~ Enjoying the Beautiful Days ~

This post will be a little bit of this and that! Note: It all is us enjoying the beautiful days outside!!!

Please meet Frost. He loves to hang out in our backyard. We see him many times a week! Andrew came up with a name for him all on his own!!!!

FROST

I think it is really a cute name...So, here is Frost...He really is a friendly fella! We have enjoyed watching him!

Here you see our small front yard. I have decided I am very tired of mowing such a small section of lawn...it is on a hill, not very even. So, it was time to take out the grass and do something else with it.....

Taadaaaa...Here is what the front looks like at the Moment. Ok...it is a little different and many of the plants have completely come out...I am hoping that the Iris bloom very soon so that I can get a picture of the Rhododendron and them in full bloom...I want to put mulch or some kind of nice ground cover to help keep the weeds down and add a little bit to it. It all takes time, Mula and some kind of hauling vehicle!!! I guess we will have to be patient and wait for it to be complete!

Ohhh look at that, another picture of frost. For Mother's day, Andrew asked me what I wanted. I was half joking when I said, "Bunny Food". I really thought I could get a good reaction from my Hubby, but instead, they really bought the bunny carrots!!! The kids love to throw them out the window and wait for him to come eat.

So, we have had some brick lying around for some time along our back fence. We found it in various backyard renovations! I think it will look really nice on the grass between my sidewalk and driveway. So, this past week, I hauled the bricks from the back to the front. I thought it would be easier than it was. I went to use the wheelbarrow...only to find the tire needs to be replaced. I attempted a few other things, just to decide it was easiest if I just got my workout and used my muscle :0) I stopped counting after 60 bricks...

I looked out the kitchen window, the other day, to find frost taking a little rest...He's so cute...The nice part about this pet, I don't have to clean His cage or his messes!!!

Memorial Day

We had a wonderful time of just the 4 of us!!! We took our time in the morning and ended up at the beach late morning! It was perfect with a slight breeze coming off of the lake. The water is still really cold 54 degrees.....So, needless to say, we were not swimming in it today!

The kids found this little area....obviously the storms that we have had lately created a nice little area for all the little people. So, yes they did play in this a lot...They had fun....Emmy was our social butterfly talking to everyone...making sure that no one left their toys just lying around. She would find the people that they belonged to and return them!!! It was really cute!!!

Andrew asked me to make a tunnel for him. So, I did that on one side. Then, Emmy wanted me to make a Sand Castle. This is the only picture that we got of the Castle standing. Emmy fell on it, and after that some "War Planes" came in and demolished the rest of it....No one was injured!

We started something with the kids last year. Can you see what is through the trees?

We like to go and watch the roller coaster. We had mentioned to Andrew that we would go watch the roller coaster today. Well, first thing when he woke up, he was all excited that we would get to go watch the roller coaster. We picked up ice cream and sat in the grass by the track! As you can see, everyone is intently waiting for it to come! It was so nice to sit in the shade after being on the beach. We enjoyed our little snack of ice cream before heading home for the day!

The kids watching it...See it on the track?

Here is a better view of the track! It is so neat being so close to it! I didn't mention that this Roller Coaster actually goes over the road!!!! It is pretty amazing! First one that I have ever seen that goes over a road....A busy road at that!

Andrew is looking forward to going on a roller coaster!

Say CHEEEEEEESSSSSEEEE

Emmy pointing at the track....letting me know it was coming. She was so cute...she jabbered about it while we walked back to the car. She was telling me how the roller coaster..."hands in the sky....Ahhhhh Weeeee"

It was so cute!

Once we got home, Mommy mowed the lawn. Then, we all sat on the porch and enjoyed the nice breeze! Andrew and Daddy played Roller coaster Tycoon together! It was such a wonderful day!

Thank You To all of those who have served and are serving our country.Thank you for the freedom that you provide to us and the sacrifices that you make each and every day!!