This weekend we (mostly Brady) began the task of cleaning up the yard. The yard has numerous trees which produce a lot of leaves. Those needed to be cleaned up as well as the remaining tree limbs and sticks from the ice storm a couple months ago. Since I was young, the task of raking up leaves was left to me. The boys got to mow the yard which to me sounded easier. I do not enjoy cleaning up leaves. Brady worked so hard and cleaned up a ton of them. I barely put a dent into what he picked up. He put several loads into the trailer to put in our dump pile. In the next couple of weeks, we (Brady) plan to burn the huge pile of sticks. Hailey and Hunter enjoyed being outside riding on the lawn mower, playing and getting dirty. Hailey likes to play in her "beach". It is an area of sandy soil beneath the gates out back. Hunter was not even afraid of the lawn mower and chain saw despite how loud they can be at times. He was very interested in our outside activity and wanted to be a apart of it. This was his first time to ride on the lawn mower with Brady. He had the biggest grin and would bounce up and down on the seat and try to move/push the buttons. When Hailey is riding with her daddy, she instantly assumes the riding position and nestles her head on his shoulder. She looks like she is going to fall asleep - which she has done at times before. I couldn't help but get side tracked when I would happen to glance down in the lawn and see clover patches. Finding four-leaf clovers is an obsession for me. I can even be walking by a patch and have to stop because I have spotted a four leaf clover and just have to pick the silly thing up. I talked with Hailey all about it and we even made some wishes! It was a good start to getting our yard back in shape. I would like to do some more planting this year. Stay tuned to see what we do!

See my worm?

Ah-Choo!

The H's riding in the trailer

Blurry but cute!