We must be crazy!!

I am still not quite sure why we decided to do this, but now for lack of better judgement our yard looks like this.

and this




and this





Of course it must be done in order to install the sprinklers and do the new landscaping, but I am not sure how happy I am to be without a yard for the next few weeks. Hopefully I will be able to keep my kids entertained other ways, and thankfully we will be gone all next week. Stay tuned for the after pictures! I am quite excited to see how the changes turn out! We also had a wonderful rain storm hence all of the water in these pics.

Rawley and Emmy had fun watching them dig out the grass with the bobcat. I think Emmy must have spent the majority of the afternoon watching them.

Summer Fun!

So I figured that I should maybe post about all of the exciting things we have been doing this summer! Well it has been fun that is for sure. Not only has my 3 year old almost completed every level in Mario Kart Wii (I was reading The Host), we have also made it to the spray park a couple of times, completed one session of swimming lessons with another to go in August, and made it to the lake today with my friend Amy and her kids. All in all it has been pretty eventful considering we still haven't left for any real trips yet. Here are some pictures of our adventures!

The Spray Park!


I don't know why she was crawling like this but she did the entire time!

Right before their last day of lessons!



They were in the same class, which was very nice for me! This was their instructor Becky!

Making a sand castle at the lake!



So far a great summer, but it is going by so fast! We have a trip to Montana planned for later this month so I will update more then, hope everyone is having a great summer just like us!

She walks!

So Emmy has technically been taking steps since the end of April, back and forth between Pat and I, and just about everyone else. I am sure that she was "walking" earlier, but I don't officially call it walking until my kids do one thing. They have to be able to stand up by themselves without holding onto something for support. Well my sweet girl did that on June 29, 2008 (which was also my dad's 60th birthday) right in the middle of my primary lesson. Pat was out of town on a fishing trip to Vancouver, hence the reason why she had joined in my class. I did finally get a little video of her accomplishment, and now I am finding it easier to chase her around. She sure was fast on her hands and knees, and still relies on them when she tries to make a quick getaway!