snap shot of summer

putting together an erector set

playing in the rain

watermelon seed spitting contest

Holiday World, so fun!

enjoying an evening by the fire

Drew's Party

It's like they say "better late than never". We had Adam and Drew's party together this year, they both wanted to have an air soft gun war party, so we invited their friends down and they had such a good time. We had green b-b's all over the yard and patio, no big deal they had fun!

Darrell had to draw the gun

happy birthday trevor

Sigh, my baby is 9 years old. :( I can't believe how fast time has gone. Seems like not so long ago he was just a little guy (i like to think he still is). He had a couple of friends over and they ran thru the sprinkler, played legos, rode bike and had a dart gun war.

Sean, Isaiah and Trevor

his new BMX bike

his b-day cake, Alysha made most of it, Drew and I helped a little,
they did a great job.

our day

Finally it feels like spring is here! We had such a fun day. Darrell tilled the garden and put fertilizer on the lawn. Alysha and I trimmed all the landscaping. The boys played out in the creek and we all planted the garden. I'm exhausted, but it was a great day to be home and enjoy the great outdoors.

watering the lettuce

planting onions

Boys canoeing in the creek

snack time

our weekend

We have been enjoying a nice relaxing weekend (for once). It all started on Friday, we were in our pj's all day (it was wonderful) we baked and frosted Easter cookies, put 3 puzzles together and are working on the 4th one, had movie night, went to church, made a nice easter lunch and did all the other mundane boring things that you have to do to keep the house in order. Oh, and our dishwasher broke down :( our kids make excellent dishwashers!

we didn't have a egg cookie cutter, so we made our own pattern and then she cut it out with a knife. She did good!

the finished product

happy birthday alysha

Can't believe my "little" girl is 14 years old, sniff. We had a small party for her on Sat. eve Dale, Amy and kids and Doug & Mattie and their family came down for burgers on the grill and Amy made the b-day cake (thanks). Tonite I cooked her favorite dinner: poormans steak, mashed potatoes and green beans, yum!

her new walleta new dress

boy scouts

The boys spent most of the day out in the woods. It was a beautiful spring day. They were having so much fun exploring and starting a fire, yikes!

stone path they made to cross the creek.

safety first, they filled a bucket with water in the event the fire got out of hand.

roasting marshmallows

eating marshmallows the campsite, they also roasting hot dogs, Yumo!