Dirt

When you buy a new house and there is no "yard" in the back, most people would think "UGH!" but, not Scott. This is a blank canvas and he is working hard on making it his masterpiece. Oh, he also has help....His little buddy and sometimes he has a little buddy also.

Noah and Madison

We are excited for our new backyard....it's a work in progress, but we are currently in the process of having the sprinklers "fixed" and having sod installed. Yay!!! I cannot wait. I'm really hoping that it will help with all the "dust" I get in my house. It can be quite breezy where we live and with a dirt yard, it likes to come inside.

take me out to the ballgame....

Did it go any better??

Well....let me have you decide.................
Warming up?!?!?
Participating??!?!?!?
Doesn't everyone hold their softball between their legs??
Let's talk about throwing the ball....can we hear when we are not even standing by the coach??

Can we learn to throw when we are sitting on the ground?!?!?!

OH WAIT, there's only 10 minutes left, I better go "PLAY BALL!"

swing batter swing!

So, once again, he was a pill and we had 10 minutes of official baseball!

So frustrating! I think it's so frustrating because I know that he enjoys himself when he does start to play. He loves to be outside, LOVES IT! And he enjoys playing with other kids, so why does he do this every week? I try to not let it bother me, but it does. I'm sure it's because I paid money for him to do this and he acts like a turkey. I just need to get over it.

But, there is always next week!

B.R.A.G.

I am so blessed to have a wonderful extended family. I cannot even tell you how awesome it is to know that I have this whole other family out there...I don't see them often, I don't talk to them often, but I do think of them often (and I keep up on their blogs). It's great to know that when I see them, it's like no time has passed. I have a cousin, Leslie, who I am very close to...we are not only cousins, but we are friends also. I love her to death. Twice a year she organizes a BRAG event at her parents condo in Midway, Utah. BRAG stands for Bradford Reunion Adult Girls. All "girls" who have graduated from HS are invited to come to the condo & do whatever they want. Usually it is to scrapbook. BUT, there is swimming, hot tub, movies, talking, crafts of any kind, food and occasionally sleeping! It is a lot of fun. I have been once before in March of 2007. Well, it just happened that this time my Mom, my two sisters Deanna & Stephanie and my Dad flew to Utah on Thursday April 23rd and came back on Sunday evening April 26th . I know my Dad is not a girl! He came along with his favorite girls...he actually spent one night at his Dad's house and the rest in Bountiful at his brothers home. He spent Friday with his Dad and brother. On Saturday he had lunch with some good friends who now live in Utah. He was busy.

We had a great time. We flew in Thursday, went shopping, ate dinner at Cafe Rio (yum!) and then on to the condo. Sunday afternoon we took Stephanie to the airport for her flight. We then went to my Aunt & Uncle's house. We had a great dinner and then off to the airport for our flight home. They were so nice to let us invade their home for a couple of hours, eat and then fly away!

So there were 14 people up at the condo. We had a great time. I worked on scrapbooking my Disney Cruise that we took in December of 2006. Crazy, I know! But, I was able to complete a large portion of the trip. I didn't complete it all. That was one full trip. All four of us worked on this same trip. It was a lot of fun. It makes me want to go on another Disney Cruise. If you have never been, it is well worth it!!

We had a great time, lots of laughs, memories made and I want to go again! There were people everywhere, sleeping on the floor, on the couches....it was a big slumber party!! We our going to plan on going in October of 2010. So far away!

I am grateful for a wonderful family. For wonderful cousins who amaze me and inspire me. It also was wonderful to see some of my Aunts. Thank you Leslie for organizing this event. Thank you Dallas & Margie for your condo in such a beautiful place. For us girls that do not live in the snow...it was BEAUTIFUL to wake up to this on Sunday.....

I'm looking forward to the next time!

There is a group photo out there somewhere....I'll post it when I finally get it.

There's one with my Grandpa also.

and day two.....

bad mom...I forgot my camera today! ugh!!

Today went more like this...but only AFTER I had to bribe (or shall we say THREATEN) to take away his pet friend dinosaur & his lucy blanket. There was probably 30 minutes of actual participating. We'll chalk it up to the 90 degree weather.

It was too cute when they put on jersey's and "played" a game. Noah was really into that, running & running after the ball, kicking it, being the leader and kicking it, kicking it, passing the net, kicking it, ignoring the whistle to stop, kicking it. Some day the rules will make sense.

Next two weeks are t-ball.....I'll let you know!

sizzlin'.........

103...

what is that???

How about the temperature today!

CrAZy!!!!!!

I even sat outside for a birthday party from 1:30 - 4pm!

day two.....

Let's hope that this is not what tomorrow's "YAY, it's SOCCER DAY!" is like......

CROSS YOUR FINGERS!

Preparing

Guess what I'm doing???

I am trying to prepare for a girls scrapbooking trip to Utah...I leave Wednesday night and will fly back home on Sunday night. We are going to Midway to stay at a condo that my Aunt and Uncle own. They have this little get-a-way twice a year. They call it B.R.A.G. (Bradford, Reunion, Adult, Girls). I am going with my two sisters and my Mom. My Dad is tagging along, but not to come scrapbooking, he is going to spend time with his Dad, one of his brothers & an old dear friend. I'm excited and really looking forward to it....but preparing for a scrapbooking "weekend" away from home, and flying on a plane no less, is a lot of work.

But it will be worth it!

All in a days work...

It is 5:00pm and my boys are fast asleep! It was a hard days work that knocked them out. It is 93 degrees today...can you believe that?? 93 in April! It's supposed to be that hot for the next 2 days. I don't like it!

Scott & Noah spent all day ripping out the front landscape and planting new flowers. After that project, they decided it was time to plant 2 trees right by Noah's "house". The afternoon sun is so intense in the backyard and Scott thought it would be good to make some shade. Noah was the ultimate helper. He loves to work side by side with his Dad. I don't know if Scott loves it, but I love seeing the two of them work together. He certainly wants to be just like his Dad. Noah is very independent & can figure things out when he needs to. Sometime that is good, but as you can imagine it's not always the best thing for him to do. He made his own way to get into Dad's truck.

I am glad that this is just fresh dirt and not manure...The neighbors have a bunch of bags of manure because they are also working on their yard. She said that her kids love playing with those bags....she said she's going to wrap them up as Christmas gifts! The smell as you can imagine is horrible, but it does do wonder for the yard.

Movin' dirt...he used to pick up this wheel barrow when he was 18 months old and would move it around.

The dirt in our backyard is awful! Scott actually broke a shovel...Noah just kept digging and digging, preparing for his tree.

This is hard work!!!

All new plants need "drinks" as Noah calls it. That's what helps them grow.

...on to the next tree.....

A great day to fly a kite...

Although it does not look like it right now, but it is kind of windy today and it's....

A GREAT DAY TO FLY A KITE!! Noah was so excited. The best flying place was in the front yard, but Mom only caught the backyard action.

And we have LIFT OFF!!

When I grow up....

I'M GOING TO PLAY SOCCER......We hear this every time we drive by the sports fields right around the corner from our house. He also says, "I'm going to kick the soccer ball & my Dad is going to blow the whistle!" Now that is just a funny thought in itself. Anyone who knows Scott, knows that he is not a sports participator. He'll have to break that news to Noah later!

I found a Sports Jr. program that is offered thru the city. I signed Noah up, we've been talking about it, getting excited...etc, etc. So the day is finally here...he's up at 7am saying, "IT'S SOCCER DAY!!" We get ready... we get to the park...the coaches show up....AND..... "I can't do this"....
"this is too hard for me"....
"Soccer is scary"....

how about...
Mom is now mad! This is Noah warming up...

This is Noah, towering over all the other boys who are the same age...he really is TALL!

He finally gave in and started to participate...only a little bit, then he thought it was fun. The class is 50 minutes long & after about 30 minutes he was okay with it. I hope that the next 7 classes will not be as tough as this one was. I know he will like it....at least he liked the last 20 minutes!



GOAL!!