Happy 4th of July!

These were the fireworks last night. B is on the right and a little friend he made is on the left. We had to move our blanket because he wanted to sit with the little friend's family. He snuggled right up to the mom and told her about everything he saw that evening. "I saw the moon, and a plane, and a firetruck, and an excavator, and fireworks." We were all cracking up.

Playing and

waiting for the fireworks!

During the day we went to Hidden Valley Animal Adventures. We always enjoy ourselves when we go there. Who doesn't love to feed massive animals that can poke your eye out with their antlers?

J and B attempted to camp in the backyard friday night. The kid had to be bribed to take a 2 second picture (jelly beans in his lap). I gave them a half hour at best. They lasted an hour in the tent and came in at 11pm. I was very surprised. J said he was all over the place and wouldn't lay down. I am getting the feeling that this is all payback for J...

Dig In

This is dated 4/3, and must have been started a little sooner than that. Jeffrey and Benji have been digging hard. J through sun, rain, and a pretty bad cold. Benji said to me one day, "Daddy works harder than a dumptruck in the dirt and the rocks." Couldn't have said it better myself!
He also tells his that the "patio looks great, and it looks awesome."

On the rainy days the supervisor had to relocate to inside.

Here is the final product without the furniture that J is staining and sealing.

This picture does not do justice to the gardens. I went away to work for the weekend and J and his mom had it all put in. It looks amazing! Those chairs are B sized and he picked out bright red spray paint for them.

So the stairs will be refaced and the wrought iron and door will be replaced. J has been given free reign to do what he pleases. We'll see how this story ends up.

Here is a garden that myself and a neighbor put in last night (into the dark of 9:30). Its along our driveway. I'm just trying to tame and clean up some of the wild that I have to look at everyday! Maybe I'll post a patio picture of us sipping something soon...

On Our Mind In May

Underwear
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Rocks

Flash dance

B's Day Out With Thomas

Sorry, I got the order all wrong. This is the ride home from B's day out to see Thomas. He ended up being really sick and had to go to urgent care later that day. Sorry to all the children that got infected...

I can just hear it now, do do do do do do doooo (Thomas theme song). J said he was pretty excited even though he wasn't his peppy self.