I may need to borrow my brother's Member's Only jacket

because we are members! We bought a membership at Silent Valley Club and we couldn't love this place more. It's 460 acres and there are never many people there so we feel totally secluded. We find a spot that we can pull in without backing in so that we can save time (and frustration!) and we look for a spot with lots of room for the kids to play. This is our spot:



And our spot in the dark:



Since we are out in the middle of nowhere you see every single star in the sky! I love it.

The kids love exploring, they collect acorns for the squirrels and I find them in the washing machine for days and days afterward!





There is an awesome park:





My kids could swing for hours on end.



Isabella was a little bit too big for the swing!



Eef (Zach's imaginary friend!) came with us and Zach said Isabella needed to push him on the swing:



The roads here are almost always empty so we fly kites and ride bikes all day long.



I bought these little kits at Wal Mart that came with paint, brushes and little fairies to paint. Isa painted 3 or 4 and Zach painted one. And then he proceeded to pick up the hammer and smash it!




How stupid ware we for leaving a hammer out?! Luckily he didn't head toward my truck like he did with the socket wrench a few months ago.

here's a picture of our funny dog, he looks like he will bite my hand off:



Zach COMPLETELY exhausted himself. He would go non stop all day long. We bought this little tv (roughing it!) so at night they could relax:



Here he is sleeping at 7:00pm! He slept 13 hours that night!


We love this place, it's 45 minutes from our house but feels worlds different than home. Wanna come with us next time??