We've Been Busy

We've been . . .

Having fun:

What else can you do when you have gorgeous days and the dogwoods in bloom!
(photo by Alyssa)

And Grandma and Grandpa Beckstead visiting - playing games,
(nice cards - there isn't any meanness or cheating going on in the Beckstead household when it comes to UNO, right?)

and walking around a ghost town that use to be a paper mill.

Natalie has become our new chef (when sweets are concerned) making shakes and cookies whenever she gets a chance. She does share which makes it doubly nice.

And more fun with Grandma!Robert's parents came out for a few days before and after their week at the beach.
It was so fun having them here!

Throw soccer into the mix of our schedule and you can't beat a busy and fun spring.

We've also been . . .

Working hard:

The last Saturday in April was designated as the second annual Day of Service by our Governor. As a church in the area we collected food for the Food Bank. Our family, with the help of a neighbor friend, passed out fliers around our neighborhood about the project. The next week passed out reminders and then a couple of days later drove around and picked up the food donated by our neighbors - over 300 pounds worth! Our neighborhood is awesome.

Along with the Day of Service we had a ward picnic - rain brought us indoors but we still had a great time,

and the kids loved playing games.

Ok, so that was also fun.
But we did put a path through our back yard - that was hard work.
First the digging.Then having 3 tons of rock delivered - that was fun to watch.And climbing on the rock pile was also fun.But then there was the shoveling.And the filling.But we got it done before it rained and I love working outside. We still have a little to add near the house (we need to transplant some grass first), but we're mostly there and we love it. It also looks really cool glowing in the moonlight.