It's getting warm!

Hanging out...

This guy has been hanging out in the yard lately... 

June!

Oregon Park

Sunday we got to play all afternoon with our cousins at Oregon Park in NE.  The boys keep asking when we can go back.  Great playground, lots of grass and huge trees.  Thanks Kelly for planning! 

This week

Harper tried her best to open every chocolate egg she could find.  She doesn't really eat them - she puts them in her mouth and then spits the chocolate out in my hand once it's good and melted.  NICE!

 It was warm enough for the kids to play outside!  In the water!

As usual... We can't pry Sam away from hockey.  In the fall it was college football, then basketball... and now we are in the middle of the hockey playoffs. 

Today I needed to keep Harper entertained while I took a shower... so I put all three here with popsicles and had 20 minutes to myself!

More soccer!

Pirate Park

We met some friends at the Pirate Park today... Our kids love it there - they have 2 play structures, swings, sandpit and bike paths.

Sam played in the sand/water, ran around, swung and followed a girl around that caught a snake in the grass... Pretty exciting!

Ben stayed in the swing for 1 1/2 hours! GEEZ!

Garden

Dad came over yesterday to help the kids put in their vegetable garden.

We still have a blueberry bush and some strawberries from last year...

Sam helped plant pumpkins, zucchini, peppers, carrots, green beans and tomatoes...

Ben went through 3 changes of clothes -- partly because we were working on potty training and partly because he loves to play in the water!

Monday

We had lunch with Jessica today at Cornelius Pass Roadhouse. They have outside seating with all kinds of flowers, trails etc.... of course I couldn't get them both to cooperate for a photo.

Working together...

The kids had big after dinner plans... they started by helping Brian mow the lawn.

Then we collected a few more bugs. Sam is into worms right now and it shocks me that he picks them right up out of the ground. He usually won't touch frogs, bugs etc... apparently worms are ok.

While Brian and Ben finished up some lawn clean-up - Sam took a bike ride around the neighborhood while I tried to keep up on foot...

Refilling the bird feeders...

After everything was done Sam watered the lawn... then bathtime, snack and finally BEDtime... they wore me out too!

Bug Hunt

The boys and I set out on a bug hunt after lunch. It took me 20 minutes to find anything... There seems to be plenty of bugs around when I am not searching for them! Ben was happy with his potato bug... although I am pretty sure it was dead - and Sam helped me catch a very feisty beetle!

Where one goes the other one follows...

We met Jennah, Griffin and Sabine at the park after soccer class today.

The kids ran and climbed all over the playground...

played soccer, had a picnic, tried to climb a few trees and enjoyed the sun!