Hangin' Out

Here's a few pics of the boys hangin' out.

Wii time with our friends.
Shirt as pants... Ya, not sure what happened here.
Naked boys- this is the boy's daily attire.
Self feeding is so much fun.
And he's so nice to share.
The boys got on the bed, covered themselves up and ate breakfast in bed.
Slip 'N Slide
Weeeee!
Tank loves watching the fun.
First strawberries from our garden! Very sweet and juicy!

New Apple Tree

Well, we have had a tree in our back yard since we moved here and I think it sprouted a few leaves last year, but it was looking bad this year so we tried desperately to revive it when we redid the back yard. No luck though- dead as a door knob. Chad dug it up yesterday, which was way more difficult than I ever would have imagined- and planted a hybrid apple tree in its place. It will produce gala, fuji, early summer red and yellow delicious apples, at least if it likes our backyard and it continues to grow. We should even get apples this season- there are buds on almost all the branches- fingers crossed! Here are some pics of the ordeal...

Took no actual before pics- so here is the tree a month ago.
Digging it up.
Hefting it out.Don't ask what the metal is around it- no clue.Big mess!Putting it all back together again.Tada- I'll take a better after pic and post it later!

Gardens Galore

While my mom was here Chad and I were able to put in a new garden. We already have 3 large barrels filled with sprouting veggies, but I thought since we are outside so much- and had some extra space that we should try our hand at growing a few more things. I didn't know if Chad would be interested, but he liked the idea and made it even better than I imagined- Chad got the awesome log border idea while shopping at Home Depot for soil and a watering system. In our barrels are carrots, green onions, potatoes, garlic and banana peppers. In our new garden we planted strawberries, cilantro, yellow onions, watermelons, celebrity and early girl tomatoes and green beans. We also planted sunflowers all along our back retaining wall. We are having lots of fun watering and checking every day to see if anything new has grown. Hopefully my thumb will get greener as the summer rolls on and we will have lots of yummy foods to eat!

Carrots in a barrel.
Sunflower popping through.The new garden.
Close up.

Cabin Fun

We went up to Mimi and Papa's cabin this weekend and we had a great time! The weather was beautiful, the food was good and the company was amazing!

Brother screen fun.
Fresh air.
Adventuring!
Calon is so happy!
Mimi and Cal.
The Pine Cone war begins....
Steve and Kes vs Chad.
Now Kes switches teams and tries to get Papa.
Cal was grouchy, but loves to flip- oh, the inner emotional turmoil- laugh or continue crying?
Cabin fun= dirty bottom boys.
Keston discovered GI Joes while there.

All tuckered out.

Grammy Time

My mom, Grammy, was able to come spend a 10 days at our house while she was recuperating from surgery. She had to take it easy but we still had tons of fun! Our family decided to meet Ina and Steve at their cabin 2 days after she was going to leave, so instead of flying home she stayed longer and went with us to Show Low, AZ and drove home with them from there. We love you Mom!!

On the Carousel, at the mall, before we go see Monsters vs Aliens.
weeeee!

Gotta get a gumball for the movie too!Make that 2 gumballs!Contemplating which tattoos to put on.Grammy brought suckers for everyone- Calon double fisted his.Target practice at the cabin.
Pine cone ammo ready.
Grammy got a bulls eye!
Cute!

Auto Show

We just went to this year's NM Auto Show- we've gone every year since we've lived here. Chad loves it and so did the boys- I see many many years of auto shows ahead. Here are some pics...

They loved getting in all the cars...and trucks.
Trunk boy.A race car like on Cars!!
Kid car area- Kes is a great driver. Fastest and safest one out there!Keston got a little 'tudy toward the end....
and had to have a little time out....it didn't last long though, then onto a photo with "the judge".
Calon practicing his new climbing skills- wanted to get all the way over, I had to dive in to save him- huge bruise on my hip from landing on some weird piece in the back- thank you Calon.
Here's a pic of Kes going down the slide at Hoot's a couple days before.
Cal at Hoot's too.And one last pic of Cal giving Kes a ride- they take turns- they are so cute!