A Big Adventure

We love our backyard and it's funny to hear the kids talk about 'the woods'. They are very aware that there are lots of animals that live there including deer, rabbits, squirels, snakes, all kinds of bugs and spiders and lots of other animals. Noah kept asking to go on a big adventure so on the second or so day we were here, we all set out on an adventure to explore 'the woods' or the backyard. =) While we were traipsing around out there we heard a rooster crowing and Rachel immediately thought it was a wolf howling... I'm not sure exactly how that connection was made, but the rest of us kept trying to convince her that it was a harmless rooster crowing. Now she is afraid of the rooster that lives in the woods that makes the scary noises. She cracks us up, as usual. She won't even play in the sandbox outside if that rooster is crowing.
Doug and I have always wanted to own land with woods on them. Lots of land, but not so much mowing. We love that when we sit in our kitchen or living room when we look outside, this is what we see. The first week and a half we were here we saw deer every day. That is so cool! =)