Baby Steps

First we started with a lot of weeds. This is just a small pile of them. We had this whole side of the back in dried up weeds.

This was last year after clearing out the weeds.

Then Jeff put a nice border of tiles and we tried planting grass. It didn't work.

And, believe it or not, we had a lot of rain this winter and it kept flooding. Even to the point we couldn't get to the garbage cans.

So, this year, Jeff and the boys layed sod.

Then, yesterday we had a lot of helpers come to "rock on."

And, yes, some got dumped in the pool.

Oh, and our tile paver path. It all looks great!

And, here is our garden with our lovely path and those are tomato plants that are taking over. We have eaten several zucchini already.

BASEBALL

Kade's school class got free tickets to a Diamondback's baseball game. We jumped at the chance to go.
Ok, so Samantha and Kade got a little bored, when they weren't eating something.

The roof slides back and the sides of the building twist, so it was completely open. It's a pretty neat place.

They lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, but oh well. It was fun.

Sunday Drive

Last Sunday we decided to go for a Sunday drive. While we were enjoying nature, we had Derek
and Nicholas do our family home evening.

We found snow!

The boys, well Jeff, started a snowball fight.

We came across this pretty lake.

Jeff fed the squirrels right out of his hand.

I took this picture because I was trying to get Jeff to hold up his finger. He cut him with a butter knife, but he didn't want to show it. Strong butter knife!

We had a nice little picnic and just enjoyed the scenery.

Spring Break

The kids were couch potatoes. We didn't do anything for Spring Break. Jeff got real sick and I was at work, so this is the extent of it.

We did get our garden planted the next weekend; and, so far, they have had a good Easter.

Happy Easter

Easter

They didn't last long. The kids enjoy peeling and eating them as much as coloring them.

Derek had another idea. He tried a science experiment.

It didn't quite turn out though, so he ate it.

Coloring Eggs