The Boys

This is Jonathan here giving an update on things.  The boys are finally smiling for pictures these days, so I took a few shots of them last Sunday.  Caprice likes to dress them the same.  I think we need to have some twins next...NOT an announcement! 

They have the coolest shoes, wish they made them in grown-up size.

This kid loves to smile!

We were invited to our neighbors the other day for dinner and were asked to bring a dessert.  We decided to pull out the big guns and do something impressive.  A chocolate trifle with raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries is one of our favorites. 

These next pictures make me so proud to be a Dad.  Dean and Dawson have been obsessed with baseball and basketball lately.  We found a basketball hoop and baseball tee at a garage sale.  They love playing!

Yeah, still trying to get them to understand which ball goes on the tee.

For being so short for his age Dean is actually REALLY good at shooting hoops.  I just showed him once how to throw the ball in and he's suddenly Lebron James.  I'm serious!

It's actually starting to warm up a little in Washington, so stay tuned for more outdoor pics once the never-ending cloud finally passes over us. 

Progress, kind of

So, we've been trying to plant grass in our backyard. BUT, the weather hasn't been too cooperative. And we kept putting it off. We finally decided that Memorial Day would be perfect to lay out our dirt and seed the grass. Well, it really turned into shoveling and raking mud because it kept raining every 20 minutes. It was so disappointing! We got as far as laying the dirt and smoothing it out, but we're waiting for a better forecast before we seed the grass so it doesn't wash away. Boo hoo. We are learning to be patient before we get the backyard of our dreams. Here is a "before" picture for all you folks at home:

This was back in February right after we bought the house. Pretty wild and overgrown to say the least.

And here is what it looks like now. A special thanks to my dad and sister Shelby for coming over to help out. I found out that raking mud is hard.

Here's poor Jonathan working his tail off. What a guy! This is the same area as the picture above.

One fun thing that we discovered was our first garder snake! I picked it up to show the boys. Of course none of them would touch it, but they liked it anyway.

We're so excited for summer to actually show up here in Washington so we can get this grass growing and show you the after pictures!