five for friday: outside edition

-While Mom's Away-

Last weekend, the women of our church gathered to eat together and learn together.  It was such a good time with the Lord and other women.  While I was away, the boys went to play.  They continued our tradition of Family Movie night.  These two are forming their own special friendship.

And the next day they went on a hike/scavenger hunt.  Dad thinks up all the cool things.  Here they are posing by their small tree.  And by the large tree.

Pretty sure they can all throw rocks all day long.

 After his Sunday morning bath, this one was all kinds of handsome.  The boys said he looked silly.  I think he just looks BIG.  How?

-Cheddar's with Grammy and Gramps-

My parents came over Saturday evening and treated us to dinner.  We decided to hit up Cheddars - along with the rest of Joplin.  Luckily it was beautiful evening and we were able to pass the time away outside on their lawn.  He's going to let us know when it buzzes.

Where's Silas?

-"We're all working outside"-

With more beautiful weather on Sunday, we got busy on some outside yard work.  They took a break to eat some chocolate covered strawberry's I brought home for a book party.

We are making some headway on our "landscaping!"  Mostly lack of.  We've finally removed the horrendous rock and cinder block garden that adorned the front of our house.  Here the boys are tilling up the ground.  We plan on putting something in that requires almost no work and looks better than rocks.  Shouldn't be too hard.

Yes, we didn't rake our leaves back in the fall when everyone else did, but we still got to play in them.

And when you dig up the ground, you always find some worms!

This is Ivan's new face.  He goes back and forth between concern and disdain.  Those brows.

-The Bounce House-

Parents As Teachers held their annual Bounce House event.  I was very hesitant to go, because it can be CRAZY!  But we were ready to get out of the house.

-The FLU-

So we had fun at the Bounce House, but it may have been where we picked up the Flu.  If only we had known.  We've never had the flu before, but now I know why it's such a terror.  You're contagious a day before showing any symptoms, it hits you like a ton of bricks and can last for a week.  Nightmare!!!  Thanks to early detection, Amos is on Tami-flu and his brothers are quickly following.  Praying the grown-ups don't get it.  But I think we're going to have a pretty uneventful next week.  Don't come see us!