Our new rig!

     I'm excited to finally be getting this post done! I'll warn you - I took pictures but made very little effort to clean up beforehand so this is real life. Since the pictures were taken, most of the boxes and bags sitting around have found homes but I'm much to lazy busy to take new ones.

Here we are bringing our 2010 Keystone Raptor 3912 home! It looks and feels absolutely huge compared to our travel trailer! Eldon was quite pleased though, that our overall length when hooked up is 1 foot less then with the travel trailer! Our weight is an astounding 24,000 pounds though so guess what's next on our list?! Yep, a new tow truck. It's fine for now but we do want to get another just so we have 2 trucks we can tow with if something goes wrong with the one.

This is the floor plan.

This is where we park at my parents. You can just see the roof of the chicken barn on the left. Eldon has redone a few things and made so that we have 50 amp to plug into and can dump straight into the sewer. And no, we actually very rarely smell the chickens. The flies though!!!!!!

Outside storage. This runs the whole way under and can be accessed from both sides. It's huge and not very practical but we'll keep adding until it's how we can use it efficiently. So far we've added fishing rod hangers on the ceiling.

Another compartment with the battery and other stuff that I know nothing about.

And yet another for all the sewer hoses and accessories (there's a lot!).

The generator! This was very high on our "want" list and we are so excited to go West and boondock on BLM land! We'll get to try it out good and proper when we're in Albuquerque for 2 weeks in October.

Let's head on in and turn right, up the stairs. On the left wall is the control panel for slides, awning, tank sensors, generator, water pump and lights. You'll notice the fan by our bedroom door. There is one a.c. in the kitchen and the second is in our room. It works very well and our room could be an icebox but we choose to blow a lot of that cold air into the living area with the box fan.

The door on the left in the hall opens into the main bathroom. The door on the right in this picture goes into our room. Notice the big cabinet above the sink plus the one below it! 

The shower is quite large and the bathroom feels like it has so much storage! Eldon and I actually keep a lot of our clothes in the cupboards above the toilet just because we can.

The master bedroom. Our bed is actually not tilted :). For the first time ever, we have a queen bed instead of a full and it feels massive!

Half of the closet. It feel so huge, since our travel trailer had basically no closet. Now I hang everything possible when I used to fold all but our Sunday clothes!

The other half! You can't see it very well but there is shelves in the back wall too. I'm so blessed to be married to a man that can do nearly any handy man jobs! He ran pipes through the underbelly storage and behind the dresser so that we could put our washer in the closet. It has worked out so well! We keep all the children's clothes (except Michael's) in here because it's super handy and there is plenty of room.

This is how I normally dry our clothes. Or hang them all over the RV and turn the dehumidifier on - either way works!

So, coming out of our room and looking into the living area. You will notice MORE STORAGE above the bathroom door on the right. We have lots of empty space and it makes me feel so proud :).

Bad shot of the couch but this window area is awesome. It has a 6 inch ledge behind it that Ethan loves to clear then sit there like a cat looking out. Of course, underneath the couch is more storage. The middle is a huge open while and the ends both have a drawer that pulls out.

The kitchen. At times it feels small since it's in the corner with no way out but all that counter space is amazing. Also, highly annoying because we tend to toss stuff on it instead of put it away immediately.

The half bath off the kitchen. We are all so very happy to have 2 toilets. And look - 2 more big cabinets! Michael's clothes are in the lower one, along with all the cleaning supplies and the top one is half empty :).

The girls dominion. The queen size loft was a must have for us. Notice how they keep their toolboxes between them? There has been a small amount of drama between them since they haven't shared a bed in 2 years but I think they'll survive it. They've got a big window up there that's really nice for Emily when she needs a distraction to keep her from falling asleep. *sarcasm*

This is up there as well. I keep extra school books and craft supplies on the top shelf and the girls throw all manner of junk on the bottom. 

The garage..........one of my favorite things ever! Michael sleeps on the queen bed. It can lower or raise but we keep it at this height so we can walk under it but he can still go up there to play. There was a second queen bed but we took it out for now. Ethan has a small mattress on the floor. This has been a source of great grief to Michael because apparently we promised that Ethan would sleep IN HIS ROOM, IN HIS BED. I'm just not letting my 2 year old sleep in a top bunk so promise breaker I will be :). 

Our table is back here but we've never eaten at it yet. So far we use the bar and couch. It's lovely for throwing things on and also for doing school and not putting it away whenever we want to eat.

When we move, the carpet gets rolled about up part ways and we fill this up with our bikes. 

More junk. Our school stuff, coloring books, and library books are here. This mess has been organized and looks much better now!

The door on the left goes into the bathroom but so far we haven't used it. I love the mini fridge back here! So nice to keep extra milk and water bottles in. And on the right, Eldon hung hooks for jammies, jackets, and the broom.

So, that's pretty much it! Thanks for hanging in there until the end :) .