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usually for at least a couple hours," she says. It has taken time to cultivate this environment though. When they first moved in the yard was empty. "We had a completely blank slate. It started with a few signs to add color in while we found plants/trees to put in and the time it took to have them mature. It has turned to more personal stuff now. Jeff created a license plate square of all license plates from New Mexico, where my son just returned from serving a mission for our church. We have Washington ones because we love Washington. Next he plans on doing a square of North Carolina plates, since that is where my daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren live." Valerie and Jeff are always on the lookout for new things for the yard. " Jeff is so sweet, if I see a plant in someone else's yard, or in a nursery, if I love it, one will generally end up in our yard. It is really our sanctuary and there is nothing we love more than to sit out there in hammocks on a nice summer day and just enjoy being there. We don't have a set plan for it, just to keep filling in things where we like them, and if they don't seem to be working where we put them, we move things around," she says. Besides the yard that is apparently very well loved, Valerie has an affinity toward Telaheh as well. "We loved the peacefulness and the chance to have the woods behind us and that our children could walk to school and play outside. We have made some amazing friends in our neighborhood, and we love being able to relax in our yard and hear the birds."