Outside Time

Well, we are taking advantage of the beautiful weather before it disappears for several months! Hopefully by next summer our trees will provide a little bit of shade and prolong the time we can spend outdoors. Here's a bit of what we've been up to around here:


Rich and Xander digging a hole for our new Purple Plum tree. Both of the big boys LOVE to help us out whenever they can, especially if it involves shovels...

Keegan is "helping" me clean off the porch. Gotta enjoy a clean porch while we can before monsoon season hits!

Rich is preparing the "mud pit". Every kid needs a place to play in the mud, right?!?!? I know I spent many childhood hours just digging in the mud. Eventually, they can even experiment with trying to grow things. Hopefully they inherited gardening skills from dad and not me...

I am once again trying to prove that my thumb isn't completely black. It's been three weeks and I haven't managed to kill these beautiful plants - yet!
Sandbox time!

Playing "driving to the grocery store"! Xander insists on taking a grocery list!