{Busy, Busy, Busy}

The last few weeks for us have been....busy, busy, busy! Because of that, a few things have been neglected, namely my blog and my house. I've been trying to work on the house this morning and it's time for a little bloggy break to share a few of the things we've been up to lately.

• The Race for a Cure
  

I finally got our pictures off my moms camera. Unfortunately, the group shot we took with my Aunt and cousins turned out really dark, darn it!

Lis and I always have such a great time together, and this weekend was no exception. I laughed until I cried (I wish I could share the pictures of Lisa's fantastic PJ's, but she made me swear I wouldn't) and we shopped until I was ready to cry (I have a time/patience limit when it comes to shopping) and it was just fun to spend a little girl time with my momma and my sis, and of course my dad too. I have to say dad was a good sport and didn't complain about the shopping at all!

• Baseball

Both Brock and Kaleb are playing on a coach pitch team this year, and their dad is the coach, which makes me the team secretary! So, we've been busy with games and practices and such.
Carlie thinks baseball games are the best and runs all over the place and just can't understand why she can't go out on the field with "my boys".

• Yard Work
  I think the biggest drawback to building a new house is starting a yard from scratch! We've been in our house for two and a half years now and I'm still overwhelmed by the yard.....there is just SO much to do! We put the lawn and a few trees in two summer ago, but that's as far as we got, no flowers, shrubs, bushes etc. I think this is the year that's going to change and we've done a lot in the last few weeks, and we spent the entire day yesterday working on things.

My mom got a set of these washtub containers at a yard sale last year. She gave me one, and I loved it, but didn't have a place for it. Well, with a few holes drilled in the bottom, it makes a pretty cute planter.

Derrick brought this old broken down wagon home when we lived in Santaquin. We've moved it with us at least 4 times and Derrick tried to chuck it every time. I finally planted some flowers in it, and I'm glad I made him keep it. Unfortunately the planters are the only things that have flowers right now, since we still need to get the sprinklers in the flower beds, but we are working on it!
An old wheelbarrow made into a cute planter, it also doubles as a nice shady spot for Licorice the kitty.
This old wash tub was my Grandma's. I claimed it awhile back, but it's been sitting out behind my parents house for quite awhile waiting for me to come get it. What a cute planter it finally made! I'm pretty sure the weeds still out-number the flowers, but I am making an effort.
We took a break from yard work to have a BBQ at Gram & Papa's. Derrick drove the four wheeler with the new yard trailer hooked to it and all the kids just had to have rides. They ended up filthy, so he brought them home to spray them off and ended up filling the trailer with water. They thought it was the best thing ever...silly boys!

The little girls found the ideal spot to eat their ice cream cones.

Are you all as busy as we've been? I always things things will slow down as summer comes, but instead it's crazy for us. We've also had the kids school program (not one of my pictures turned out), a quick visit from Ann and her family, the end of school stuff, Bunko and Derrick's been busy with the town park, among other things. Hopefully things will slow down soon and I can get caught up!