Finally...

It's about time...we had a fenced in yard at our rental house and the boys NEVER went out there. It was like pulling teeth or a punishment to have them play in the back. Very frustrating.

We obviously wanted and needed a fenced yard with our new house. With the torrential rains this winter and our lovely mud pit out back, we've actually had to keep the boys inside against their will. We have a great climbing tree, too. But in the last 6 weeks or so the weather has since turned nice and we're finally getting some sunlight through the backyard. Now that the debris from the "makeover" has since been cleaned up, we can finally let the kids go free. Karcyn LOVES to play outside. Too bad I have to give her a bath every time she comes in. Dirt doesn't bother her. We find it in her hair, under her fingernails, in her diaper!

Another one of our favorite spring pastimes is baseball. This is Jakes's 3rd season playing...his second with the Reedville Organization and Cooper now joins the fun with his first year of T-Ball. It does my heart good to have Jake come in from school and race to the backyard to play baseball with his little brother who's already out there. I don't ever put a time limit on that. Homework, piano, and duties can wait until later...