Summer yard work

Spring is Beautiful!

Happiness

We are so blessed to borrow the property truck and all the lawn mowing equipment for our yard.  We hope to very very soon get a shed up and buy all the necessary things, but until then Owen LOVES LOVES his ride in the truck for yard stuff.  The ride is about 3 minutes and in his mind it is worth the hassel of moving the carseat over each and every time.  Thanks Mr. Benson and Mr. JoJo for letting us use the equipement!!  It is a hugs blessing.  And Owen obviously thanks you also from the bottom of his heart!  Here's to simple happiness.  :)

Wet n Wild

I remember it.  My days of running in the sprinkler for hours on end.  Trying to beat the heat of the summer haze.  It was refreshing.  Many games were made up while my sister, brother and I played. Memories made. 

Now I am thankful we can offer a simple sprinkler to our kiddos. :)  And 25 years later the same things happen...a refreshing feeling, games created and plenty of smiles. 

Look at those long legs!  :)

 Are we having fun yet?  Yes, and more YES!

 Mostly what Owen did...drink water!

 Dancing to his own beat

 Hi there pretty girl.

And while we played in the cool water, Daddy mowed, trimmed and blew off the yard.  

This is his tired smile. I can't believe you are taking a photo of me looking this gross. :)  

Thanks for all your HARD work to take care of the yard for us!  We love that we can play outside in the grass.  

 :)

leaves

Is anything more fun then jumping in the leaves? I think not. :)

And Owen LOVES (which is an understatement) when Justin brings home the blower and blows the yard clean. Actually if Daddy does any yard work Owen wants to help. He follows him around and works just as hard as Daddy taking care of the grass and fall leaves.

What fun the beautiful fall brings to our home!

step one of our garden

We are doing another garden this year and opted to try to start a few things from seed. Mostly because we want Katie (and Owen) to be a part of the process from seed to table. Normally we like to go to the State Farmers Market and buy some plants since they are easier to maintain and we love buying from the farmers. But we are trying our hand at our own this year. (we tried from seed two years ago and it pretty much failed so there is always the chance we will go to the Farmer's Market anyway, later on down the road. :)

And as you see, Katie also had some input into getting some other seeds...'princess' flowers! (the above photo) Katie and Daddy's date was to grow some flowers-so they are maintaining the mini flower greenhouse as well as the veggies.

Saturday morning we planted our seeds in a mock greenhouse. When I say we, if truth be told it was mostly daddy planting. :)

A few of the veggies that came in the starter kit. We are excited for everything to begin to germinate.
*Katie and I just checked and we already have flowers, lettuce and a bean coming up!
More updates soon.

We worked outside today

planting roses and boxwoods...Owen was helping Daddy dig.

Katie helped a lot too, but then got side tracked by the flowers...

Owen found some more dirt to play in...more sticks to carry and few more rocks to put in his mouth.

And Katie loves the dirty too. If you look closely you will see her pants are filthy and the bottom of her shoes were caked with dirt.

What a happy day! Oh and you can see little skinny blades of grass growing from Justin's overhaul of the yard! :)