The One

We found it!! For almost a year, 5 months seriously, we have been looking for a new place to live. When we moved to Colorado we were empty nesters and so we bought in an empty nester area. There are strict regulations and no other children living around us. We cannot put a play place on our property. There is a driveway that goes by our front yard and then right by our backyard. The driveway is used by two different houses other than ours. We are not allowed to put up a fence. We also have a five foot drop into our downstairs patio which was dug out to make a walkout basement. All of things were just fine when we were without children. Now, they are very dangerous!

So here is our new place!

What? Can't see anything? That's because it won't be ready until November! But it has all our major requirements. One was that open space was behind it. After having it the last five years we really didn't want to give it up. We also wanted some view of the mountains. We can see quite a bit of the Rockies from the backyard.

Our other requirement was a big enough yard for the girls to run around in and to put up a play space. This house is not as fancy as the house we are in, but it has a couple more bedrooms and we are thrilled that we found it!

Here is the park nearby.

The only thing I don't like about new parks in Douglas County is the outhouse. Water is scarce around here!

Yesterday we took a hike in the open space behind our future home. We saw a lot of deer but I didn't think to take a picture.

Our house goes right in between. We are thrilled!