Been busy...

So here's some picture catch up!

We went to the sand dunes with some friends to barbeque some dinner and have smores.

We went swimming.

And then I decided to take on a yard project!! The north side of my yard slopes badly towards the rear of the house. I went to the BLM and purchased a $14.50 permit for 1 ton of flagstone from a community pit. Then I made some stone stairs down the slope so the kids would stop sliding down. Jack snagged this picture of my working without telling me. My children must be terrified of me all the time because I furrow my eyebrows when I'm thinking or working. I look mean, but true to life.

Here's Jack standing on the stairs in his pajamas. If you can't tell by the sun, it's actually late afternoon in this picture. When I get involved in a project, I kind of let them do whatever. I'll attend to meals and naps, other daily routines are optional.

Then I decided I was sick of the slope and decided to make terraced levels down to the backyard!! I figured this would also help with the huge amounts of rain that collects in the backyard when it rains. And along the one side I decided to make raised bed grow boxes and plant blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries. And then 2 more grape vines in the back yard.


Luckily I have a million rocks in my backyard to hold up the terrace levels.

So I did this all last week. May has been so mild but as soon as I planted, it decided to turn into a blast furnace. I might lose a few strawberries. Here are the bushes in the ground.

The blueberry bushes had some blueberries on them. I've been eating them just as fast as they turn blue!!

Holy moly. It was A LOT of work. Fortunately, I didn't have to get any new dirt but just rearranged the existing dirt!! The whole project was pretty cheap and looks 500 times better! Now if I could just find a way to hang out in the side yard all the time!!