May Highlights

Parker on the climbing wall

Caleb made it pretty far up

Cooking in the backyard with Dad

Our backyard

Side of house

We can go out back with bare feet! It is great.

Junipers under the window and hose holder

Honeycrisp apple tree and green grass

Keith has been working on our backyard this summer. He put railroad ties around the outer edges, moved 45 yards of dirt in, installed the sprinkler system, built an area for some bushes and a hose holder, planted bushes and a tree, and laid the new sod. Here is the new view! I am thrilled! When we did the front yard, we planted seed, which took quite a while to get looking nice. It is amazing how fast sod changes the look of the yard. We just hope it establishes healthy, deep roots to stay as nice as it is now!

200!

I noticed a few posts ago that I was nearing our 200th post! So, I thought I would fill in some of the interesting numbers we have had lately.
80,808 - miles on the van
34 1/2 - weeks pregnant
600 - consecutive dribbles in the dribbling contest between Caleb and Nathan.
2 times I counted to 600 before getting smart, and using the timer.
12:31 - The new dribbling record, in minutes and seconds.
102 - number of Legos Parker said would be enough Legos. We thought we could get rid of a bunch of Legos, but when we explained we had many more than that he did not want to get rid of them.
45 - yards of dirt Keith moved from our driveway to the backyard, with help from several others.
1500 - square feet of new sod Keith put in our backyard on top of all that dirt!
4 of 6 - number of geocaches our family has found.