Backyards...

So we live right on a mountain and our backyard backs to BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land. There are lots of deer. We have seen them all over. I took some photos the first time we saw them--and again today because this time they were babies and they were right down on our porch--and then they went around to the front yard! Here are some deer from the first time we saw them.

Here are the kiddies and I eating ice-cream outside, which is the kids' favorite thing to do. That's actually saying a lot now that we have a sand box and toys outside. Today we had the other 1/2 of the length of the house (under the master bedroom deck) paved. We also had stairs built up to the first retaining wall (the one that's flat). Yay! It looks great. I will post photos of that tomorrow when we get it sealed. The fence is also going up tomorrow (they did posts today).

Here are my cute kiddos...

Last night we went over to some new friends' house--the Halls. Jenny will be working with Whitney in the ER here. Eli LOVED their backyard--they are on the river, and they have a TON of paved area to ride around. They also have two dogs, and Eli kept petitioning to bring the little one home. (The little one was the young lab)... Eli found this helmet and put it on himself! (Can you tell!?)

Here's Dora--ketchup and watermelon, YUM!

Jenny and Dave have two boys (cute boys!) Gabriel and Sam (CUTE NAMES! Incidentally, they are both names we have considered for our next boy if we have one.) Sam is 2 and he kept pushing Dora in the big wheel... she loved it. What a cute kid.

Dora loves her ice-cream. She was scared of the dogs at first but she warmed up and really liked them by the end of the night. She was so messy with her ice-cream that they loved her too, trailing her around and licking up the drops...

Then they got a little closer...

And a LOT closer! Hahah. (She had dribbles all down the front of her, so Darby was really just helping me clean her up.)

Oh and here are the deer right outside our breakfast room window!

And in the front yard!

We love our new house! I will take some backyard photos tomorrow afternoon with the new fence!