8 Years

Yesterday was our 8th anniversary.  That's pretty crazy.  It has gone by so fast.  We had our Oklahoma version of a date, since there are no babysitters here, and got a drive through Starbucks drink to share(decaf-don't you worry) while Paige and Cason were in Tae Kwon Do and Neely napped.  Ha.  When the other two were done, we all went to dinner to celebrate.  Our phones were dead, so I have no pictures.

Yesterday, I saw Veronica posted pictures of Aivree in their little inflatable pool, which inspired us to go get ours.  The kids have been talking about it for weeks, but the weather had still been pretty erratic.  I think we're finally close enough to summer that it will stay warm.  Of course, today was cloudy, so the water was pretty cold and I had to run out about 25 pots of water I had heated.  It was a lot of work.  Worth it though.

 

 After warming up their water, I put on Jack Johnson to listen to and pulled weeds.  LOTS of weeds.  I actually like doing it once I get started.  It's satisfying.  Our yard is out of control though.  I wish it were smaller.  A big yard is nice if you own it, which makes it worth it for you to invest time, money, and effort.  Since we're renting right now, I'd much rather have a small, low maintenance, landscaped one.  That's my weed pile in the background of the picture below, a while before I even finished the little side yard area I was working on.  Neely invented this little trick, and got the others to try. 

Then it started to rain pretty hard, so they watched in their towels, until the thunder scared them.