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Random April Photos

April was full of fun. First my sister Stephanie and her daughter Abby came to visit. Abby and Daniel love each other so much so they just played and played. Alice can keep up now since she is walking. It was really fun to have them in our home for a few hours.

 


Then all my sisters with children went to the farm (sorry Britt, you were excluded by distance not by children) and it was a blast. The cow that tried to eat Alice's stroller put Abby's whole hand and wrist into its mouth. It was kind of gross and Daniel screamed but Abby just stood there and wasn't scared at all.

 


Some of the kids got to pet the sheep that they were showing to a field trip group. Kids are so funny.

 


This is random but apparently Alice wants to be wearing shorts and thus, walks around the house doing this to all of her pants. I was lucky to get such a good view.



Last but not least we had a fantastic mother's day weekend of laying sod. Yes it is worth the money to have someone else do it, but being moneyless, we did it. With some help of course. The kids loved the forklift driving the sod onto the dirt. Jason dug in the stepping stones, all from our rocky backyard of course. But it turned out lovely. We even got our huge tree in, so only fourteen bushes, two large trees, and two small tress left to plant.



The kids were really good but eventually they needed to be locked up and thus here they are in the stroller.






And one more for cute, my sister gave Alice this ridiculously adorable shirt and she loves having her picture taken right now so here she is posing.

 

Comments

Megan said…
Sounds like a fun, but busy, month. Your yard looks great! Good luck finishing it. And I am all for combining birthdays next year! Especially if it means yummy food ;)
Amy Jo said…
The yard looks great. I am excited to see it. Sorry we could not make it. It will be so nice to have some grass for the kids to play.
Cynthia said…
good work on the yard. It looks great!

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