Happy Earth Day!

By happy coincidence my crew is planting trees and shrubs around our yard today.
The day started off cool, got warm, and now is becoming cloudy and threatening to rain, but my guys are hanging in there digging and planting.

Stan's marking off where to plant the hedge.  And where are the plants for the hedge?

I hope you had a good Earth Day!

Another Catching Up Post

Well it has been a long while since I wrote anything in the blog.  Mostly because we've had a lot of illness this year which is kind of unusual for our family.  It also seems to go in a long looping cycle.  First one or two will get something and then the next two and by the time it has run its course the first two start with something new (or a variation of the old).  But, we've managed to squeeze in a few things here and there so I'll catch you up in pictures.

Alaska's den won Klondike for the third year in a row.

We were deluged with snow.

We celebrated a birthday -- Happy 9th Birthday Alaska!

Brothers enjoyed hanging out together.

Babies were caught in the act.

We donned our hats and went to the zoo.

I even braved my claustrophobia and went into the narrow and dark "cave" with the kids.

And Button was introduced to the giraffes.

We dyed a few eggs and celebrated the Risen Lord (unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of that this year -- uhgg!)

But mostly we just clowned around!

That's all!

A Bucket for What?

Danny Boy: Mom, we don't have a bucket for picking berries.  We only have a bucket for throwing up in.

(sigh) Yes, we've been a little under the weather and making our rounds with a stomach bug for a few weeks now.  Every time I think we've kicked it, it rears its ugly head again in one form or another.

I hope we will get a bucket for picking berries soon and we can retire the other bucket.