quite a few times. We're pretty much all addicted to s'mores now!
This is the bird aviary that we just use for storage.
This is a view of part of the grassy area in the back. We are on septic where we live and apparently that makes for great grass. But the previous owner had to dig up a lot of the lawn to fix the septic system so we're (and by that I mean Shaun) going to have to nurse it back to health!
This is the fence that leads to the back part of the property.
At one point they must have had quite a little farm back here. There are a couple of chicken coops and other animal dwellings. I think I really would like to get them cleaned up, patched up and get some chickens!
This is a shot of main part of the back property. I know Shaun has visions of batting cages and baseball diamonds in his head!
Yep, that's a pig pen. Brings back many good memories!
We have an abundance of fruit trees in the back. Some of these are apple trees, pomegranate, and maybe some cherry, but we're not sure yet. I guess we'll find out when they bloom and fruit!
We also have lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit and tangerine trees. We moved in just as they were fruiting and it has been so much fun to have fresh citrus right in our own backyard!
This is the view of the back yard from the french doors in the living room. The backyard is split into two main areas. The front part has a fence around it and has a pool, a big grassy area, a lot of trees and a bird aviary!
This is the view from my bedroom window. I love looking out to that every morning, especially when our neighbors ducks are wandering up the little hill between our yards!
There is a fire pit next to the pool that we have already used quite a few times. We're pretty much all addicted to s'mores now!
This is the bird aviary that we just use for storage.
This is a view of part of the grassy area in the back. We are on septic where we live and apparently that makes for great grass. But the previous owner had to dig up a lot of the lawn to fix the septic system so we're (and by that I mean Shaun) going to have to nurse it back to health!
This is the fence that leads to the back part of the property.
At one point they must have had quite a little farm back here. There are a couple of chicken coops and other animal dwellings. I think I really would like to get them cleaned up, patched up and get some chickens!
This is a shot of main part of the back property. I know Shaun has visions of batting cages and baseball diamonds in his head!
Yep, that's a pig pen. Brings back many good memories!
We have an abundance of fruit trees in the back. Some of these are apple trees, pomegranate, and maybe some cherry, but we're not sure yet. I guess we'll find out when they bloom and fruit!
We also have lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit and tangerine trees. We moved in just as they were fruiting and it has been so much fun to have fresh citrus right in our own backyard!
