Moving Days…

What a beautiful weekend!  Sunshine, temp was right around 50 degrees all weekend, and everyone is feeling better.  Yeah!  We spent the whole weekend around the house and got a lot done.  Moving was our theme…  (No, we are not moving to another house!!!)  Just moving stuff around here.

The boys spent a good portion of Saturday hanging out in the front yard while their dad worked on trimming up some trees.  Still recovering the yard from the ice storm last winter.  Riley and Braden were pretty engrossed in “the dirt hole”.  They hadn’t been able to play out there much all winter.  The dirt hole is our version of a sandbox.  When you live where there is sandy soil, who needs to build an actual sandbox, the whole yard is our sandbox.  This just happens to be a permanent location that is disturbed often enough to keep any grass from growing back.  First on the moving list… Branches.  Trimmed up our last lone Bradford Pear tree.  We spared it from being toppled another year to see if it fills back in a little.

Next on the list…  Picnic table.  Ross’ dad built the boys a little picnic table while he was here a few weeks ago.  We have a plastic picnic table, but it lives in the living room.  About 5 years ago we got it and intended to put it outside.  It is just too great of a spot for the boys inside though.  So we talked grandpa into building a wooden one to put outside.  I think it will be a hot spot this summer.  =)  Don’t mind the fact that the boys look less than thrilled…  They were just tired of their mom making them sit there to get a picture of both of them looking at the camera.  It is moments like these that I wish I had a pause button for each of them.

Move number 3…  I am soooooooooo happy about this one.  The swingset has a new home!  I was kind of surprised when Ross started in on this move today.  It is now in the front yard!!!!!  YEAH!!!!!  It used to live on the concrete next to our screen room.  I tried to prod politely for a long time that it needed to move.  I guess good things do come to those who wait.  At least that is what Ross tells me all the time.  I just don’t like to have to  wait too long.  =)

We finished off the weekend with a fire.  Riley worked hard Saturday to load up his wagon with sticks and firewood so that we could cook hotdogs.  He even cooked for me.  Makes us want to go camping.  Time to start getting the gear gathered and put back in the little trailer.  Nicer days are just around the calendar.  More and more time to be spent outside!  We are ready, are you?