A Trip to Paradise: The Stone House

We went up to visit Aaron's sister Elizabeth in Paradise Valley, Nevada for a week. It was so fun! They live in the cutest house in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by giant cottonwood trees. It was built in the 1950's and converted into a bed and breakfast/ dude ranch in 1991. Crawford Farms bought the land that the bed and breakfast was on last year, and Elizabeth and Kade got to move in. They renovated the main floor, but the upstairs rooms all have names and 50's wallpaper. We stayed in the Rye Patch and Elliot got his own room up in the attic. There are 4 beds up there, but he stayed in the pack and play. We got there on Saturday and Stephen's family came on Tuesday.

Stone House, or "the big house" as Avery calls it

Bird's eye view. There are other apartments in the other buildings that they rent out to hunters.

Aerial view over the pheasant pen and some pastures

More pastures, some tall trees, and mountains in the not-so-distant distance

Lift at full height

 How did I take those aerial shots? BY GOING 60 FEET IN THE AIR IN KADE'S CRAZY LIFT TRACTOR! 

The lift at kid height for Brianna, Eowyn, and Avery.

 We got there on Conference weekend, so we watched the broadcast and toured the property on the first couple of days.

Conference snuggle buddies

Getting ready for the walking tour. Have I mentioned that their yard is gorgeous?

Avery and a freshly retrieved chicken egg. I secretly loved checking for eggs and kept taking Avery or Brianna out to check, pretending like they were the ones who wanted to do it

The Pheasant Pen. Kade runs a hunting business on the side. Pheasants are native to the area, but he keeps some to release for hunters. They are gorgeous birds!

Pretty pheasant stock photo

 Part of our tour included the creepy RV in front of the junk pile. The windows were all busted and it looked like the floor was falling through. It was obvious that critters have been living in it for a long time. I wanted to poke my head inside, but was being all cautious in case there was a bobcat or zombie or something inside. As soon as I put my foot on the doorstep, a cat bolted out the window right next to me. It gave us all a good jump!

The creeptastic trailer

Another angle of the Stone House. Aren't those trees magnificent?