Loads of Dirt

Melissa and I decided to finally start on our backyard. We got the sprinklers taken care of with the help of Brandon (Melissa's cousin). Now it was time to do the grass. We decided against sod since it was cost prohibitive, so the next best thing was this really crazy idea about bringing in 20 cubic yards of stinking (literally) top soil.

This is just one load (10 cubic yards). This one was dumped on a Friday afternoon and another one was delivered Saturday morning. Needless to say it was a lot of dirt. After the first day I could barely move. Oh, so much pain!!!

I was able to borrow a couple of wheelbarrows, but it really was not fun. By the way, that's not a smile on my face. :)

I had to move the dirt from the front all the way to the back. One wheelbarrow at a time.

We made all this these dirt piles so afterward we could just level it out.

The final product.

Thanks Donald for helping me and my hometeacher. Of course, Melissa, too.

HALLOWEEN

Hi everyone!!! I'm back blogging after a little break. Ok, a long break. I don't want to see any nasty comments. :)

Here are pictures from Halloween. Enjoy.

We tried to get Casey to be a lion, but Casey had different ideas. Apparently, Casey doesn't want his parents deciding what he will be for Halloween.

Casey really wanted to be Lightning McQueen.

Ryan and Casey at the preschool Halloween party.

And of course since Ryan and I have been playing LEGO Indiana Jones, he wanted to be Indiana Jones.

Ryan won 3rd place for his costume at the Ward Halloween Party, although they thought he was dressed up as a miner. He was carrying around a lantern.

Someone in the Ward put together some great Halloween decorations.