Backyard

Sydney Part II

Here are some pictures that Melissa took this morning. She has been very sleepy, but finally open her eyes for some pictures.

Casey still doesn't want to hold Sydney, but will sit next to her.

This is what she thinks of the Angels. Sorry JD she doesn't like baseball. :)

Sydney Kristin Ward

Welcome Sydney Kristin Ward!
Born May 19, 2010 at 12:17pm
8 lb, 18 1/2 in.

I just wanted to get a picture of Sydney on the blog. More to follow...

Here is a collage of the boys with Sydney. Guess which one is Sydney.
For those that need help, Sydney is in the top and bottom with Ryan on the left and Casey on the right.

Here is another collage with a different picture of Ryan. I couldn't decide which one to use.



I think she looks a bit like Ryan, but also see some Casey as well.

Rose Parade

Here's a flashback post - the annual Rose Parade. It's a big deal out here and the boys really like the parade, too.

The only problem is that you have to park your car a mile away and trek it to the parade route. At least we've got the wagon for the boys.

One great thing about the Rose Parade is the seemingly unlimited supply of donuts. Here are the boys eating their donuts. In the morning it was a bit chilly, but it got pretty warm by the time the parade started.

Here is donut #2 for Casey. I can't remember if he ate 3 or 4 donuts.

Of course, I've got to get my fill of donuts. It's all about the food, don't you know.

Casey is all ready to go and waiting for the floats to show up.

Yes, the parade is very serious stuff.

I had to get at least one picture of the parade. A cool float with an airplane. Till next year!!!

Snow Day!

Who says I need to be in Utah to have snow. We got a "bunch" of snow overnight during the big rainstorms last month. Beaumont schools were closed for the day. I only wish Utah would have closed schools for 2 inches of snow. It really was more slushy than anything. By midday most of the snow was melted. This is how I like my snow - gone by the end of the day!

These are shots of our front and back yard. I'm trying the new Picasa collage with these pictures.

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.