Weekend Fun

Another weekend has come and gone. Utah weather again is messing with me. Gorgeous yesterday, cold and windy today. On the bright side we (again by we, I mean Mandy) have the garden we wanted for a while now.

It doesn’t look like much now, apparently it takes time for the seeds we planted to grow food. For all you Wall-E fans out there, turns out there is no such thing as a pizza plant, bummer. We had to do above ground because of the trees in our backyard. No kidding here, that we cannot dig any hole bigger than a 3" diameter without hitting a rock or root of some sort. Seriously, this a picture of the backyard from our kitchen, it is our own personal forest and we love it. In the summer we can relax in the backyard and it is a good 10 degrees cooler in the back than in the front. Downside, leaves in the fall. Last year it filled the back of a 15x6x6 trailer, just of leaves.

 

Eventually, the holes in the blocks will be filled with dirt, planted with garlic and marigolds, to keep out the local wildlife. There will be squash (yum), tomatoes (yek), peas (yum), cucumbers (yum), peppers (pepper jelly, YAY!), and carrots (double yum). After, finishing the garden I discovered a cool new feature in one of our scrub oak trees:

We have birds making a home in our tree. Mandy and I were so excited to tell the boys, until Alex spoiled it. "Oh yeah, that bird has been there for weeks Papa." Yup, burst my bubble.

Today, we were invited to a community event that some friends of ours were putting on. He is the lead pastor and Elevation Community Church in Clearfield. They were able to book the Classic Fun Center in Layton and invited their church and community to participate. They had an Easter Egg hunt in the laser tag room.

Bounce houses

Connor makes himself comfortable anywhere he wants. 

and of course Pirate Cove play area.

Editors note: There was supposed to be a picture of Alex in this area, with him in the Pirates Cove but since he wouldn't stand still long enough for a picture, we're left with that blank space. Trust me, he had fun. He had the sweaty hair and brusised face to prove it. Oh wait here's the bruise:

He was introduced to a padded bar, on the slide. It was not a nice meeting.
Thank you to the Millers for the invite, the boys, Mandy and I really enjoyed it.

Well, that wraps up another exitment filled weekend with our clan. Oh there was swimming lessons but that will be a Wednesday Connorism post. When the instructor is laughing so hard and cannot teach the boys, it deserves it's own spot.