Day 135 and 136

Day 135
We spent the morning at church for a community work day.  Our task was to help plant a vegetable garden at church.  The girls had a lot of fun helping transfer dirt and plant the plants and playing on the adjacent playground.  John got his burly man fix operating the roto-tiller and I did some weeding and trash pick-up after determining that sod carrying was not my strong point.  It was fun to all be working on the same project.  Later in the day, the girls ran around with the neighborhood kids.

Day 136
I started the day with a 13.1 mile run - Happy Birthday to me!  Later in the day, we all spent time out in the yard planting dahlia and gladiolis bulbs.  The kids got in some more play time with the neighbor kids outside. This is one thing I love about this time of year, lots more time outside and the weather is nice and warm.

Day 23 and 24

Day 23
Saturday Daddy had lots of pruning to do in the yard and the girls were a big help carrying the branches 20 min. 

Day 24
Tonight, I wasn't sure if we were going to make it out.  It always seems like such a big deal to get everyone dressed warmly and outside and pretty much all this month it has been wet wet wet.  We had to bribe Haley to get her outside.  She kept insisting that she and Daddy would stay home.  She finally agreed when we told her we would bring the rocking horse into the house.  There was room for now that the Christmas decorations have finally been packed away and out back out into the garage.  It had stopped raining by the time we went out, but everything was nice and wet, so there were some decent puddles to splash in (for the kids, not the parents).  Even though it is a pain to get everyone out, it is so nice once we are out there, it is quiet and peaceful and there is a nice chill in the air.  Not chilly enough though, we would love to get some snow!  20 min.