Tree Planting

Recently my sister called to tell us that she and her husband were getting some trees for their yard from a local tree farm. She said that the trees were good sized and wondered if we wanted any for our yard. She said that they would have their flat bed truck and would be happy to throw some extras on if we wanted any. Jason and I have lived in our house for 2 1/2 years now and had yet to plant a tree. We've worried about putting anything in the back yard, for fear that it wouldn't survive the "kid zone." But we decided to get one for the front yard.

Jason and Brent went to the tree farm and had the trees loaded onto Brent's truck. We all gathered in our front yard to watch the planting process, hoping that the large tree could be moved to it's new home without incident or injury. While we waited for the festivities to begin, Nathan was sitting on the grass with Uncle Brent who happens to be one of Nathan's very favorite people. Brent picked a dandelion and said, "Momma had a baby and it's head popped off!" With that he flicked the flower off the dandelion and Nathan laughed so hard he couldn't even breathe. Brent did it a few more times and Nathan laughed just as hard each time. He had us all laughing with him.
Jason and Brent made a ramp off of Brent's truck into the wheelbarrow. They slid the tree into the wheelbarrow while Suzanne and I sat on the handles and hoped that nothing tipped over. All worked as planned and the tree was moved across the grass to the desired location.


Jason and Brent dug the hole, with help of course...

while Mom and Suzanne watched and gave directions. Here is a picture of Lauren with Aunt Suzanne.

When the work was all finished, everyone was happy. The kids were so excited to have a new tree and were fascinated with planting it. Landon stood back, looking at the tree and said, "I want to help put leaves on it, Mom." We all laughed. How silly of us!! We thought we had finished the job but we had not yet put the leaves on it. :) Always the thinker, Landon was there to remind us of what still needed to be done.

We tried to explain how leaves form on a tree and I couldn't believe how hard this was to explain to a 4-year-old. We take things like this for granted and forget that life is a learning process. It's so great to have kids around to give us perspective, isn't it?

Nathan, Lauren and Landon

Our New Sandbox

A few weeks ago Jason decided to build the kids a sandbox. He bought the wood and sand, and on a sunny day, decided to put it together. As usual, Landon was a great little helper and loved building it with Daddy.

When the project was complete all of the kids jumped in. It was cool and windy so they had to wear coats and gloves, but that didn't stop the fun. They were so engrossed that I couldn't get any of them to look at the camera for a photo. Some things are just way more important than getting your picture taken, don't you think?

Mother's Day 2009

We had a wonderful Mother's Day a couple of weeks ago and I had to post some cute pics. We went to church that day and then traveled to Pocatello. We spent some time with Jason's mom and then went to my parents' house to have dinner with my family. It was a wonderful day and we're so blessed to have such awesome mothers and grandmothers in our lives. We love you Mom and Chris!!

My 3 Angels-Lauren, Nathan and Landon

Mother's Day with Jason's Mom

Mother's Day with Melanie's Mom