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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Fathers and Sons Campout

Last weekend was the ward fathers and sons campout. Needless to say, Ben was just a little bit excited - a complete understatement! Ben was packed on Monday and would add things each day. I don't know who was dressed first or second, but these pictures were priceless to me!

Saturday morning, the Maases were the lame-o family without jackets. Yes, the kids are eating marshmallows for breakfast. They were hungry and it was taking a little while to get the fire going.

The Garden is In

Andy is convinced that things in our garden will grow! He built some raised beds and then last week, we had 8 cubic feet of dirt delivered. It was a very long afternoon, however we all worked together and planted seeds and plants the next day. We also got one of the flower beds in the front filled and have planted some flower seeds there as well. Hopefully the bounty will come...
There is just one potential problem - those nasty little fireants. There is a pile right next to one of the beds that we have poisoned 3 times with no results. Fireants like to eat young plants and germinating seeds. That doesn't bode well for a young garden. So, this weekend we are doing to take drastic measures to wipe those babies out - boiling water! They better prepare because we have worked way too hard to be defeated my burning little bugs!!!

Emily's Busy Day

Well - little Emily is such a hoot! She had a very busy day last week. I am just starting to find this a little bit humorous... Yes, this is an entire box of cereal that was dumped on the carpet. It wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't my coveted GOLDEN GRAHAMS!!! I love them, and obviously Emily does also... Not more than an hour later, the kids were riding bikes outside where Emily found the puddle of water. I figured once she was wet, there wasn't really a point in changing her clothes until she was tired. No, Ben was not here this morning - the girls figured these messes out all by themselves! However, our dirt was supposed to be delivered one hour later!