house sitting in paradise

We are currently house sitting for Jake's boss. They asked us to come watch their beautiful home for two weeks while they took their family on vacation. When I say beautiful, I mean large gigantic new construction mansion. Some of the perks are two hot tubs (one private one off the master bedroom complete with fire torches and a waterfall, and one built into the pool), a theater/game room (complete with ginormous movie screen, a pool table, arcade games, air hockey, and a large comfy couch to lounge on), an outdoor area to die for (imagine pool, outdoor shower, humongous bbq, propane fire pit, outdoor fireplace, two hot tubs, basketball court, fire torches, narnia lamps...), a library, and a state of the art kitchen. Oh and did I mention at least one flat screen tv in every room, including our guestroom suite? It is such a fun treat for us!

We've been soaking in the pool time, cable tv, and cooking great food in the gourmet kitchen. Bonus to this house sitting job is that they only have one outdoor cat to feed daily, and some plants to water. They also have a 20 head Beefalo (mix of cow and buffalo) ranch, that we have to run irrigation for and mow. But any time that Jake spends working on those projects, he gets to knock off his work week. It really is like a two week vacation at a resort somewhere and I am loving and appreciating every moment.

from the front:

the bbq got a lot of use while we were there:beautiful dining room/kitchen area:
taking care of the beefalo:
the private, fully stocked fishing pond:
from the back of the house: