Pics from the last week

 Here's a few pics of happenings in my world in the last week.

You may remember that we had to get a new drainfield put in this summer, and then take down a big maple tree in the back yard.  This left a big mess back there, with very little lawn left, and flower gardens dug up.   Bob's been hard at work, clearing the weeds that had grown. hauling and leveling dirt and getting ready for a lawn. This week he spread the grass seed and is now trying to keep it watered.  Hopefully we will soon have more than dirt!

In the meantime, here's a look at what's happening in the front yard.  It's raining acorns!  We can literally sit and the porch and listen to them fall.  This is what our whole yard looks like. Can you see them all?  One year Bob picked up 11 wheelbarrows of acorns just from the front yard.  This is looking to be a similar year.

Alaina and Ruby came over and we played a new game I picked up called Mantis. It's a quick, fun game that involves matching colors, stealing cards from each other and trying to score.  They loved it.

Ruby went home for the night, but Alaina stayed over. On Saturday, Alaina went out and gathered a bag of acorns to take home for the squirrels by them.  They always say their squirrels don't get acorns so they take some home.  :)

Before I brought Alaina home, we stopped to see Ann. She's always happy to see us.

The spirea in the back yard have started blooming again!

This cute little cowboy came by on Saturday night.  Heather and Andrew found this costume in a second hand shop and Cassie was so excited, she had to show it to us.

I think she may be the cutest cowboy I've seen.  :)