Our home and President's Park

Our house is lovely.  We found out that what we thought was a common yard area is actually all ours!  It's huge! And the best part is that gardeners take care of the entire thing! We have three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs.  Downstairs is a nice sized kitchen, dining room, living room, entry and half bath.  It's larger than our home in Boise, so we have upgraded!  The best part is that there is a great little park right across from our house and it's a great neighborhood with lots of kids.  I feel totally safe having them go the park by themselves and we want to get them bikes so they can ride around.

 This is the park right out our front door.

 The front of the house, including our little Subaru.  The silver car is where the neighbors house starts.

 Side of the house.  This entire area is our yard - and someone else takes care of it!  AWESOME!

Another picture of the yard, cause I love it so much.  

Back door and picnic table.

Our kitchen viewed from the dining area, complete with clothes washer.  I love it.  The window looks right into our front door/driveway.

Our living room, viewed from the dining area.

We went to President's Park a few days ago.  It is humongous!  We couldn't even walk around the whole thing because it was so huge.  It is all in tribute to the President of Kazakhstan, hence the name.  :)  You can even sit on his lap while you are there - or at least a gigantic replica of him.  There were beautiful fountains and lots of manicured flowers.  At night one of the fountains does a light show, so next time we will have to go after dark.  We had a great time walking around and enjoying the scenery.

 Happy kids exploring the park.

Cool fountain!

Hello Mr. President!

 Lots of flowery paths!

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