The back yard

Although it is fun having a back yard, it would probably be slightly more fun if the previous occupants had left us with a well-weeded yard. Unfortunately they did not, and I am trying to transform our back yard into something that resembles a yard more than a jungle. I've been spending an hour or so out there every day lately, thanks to the nice weather (for a change). So I thought I'd take a few pictures of it.



The roses are really huge right now:





The daisies are pretty too:



Hmm...an extra flower I didn't even have to plant:



Cami loves the flowers. She runs around the yard pointing to them and saying "pretty!"

Speaking of pretty...there's my prettiest flower!

A Day in the Life of Sean

My name is Sean. I am a ninja. Or at least, that is what I tell everyone I meet.



I like to build things out of legos...particularly things that have a ninja on them like the green lego ninja in this picture.


Despite being a tough ninja/lego engineer, I like to stay in touch with my sensitive side.


As a ninja, I always look out for my baby sister.


Ninja speed...I'm a blur!

A Day in the Life of Cami

My name is Cami. I am a baby who likes to eat.



I also like to read.


Look, there's a ceiling fan up there! Ceiling fans are soooo awesome.


Girls can play with cars too.


Peek-a-boo!


Being this cute all day is hard work.

Indoor fun

Yesterday we enjoyed seeing the sun for a change. But just because the rain came back today didn't mean we couldn't have fun! Our day included:

Art projects:



Hiking (that's right, I said hiking!)





And of course there was reading and playing with puzzles. After all the playing, someone needed a little rest:



I don't think they minded staying indoors very much:

Relay trail run

This Saturday, I participated with some friends in a 50 mile relay trail run. It was divided up so that everyone ended up running 3 times, for a total of about 13 miles apiece. It was really fun, but I was so not prepared for the trail that almost 7 of my miles were on. Basically it was ankle deep mud, with rocks, frequent knee deep puddles, logs across streams, and other streams with no logs but with rocks to jump across. Oh and did I say there was mud? It was lucky that I had brought a change of clothes and shoes because I may as well have taken a mud bath in the ones I had worn for that stretch of trail. It was probably the most difficult 7 miles I've ever ran, including the last 7 miles of my marathon.

It was really fun. At least a lot of it was really fun, and the mud puddle running parts that were slightly less fun at the time seem really fun in retrospect. It was a great experience and fun to run with a lot of other people. I hope to do it again next year.



This is my running partner and I finishing our last run (this section was 3 miles). Our team was divided into four groups of two people each. Running with someone else makes it go a lot faster.